Example sentences of "of the house of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed it could be argued that a dynastic conflict involving the interests of the Houses of Orléans , Bourbon , Bonaparte and Hohenzollern was the means chosen to bring down the Empire , even if it was not really the cause . |
| 2 | It aimed to pull down the houses and buildings on the site , except for the Board of Control , and to ‘ build a wall in a line with the terrace of the Houses of Parliament , reclaiming about two acres from the River , and on this valuable site to erect Buildings , Streets and Terraces of the first class … |
| 3 | In 1836 , Hunt had produced , single-handed , a detailed estimate of the cost of the Houses of Parliament for Sir Charles Barry , and on Barry 's recommendation in April 1841 was appointed Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey . |
| 4 | His design should not be compared with that of the Houses of Parliament , which was ‘ not in the best and purest phase of Pointed architecture ’ . |
| 5 | Nostradamus apparently forecast a soviet invasion of Britain in the next decade , the fall of the Houses of Parliament and a nuclear wipe-out at the turn of the millennium . |
| 6 | The Jewel Tower is opposite the south end of the Houses of Parliament ( Victoria Tower ) . |
| 7 | — Designed in the 1840s by Sir Charles Barry ( architect of the Houses of Parliament ) the Terrace , with its distinctive Italianate garden , provides a spectacular view over the lake and Capability Brown 's undulating landscape . |
| 8 | The Chamber of the House of Commons was damaged by bombs during the Second World War and when deciding whether it should be rebuilt as it was originally , or along the lines of the Houses of Parliament in Ottawa and elsewhere in the Commonwealth ( ’ one representative : one desk ’ ) , Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee , with other senior politicians , plumped for the old ways — and the old ways were those of adversarial politics . |
| 9 | The Jewel Tower is opposite the south end of the Houses of Parliament ( Victoria Tower ) . |
| 10 | Dicey maintained that conventions are mainly rules governing the exercise of the Crown 's prerogative powers and privileges of the Houses of Parliament . |
| 11 | ( Let's face it , when was the last time you heard references to ‘ Cliff Richard 's lip ’ , Iggy Pop and the annual ceremony marking the opening of the Houses of Parliament side-by-side in a song ? ) ; indecision and apathy are confronted in ‘ Not Superstitious ’ ; ‘ Dead Industrial Atmosphere ’ details the decline of the North-East as an economic force and the subsequent social fall-out and , of course , we get a few long songs thrown in to spice things up , or down , as is more often than not the case . |
| 12 | After the speeches there was an auction most efficiently carried out by Jeffrey Archer , who had generously donated the Albert Goodwin print of the Houses of Parliament , which fetched £33,000 ! |
| 13 | Yet every afternoon , a group of journalists weaves its way along several gloomy corridors and up various flights of stairs to a cold , windy place with impressive views over the gilded roof of the Houses of Parliament , Westminster Bridge and the River Thames . |
| 14 | Taken together , these figures means that over six million consumers are affected , including the occupants of the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace . |
| 15 | The newscaster then switched to a trivial item about a cat who 'd been rescued from the roof of the houses of Parliament , and Kathleen flicked off the set and threw her sandwich in the bin , her appetite gone . |
| 16 | The church of St Margarets in the shadow of the Houses of parliament was filled today with politicians from both sides of the house who paid tribute to the former MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury Nicholas Ridley . |
| 17 | The first of several , annual Parliamentary ladies ' golf matches , between lady relations of Members of the Houses of Lords and Commons , were reported on as Henley had at least two ladies who were eligible to play — Mrs. Kate Fleming , wife of the Club President and Henley 's M.P. , Mr. Valentine Fleming , and Mrs. Cecil Norton . |
| 18 | Herr Nordern gave her a ghastly , feeble grin , as if asking for remission , but Frau Nordern turned a cold face away , showing only an upright back and stiff neck which in their rigidity seemed to symbolise the rectitude of all the generations of the Houses of von Bromberg and von Ritter . |
| 19 | The substantial legislator is the Church Assembly , a tripartite body consisting of the Houses of Bishops , Clergy and Laity . |
| 20 | The General Synod consists of the Houses of Bishops , Clergy and Laity . |
| 21 | Such enabling legislation may be introduced in one or both of the houses of Congress by individual elected members , or may be sent there by the Executive . |
| 22 | On his first sea-voyage , as the ship lay in the harbour of Las Palomas on its way to Santa Barbara , he had woken to the sound of words in his ear perhaps inspired by the strange familiarity of the house of Los Xicales , glimpsed from the ship , perhaps indeed a prophecy that he would meet the girl of his memory in that very house . |
| 23 | The droveways and drainage ditches were clearly well maintained throughout and began to silt up only during the currency of late colour-coated wares and coins of the house of Valentinian . |
| 24 | As their search became more frantic they found themselves aided by Bismarck , who in February 1869 gave his support to a Prince belonging to the Catholic branch of the House of Hohenzollern . |
| 25 | Here , however , lay the crux of the matter , for the King of Prussia and his government maintained that they had never been officially associated with Leopold , whose activities were purely personal , and that the King was concerned with the matter only as head of the House of Hohenzollern . |
| 26 | A proposal for constitutional reform to allow a national plebiscite on the reintroduction of the death penalty in Brazil , for kidnappings , burglaries and rapes resulting in the victim 's death , was approved by a Congressional Commission of the House of Deputies in December 1990 . |
| 27 | The president of the House of Deputies of the Congress , Carlos Dupre , on Nov. 28 ordered an official investigation to verify the authenticity of a letter attributed to " various military chiefs " which called on former President Augusto Pinochet Ugarte , the C.-in-C. of the Armed Forces , to resign . |
| 28 | The showrooms of the House of Oliver were smaller and less grand than those at the House of Mattli but the décor was newer and fresher , pale grey drapes , ultra modern black furniture and a great deal of gleaming stainless steel . |
| 29 | You are likely to find that your memories of the house of childhood are split — into fear and security , fire and ice , harmony and conflict . |
| 30 | 1992 Medals of Honour were awarded to : Great Britain , for the restoration of the landscape and ornamental buildings of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Estate , Ripon ; Poland , for the restoration of the eighteenth-century wooden church of the Birth of Our Lady , Bralin ; Hungary , for the restoration and renewal of the old village of Magyarpolany ; Germany , for the restoration of the House of the Templars , Amorbach , with particular reference to its sixteenth-century interior decoration ; Finland , for the restoration of the House of Estates , Helsinki ; and Belgium , for the restoration and conversion into a cartoon museum of the Waucquez warehouse , originally designed by Victor Horta . |