Example sentences of "to [art] house of [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In elections to the House of Representatives the Republicans made a gain of 33 seats and managed to defeat four incumbent committee chairmen . |
| 2 | Put to the House of Commons the deployment of American cruise missiles on British soil . |
| 3 | Each year the C & AG must present to the House of Commons the operating costs of his department . |
| 4 | In his 1699 pamphlet , English and Welsh Mines and Minerals Discovered , ‘ M.S. ’ advocated to the House of Commons the employment of the poor for profitable mining . |
| 5 | The British experience was perceived by Michael Foot when in Opposition in the following way : ‘ I think one of the most serious threats to the power of the House of Commons is the notion which is growing up that you can have a meeting in Downing Street of the Executive and the CBI and the TUC who make an agreement that is binding and when it comes to the House of Commons the House of Commons has not the power … to tear that bargain apart ’ ( quoted in Grant 1977 , p. 169 ) . |