Example sentences of "in the [noun sg] of representatives " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a short , unexpected speech the King announced that the central commission would be chaired by a judge and would have an Interior Ministry representative and representatives chosen by each of the eight political parties represented in the Chamber of Representatives . |
| 2 | The Democratic leadership in the Senate is anxious to reverse the handsome victory by Mr Bush in the House of Representatives last week , when 64 Democrats voted with the Republicans to sweep through a two-year cut in capital gains taxes . |
| 3 | Gains made this week by abortion-rights groups in the Florida legislature , in governors ' races in New Jersey and Virginia , and in the House of Representatives have weighted the balance markedly toward the pro-abortion forces . |
| 4 | The Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act , which would require canned tuna to be labelled as to whether it is ‘ dolphin-safe' ’ , received 126 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives , and is to be debated early in 1990 . |
| 5 | Ramon Mitra has proved to be a competent Speaker in the House of Representatives . |
| 6 | When he visited Parliament he was shown to a seat beside the Speaker in the House of Representatives . |
| 7 | cf. American Notes , 17 : ‘ hear the public opinion of the free South , as expressed by its own members in the House of Representatives at Washington … |
| 8 | Graham 's ( 1972 ) analysis of the social processes leading to the US Comprehensive ( sic ) Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act , 1970 , considers how , through tough lobbying tactics and calling on good connections — especially in the House of Representatives — the pharmaceutical manufacturers were able to limit the discussion of amphetamine abuse so that it focused on that small minority of persons who inject it . |
| 9 | Last year , surfing on a wave of resentment against Texas , they managed to cancel the SSC in the House of Representatives , though it was saved in the Senate . |
| 10 | His economic plan was made to be tougher on the deficit in the House of Representatives , and may be made tougher still in the Senate . |
| 11 | Some say that this is still a ‘ jobless ’ recovery ; or at least , as Dick Gephardt , the leader of the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives , argued on May 11th , a recovery with no good jobs . |
| 12 | Richard Gephardt , the majority leader in the House of Representatives , warned him that if he introduced health-care reform on the coat-tails of his budget , it would be seen as a tax issue rather than a health issue . |
| 13 | After some of the most tense days in the capital in recent years , a vote on Bill Clinton 's economic plan was scheduled to take place in the House of Representatives on May 27th . |
| 14 | Particularly in the House of Representatives , constituency service is regarded as the key to re-election and arguably , as a consequence of their single-minded pursuit of this strategy , almost all incumbents seeking re-election to the House are successful . |
| 15 | The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 , the sub committee bill of rights and seniority reform all helped to break the power of committee chairmen in the House of Representatives while other changes , including public and recorded voting , plus new rules decreeing open committee meetings , except in special circumstances , had the effect of making the House more open and accessible than it had ever been before . |
| 16 | As the moment approached for a key procedural vote that would make or break Reagan 's programme , Stockman received an agitated telephone call from Bill Thomas , a conservative Republican from California and an agent of the administration on Capitol Hill : This extended quotation provides a fascinating picture of the American pluralist system in operation while helping us to understand why the Reaganites were successful in fashioning the coalitions they required in the House of Representatives . |
| 17 | This can be contrasted with America 's state of affairs , where power appears to be continually shifting from Republican presidents , to an ever more powerful Democratic majority in the House of Representatives , to the conservative Supreme Court and then to more liberal state governments . |
| 18 | He was the former Republican leader in the House of Representatives , and had been chosen as Vice-President for his reputation for honesty rather than for any outstanding political qualities . |
| 19 | M-19 , participating in the elections following the conclusion of a peace treaty with the government [ see above ] , was thought to have won at least two seats in the House of Representatives and took control of the councils of the small towns of Yumbo , Almaguey and San Alberto . |
| 20 | ( The Australian Conservation Foundation and the Wilderness Society , the country 's two main environmentalist groups , called on their supporters to vote for the Democrats — the centre party which held the balance of power in the Senate but which possessed no seats in the House of Representatives — but to direct their second preferences to the ALP . ) |
| 21 | The party in control of the governorship would , therefore , exercise considerable influence on the redrawing of the state 's congressional district boundaries for the next decade , a process which could affect the outcome for five seats in the House of Representatives . |
| 22 | In simultaneous legislative elections the Democrats retained control over Congress , winning 262 seats in the House of Representatives and controlling 55 seats in the Senate . |
| 23 | In August 1986 the governing multiracial National Front ( Barisan Nasional ) coalition was returned to power in the House of Representatives with 148 seats , and also retained an absolute majority in simultaneous elections in all 11 Peninsular Malaysian state assemblies [ see pp. 34742-43 ] . |
| 24 | The Assembly 's other 500 members are government appointees , delegates of the regional assemblies and representatives of parties and groups ( appointed in proportion to their elective seats in the House of Representatives ) . |
| 25 | In addition to stipulating that the office of Prime Minister had to be held by a Melanesian , the Constitution now also guaranteed 37 of the 70 seats in the House of Representatives ( the lower chamber of the bicameral legislature ) to the indigenous population , 27 seats to the Indian community , five seats for other races and one for the inhabitants of Rotuma island [ see p. 35252 for previous weighted basis ] . |
| 26 | On Oct. 5 the government was thrown into turmoil following the defeat in the House of Representatives of a budget agreement for the financial year beginning Oct. 1 . |
| 27 | The Governor General appointed an Advisory Council to act as an interim government until a general election was held in December 1984 , in which the New National Party ( NNP — an amalgam of three centrist parties ) , under the leadership of Herbert Blaize , won 14 of the 15 seats in the House of Representatives . |
| 28 | In the mid-term elections on Nov. 6 , the Democrats improved their majorities in both houses of Congress , making a net gain of one seat in the Senate and of eight seats in the House of Representatives . |
| 29 | In the House of Representatives all 435 seats were open to contest . |
| 30 | In Vermont , the state 's single seat in the House of Representatives was won by Bernie Saunders , an independent socialist . |