Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] members ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | ABILL improving guarantees on cars and household goods has a good chance of becoming law because it is being introduced by the MP who topped the ballot for private members ' bills . |
| 2 | The top seven , all Tories apart from Mr Jones , have the most chance of success , since business managers have set aside seven Fridays for private members ' bills . |
| 3 | Governments acquiesce in the House allotting the 20 Fridays mentioned above for Private Members ' motions ( 10 days ) and Bills ( 10 days ) . |
| 4 | This is all the time there is for Private Members ' Bills unless , as occasionally happens , the government takes them over and allots some of its own time to them . |
| 5 | The subsequent stages are again the same as in the case of Government Bills except that there is a special standing committee for Private Members ' Bills . |
| 6 | ( ii ) The ‘ 10 minute ’ rule This is a development of the method of introducing a Bill by motion now rarely used in the case of Government Bills and it is extremely rare for legislation to result from its use for Private Members ' Bill purposes . |
| 7 | The Keep Sunday Special Campaign has been fortunate in getting its proposals for reform of the legislation for Sunday trading drawn out in the ballot for Private Members ' Bills . |
| 8 | When Parliament sat again , the government announced that there would not be a ballot for Private Members ' Bills in the first session , and therefore there was no possibility of homosexual law reform , a decision which prompted the Earl of Arran to reintroduce his Sexual Offences Bill into the House of Lords to keep up the pressure . |
| 9 | ( b ) Ten Fridays and four half days are given for private members ' motions . |
| 10 | The whips agree to give a certain amount of time for private members ' bills and private members ' motions , but they then encourage all their own backbenchers to ballot for these opportunities . |
| 11 | We listen time and again to scare stories about loony left Labour councils , many of which are figments of Conservative Members ' imaginations . |
| 12 | ( information officer ) who is responsible for answering members ' enquiries for information and also compiles the quarterly Bibliography . |
| 13 | All MPs with private members ' bills scheduled for this session have already got their bills under way following normal procedures . |
| 14 | It was potentially a valuable and interesting debate , but , as happened during the debate on constitutional reform on 17 May , which was also held in private Members ' time , time has become rather squeezed , mainly because the Conservatives seem keen to spin out the debate through their speeches and interventions instead of allowing a proper debate . |
| 15 | These reports are a valuable aid to our Information Department in answering Members ' enquiries about resorts , and to the guide 's editor , Chris Gill , in compiling the new edition . |
| 16 | The most wide-ranging in implications of the four concerns Coloroll Group and questions of retrospection , trustees ' liability and sex discrimination in determining members ' benefits . |
| 17 | You should enquire what type of scheme it is that you would be joining and if it is a money purchase one , how in particular members ' entitlements are calculated . |
| 18 | Apart from that , I do not think that I learned a great deal from Conservative Members ' contributions to the debate — except , perhaps , that the hon. Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) , who is not noted for his breadth of vision , does not like Labour councillors , which did not seem to me to advance the argument very much . |
| 19 | We hope to compile a list of local Bed & Breakfast accommodation , but would also like to be able to offer hospitality in local members ' homes . |
| 20 | This view led to the first restrictions on private members ' capacity to interrupt or hold up business whenever they liked — or whenever they could get the House to listen to them , for there was always considerable self-discipline . |
| 21 | In response to parliamentary questions , demanding that the government introduce their own bill rather than relying on private members ' initiatives , the Home Office made its familiar position clear : ‘ We strongly support the proposed Bill … but do not see how it is possible for the Government to undertake legislation . ’ |
| 22 | Repeated distribution efforts will be made based on other members ' list and companies like Hyundai will be bundling it with every system . |
| 23 | All of us are aware of the problems of someone who was living alone and struggling to maintain a large house , but I am genuinely surprised at Conservative Members ' enthusiasm for a benefit that is clearly not targeted . |