Example sentences of "the house [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Representative Henry Gonzalez , the chairman of the House Banking Committee , thought somebody should benefit from the S&L collapse . |
| 2 | His resignation came amid sharp criticism of his handling of the troubles of the thrift industry as a whole and in particular of the collapse of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine , California , which was currently the subject of investigation by the House banking committee . |
| 3 | They had allegedly made millions of dollars in the 1980s by borrowing from BCCI to buy and sell shares in the holding company which owned First American , but on Sept. 11 both men , appearing before the House Banking Committee , denied any knowledge of secret control by BCCI . |
| 4 | On April 17 the ethics committee of the House of Representatives issued a " full disclosure " of the House banking scandal which had become popularly dubbed as the " Rubbergate " affair [ see p. 38807 ] . |
| 5 | In the US Congress the House banking committee , chaired by Henry Gonzalez , was one of a number of committees now investigating the question of why the US government 's Commodity Credit Corp . |
| 6 | Prior to Barr 's decision the House banking committee had voted on Aug. 6 to subpoena secret Iraq-related documents from the CIA and other government agencies . |
| 7 | Democrats in both houses of Congress responded to Barr 's decision by increasing their criticism of the Bush administration 's alleged obstruction of all efforts to investigate the Iraqgate allegations , and members of the House banking committee did not rule out the possibility that they would make a more specific request to Barr for the appointment of a special prosecutor . |
| 8 | THE HOUSE RESTORER 'S GUIDE |
| 9 | Amy cast herself as The Maid and proceeded to rush around the house performing errands and putting the world to rights . |
| 10 | This prompted a famous exchange at the hearings , when John Nields , the House counsel , began to question North on a document headed ‘ from Goode ’ : ‘ I take it you are Goode ? |
| 11 | Who 's the house expert on Bernini ? |
| 12 | In December 1979 a new set of twelve select committees was introduced into the House of Commons , one to cover each major government spending department , and all with a majority of government party members reflecting the position in the house overall , although some of the chairs are opposition MPs . |
| 13 | A phone call from the house phone , the sound of throbbing popular music and a number — 817 . |
| 14 | I used the privacy to make some calls on the house phone without logging them in the red exercise book Mr Goodson had drawing-pinned to the wall . |
| 15 | There was a ‘ Refuge Rota ’ pinned by the house telephone , with six different names filled in for different times in the week . |
| 16 | A brief exchange on the house telephone , a short delay , then Treloar joined them . |
| 17 | The service flat , however , may be rented for a short period of time and fill the gap between the employee 's arrival in Britain and the completion of the house purchase . |
| 18 | Compensation for expenses incurred in house buying was the most common form of assistance given to employees coming into the country ; 53 per cent of those companies bringing in employees will compensate house buying expenses and 37 per cent will provide assistance with the house purchase . |
| 19 | Here are just a few examples : notices ( pictorial or written ) on doors and cupboards and the use of different colours aid recognition within the house reduction of clutter , removal of locks on cupboards and good lighting simplify movement within the house , and a child 's safety gate on the stairs reduces the danger of wandering at night reminder notices eg " Do n't forget your key " inside the front door or " Remember to turn off the gas " over the cooker communication between helpers may be assisted by a diary beside the telephone and a list of important numbers is useful if gas is used , the Gas Advisory Service ( free to the elderly ) will check all appliances and recommend safety measures alarm systems may not be very appropriate for dementia sufferers ; they may be over- or under-used . |
| 20 | Like this : ‘ Try and make the house look occupied when it 's left unattended … |
| 21 | The sloping wings were originally squared off and must have made the house look even taller . |
| 22 | Will the Leader of the House look at early-day motion 291 , which has been signed by 124 right hon. and hon. Members from both sides of the House ? |
| 23 | In many ways , it 's the most radical BMW you can buy , with styling that , for the time being , bucks the house style , a chassis that refuses to oversteer and a facia that follows a trend instead of setting one . |
| 24 | Once the advertisement is approved it falls to the production department to transform the art director 's layout into a " mechanical " , but the art director remains very much in control , perhaps choosing the house style and certainly monitoring all stages of production and correcting colour reproduction if necessary . |
| 25 | Word processors are obviously going to incorporate many of the features found in page makeup or document assembly programs ; text will simply be passed to a parameter file called , say , REPORT and the document will automatically be set out according to the house style . |
| 26 | Because you will not have it accepted if it is not in the house style , and there are conventions , appropriate , and quite different , according to the magazine , the newspaper , and so on and so forth , so you need to acquaint yourself with the house style . |
| 27 | Because you will not have it accepted if it is not in the house style , and there are conventions , appropriate , and quite different , according to the magazine , the newspaper , and so on and so forth , so you need to acquaint yourself with the house style . |
| 28 | You want to provide material which is sufficiently different , not the same that 's there , but conforms to the house style , conforms to the format and so forth , but is sufficiently different and new , that it 's actually worth printing . |
| 29 | If you want to get an article into a particular magazine , you need to read that magazine , you need to see how they present certain articles , how they actually approach certain things , and then write what you want to write in the house style . |
| 30 | But no sound came from inside the house ant the lights , he 'd already checked were all off He eased the door right open so it would n't swing and slam . |