Example sentences of "[noun sg] to the house of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headquarters of the GLC , the great pile of County Hall , changed from being a tedious and unloved administrative centre to become the Right-On rival to the House of Commons directly across the River Thames . |
| 2 | In discharging this function , it is by no means in constant opposition to the House of Commons . |
| 3 | In 1860 , the last bishop to wear his wig to the House of Lords died , and his successor as Bishop of Rochester , Dr Joseph Wigram , sharply criticised the wearing of beards and moustaches by the clergy . |
| 4 | ‘ British Energy Policy and the Market for Coal ’ , drawn up by an all-party House of Commons select committee on trade and industry , includes a recommendation to the House of Commons that in determining a licensing policy for gas-fired generating capacity , priority should be given to the construction of power stations which use sour gas as the main fuel . |
| 5 | She continued that support after his elevation to the House of Lords in 1970 and during his service as joint chairman of the Southern Flank of NATO and as a Deputy Lieutenant of the city of Edinburgh . |
| 6 | The result was a rapid return to the House of Lords . |
| 7 | I appreciate the hon. Gentleman 's views ; I also appreciate the fact that he is presenting a proposal to the House of Commons . |
| 8 | They plan to take their campaign to the House of Lords in an attempt to finally get some answers . |
| 9 | They were released by the Chancellor to the House of Commons . ’ |
| 10 | The next day he reported its receipt to the House of Commons and forwarded it to the Treasury with some papers explaining the background to the competition . |
| 11 | Details of Lord Young 's involvement emerge in an exchange of letters between him and Professor Smith on July 12 , 1988 — two days before he made his announcement to the House of Lords of the Rover sale . |
| 12 | ‘ Are not you heir to the House of York — maman 's very own White Rose ! ’ |
| 13 | On appeal by the plaintiff to the House of Lords . |
| 14 | Mr Patten is considering his future after rejecting any question of a by-election being created to return him to Westminster forthwith ; he has also so far declined a move to the House of Lords . |
| 15 | Five out of seven of the ‘ non-jurors ’ refused the oath of allegiance to the House of Orange . |
| 16 | The monster document , nearly two-and-a-half miles long , was drawn in a waggon to the House of Commons by cadets from the Clapham training home . |
| 17 | It is possible , in certain circumstances , again if leave is obtained , to appeal direct from the High Court to the House of Lords , leapfrogging the Court of Appeal . |
| 18 | Abernathy attempted unsuccessfully to secure a Democratic nomination to the House of Representatives in 1978 , and thereafter spent his remaining years as pastor of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta . |
| 19 | ‘ However , ’ the Council said in its evidence to the House of Lords Committee examining the EC 's proposal for a Directive on nitrate in vulnerable waters , ‘ the nitrate pollution that occurs is caused by the application of chemical fertilisers and animal slurries , which contain a mixture of phosphate and nitrate . |
| 20 | This interpretation of the legal position has been disputed strongly by a number of individuals and organisations , particularly in evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities . |
| 21 | This aspect was heavily criticised in evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities ; the Committee considered the draft to be too closely production orientated and criticised MAFF for stifling any innovate features it contains by their generally backward-looking tendency . |
| 22 | On this latter point , Lord Belstead ( Minister of State , MAFF ) in evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee , stated that ADAS is broadening its ability to give environmental/conservation advice in conjunction with NCC . |
| 23 | Within a year he had given detailed and authoritative evidence to the House of Commons and been instrumental in the passage of two bills which abolished gaolers ' fees and enabled counties to pay for a proper service ; which allowed discharged defendants to be set at liberty in open court ; and which not only improved sanitation and health arrangements but made it obligatory for justices to have a concern for the health of prisoners . |
| 24 | The more active occupied some post offices and gave evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee , part of which is reproduced here ( Fleming , 1973 ) . |
| 25 | For really serious students , the reports of and evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee on Tax Credit is a very rich source indeed ( HOC , 1973 ) . |
| 26 | However , the European Commission has estimated that for most countries this budget accounts for between 10 and 20 per cent of GDP ( Evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities , 1987/8 HL 72 , p. 17 ) . |
| 27 | Relatively little is known about such people , although in oral evidence to the House of Commons Health Committee the head of medical statistics at the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys remarked that ‘ one of the things that people are now suggesting about that other group who do not have an occupation is that they are forming … an under class . ’ |
| 28 | His legal expertise proved of invaluable service in the legislative attempts to protect working-class enterprise ; in 1850 he gave evidence to the House of Commons select committee on middle-class and working-class savings , and he appeared before the royal commission on limited liability set up in 1853 . |
| 29 | In 1988 , of 509 judges ( from the Circuit bench to the House of Lords ) , 91 had been born in or before 1920 . |
| 30 | An encouraging development is that the opportunity has been given for a submission to be made in early autumn on behalf of the preserved railway movement to the House of Commons Select Committee which will be dealing with the Government 's privatisation proposals . |