Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [art] house " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who were brought up on the older theories of the Westminster model in which , despite party loyalties , there was a balance between the executive and the legislature as a whole , expect that the House of Commons will still regard its main functions as being to consider and amend legislative proposals from the government ( and from private members ) , to scrutinize public expenditure and to expose government policies to continual questioning and debate . |
| 2 | Latest crime figures reveal that a house is burgled … |
| 3 | We are strong supporters of the peace process , but I hope that the House will recognise that it will be a long and difficult road . |
| 4 | I am sure that the House — at least , I hope that the House — will join in condemning international terrorism , particularly when it is state inspired . |
| 5 | I am aware that it is not possible for me to call every Scottish Member at Scottish Question Time , but I thought that it was fair today — I hope that the House will agree — to get as far down the Order Paper as I possibily could . |
| 6 | I hope that the House will reject the Bill , but I fear that it will not . |
| 7 | I hope that the House will support the reasoned amendment , and that the whole project can be examined properly and thoroughly . |
| 8 | The terms of the motion may not be welcome to all hon. Members , but what he has to say deserves to be aired and I hope that the House will ensure that he has an opportunity to make his point today . |
| 9 | Even so , I hope that the House will forgive me if , after my speech , I am absent from the Chamber for perhaps a quarter of an hour while I go there to congratulate the winners of training awards . |
| 10 | I hope that the House will never forget that no one is guilty of an offence unless they have been duly tried and convicted and that everyone is entitled to the same presumption of innocence . |
| 11 | I hope that the House will support the motion . |
| 12 | I hope that the House will agree that the Bill deserves a Second Reading and , indeed , passage into law . |
| 13 | For all those reasons , I hope that the House will reject the idea of permanent guillotines . |
| 14 | As I 've said , these regulations are apparently complex but merely affect a simple extension of rights to vote and candidacy in conformity with our treaty obligations and I hope that the house will approve these too . |
| 15 | As far as capital gains tax is concerned , it is considered that the gain referrable to the wife 's share in the house will be free from a charge to capital gains tax if the house throughout the term of the settlement has been the wife 's only or main residence ( Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 , s222 ) . |
| 16 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept that the House is united in abhorring war crimes — and no doubt there were many — but that the House will want to consider early-day motion 275 which draws attention to some articles in the Evening Standard and elsewhere which remind us that mistakes have been made ? |
| 17 | I know that the House will join me in extending sympathy to the families of all those killed and injured . |
| 18 | I know that the House will reject that idea . |
| 19 | I know that the House will vote overwhelmingly for the Bill , which I wholeheartedly recommend . |
| 20 | I know that the House will join me in extending deepest sympathy to the families , friends and colleagues of all those killed or injured , and in utter condemnation of these attacks , which demonstrate the profound depravity and moral bankruptcy of terrorism . |
| 21 | Police have searched the house They think robbery may have been behind the attack and they note that the house was open and there 's no evidence of a fight . |
| 22 | Although I listened with interest to the case adduced by the hon. Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) , the Chairman of the Procedure Committee which has made the recommendations , I still believe that the House would be making a great mistake to accept the motion , for it would add to the automatic nature , as it were , of debates and would play into the hands of the Government of the day , thereby strengthening their position over that of the House . |
| 23 | I believe that the House will overwhelmingly register its confidence in his abilities in that role . |
| 24 | Even though hon. Members disagree on many issues , I believe that the House will agree that I have tried to make that a priority within the narrow band of the 17 or so per cent . |
| 25 | I believe that the House should insist er that the not only should th should be a majority o of local of of of local authority members , but these so-called independent members are really quite superfluous to requirements they are p they are creating another kind of semi-quango , they are concentrating more power into the hands of the Home Secretary and for that reason , although I do not wholly agree with the amendments that have been put down , I shall certainly vote for them all . |
| 26 | Erm I understand that the House Builders Federation have written to my headquarters on expressing concern about the possible temerity of the regional office having actually put forward a suggested figure for housing provision in North Yorkshire . |
| 27 | Yet I did , in some small way , feel that the house was part of me , and I liked its creaking bouncing floors and its spartan coldness ( it was no place for lolling about ) ; its medley of doors — some Norfolk latch , some brass door-knobbed ; the ancient cloudy glass in its leaded windows ; the odd corners , shelves and cupboards ; its air of fragility , of dignity — for it was indeed very old ; and above all , its village shop smell , of paraffin , strong kitchen soap , cough sweets and aniseed balls , prunes , string , and tobacco . |
| 28 | On an issue so important as that of the death penalty I feel that the House is entitled to expect a lead from the Government ; we fail in our duty unless we give the view of those responsible for maintaining law and security for the citizens . |
| 29 | He announces that there are invisible demons in the cellar , and that they claim that the house is legally theirs . |
| 30 | With regard to the Bill before us today , education is a most important issue and I doubt whether the House , despite the intentions of the few who are actively interested , has looked at the problems that have arisen . |