Example sentences of "[verb] in the commons [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only would she be able to stand in the Commons bar and glare at Conservatives who betrayed her during the leadership contest , thus putting them off their ill-earned whiskies , but chastise those responsible for mishandling the Tory campaign . |
| 2 | Writing in the Commons Diary in the Arbroath Herald in January , 1982 , the MP Peter Fraser commented about a meeting with Eva Burrows . |
| 3 | Protests were made in the Commons over the exclusion of Argyll and Bute and western parts of Moray from the regional grant earmarked by the European Commission for the Highlands and Islands . |
| 4 | In July 1985 the government was nearly defeated in the Commons over a vote to reduce the Lord Chancellor 's salary . |
| 5 | This afternoon , the Government is expected to announce in the Commons proposals to reform radically the funding of college student associations and unions , which are currently fully financed through individual college funds . |
| 6 | This is recognised in the Commons Environment Committee 's recent report . |
| 7 | When in 1970 the minister was introducing in the Commons legislation which created the NIRC , he said that the NIRC 's existence showed ‘ in fact as well as in symbol ’ that the provisions of the Bill would not be arbitrarily implemented by the Secretary of State of the day but would ‘ depend on the rule of the law ’ . |
| 8 | YOU 'LL recall that Tory MP Nicholas Soames was sighted in the Commons wearing an unlikely lapel badge : Tortoise Lovers Against Cruise . |