Example sentences of "this was [verb] [prep] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most Tories favoured the establishment of a regency , with Mary exercising the regal powers on James 's behalf , but this was defeated in the House of Lords on 29 January by the narrow vote of fifty-one to forty-eight . |
| 2 | This was emphasized by the House of Lords in Whyte 's case , where local justices had mistakenly interpreted " significant proportion " to mean " the great majority " . |
| 3 | This was adopted by the House of Lords in the GCHQ case , where Lord Diplock said that ‘ National security is the responsibility of the executive government ; what action is needed to protect its interests is … a matter upon which those upon whom the responsibility rests , and not the courts of justice , must have the last word . ’ |
| 4 | This was rejected by the House of Lords . |
| 5 | This was considered by the House of Lords in Merkur Island Shipping Corporation . |
| 6 | This was established by the House of Lords in the case of Epping Forest District Council v Essex Rendering Ltd. in compliance with s.283(1) of the public Health 1936 . |
| 7 | In Cehave NV v Bremer Handelgesellschaft [ 1976 ] QB 44 , Diplock LJ 's analysis in the Hong Kong Fir Shipping case was extended to sale of goods and this was approved by the House of Lords in Bunge Corpn v Tradax Export S A [ 1981 ] 1 WLR 711 . |