Example sentences of "for both house " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time , the Christian Democrat vote was less than 30 per cent for both Houses of Parliament — though by the vagaries of the complex system of distributing seats it looked as if the alliance might get a majority in the lower house , the Chamber of Deputies . |
| 2 | The doubt is whether to extend this to the lower house , or introduce a French-style ballot for both houses . |
| 3 | That is likely to be British-style first-past-the-post rules for both houses of parliament — the system that 82% of voters backed in the referendum , though their only alternative was the existing system . |
| 4 | The obvious difficulty of having the same method of election for both Houses is that it would tend to produce a mirror image and devalue the House of Lords as a check . |
| 5 | Assemblies are usually elected — by popular election for both houses or by popular election for the lower house and restricted election ( or appointment ) for the upper house . |