Example sentences of "[noun] for private [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ( 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |