Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] [art] house of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the Lord Chancellor 's Practice Statement [ 1966 ] 3 All ER 77 the House of Lords has considered itself at liberty to depart from its own previous decisions when it appears right to do so . |
| 2 | On 7 May 1981 the House of Representatives opted heavily for Reagan in accepting by a vote of 253 — 176 the Gramm-Latta programme of cuts . |
| 3 | On Aug. 4 the House of Representatives voted to refer former Public Works Minister Mahmud al-Hawamidah for trial for misuse of public finds and abuse of authority in connection with the construction of a highway from Azraq to Jafr . |
| 4 | On May 25 the House of Representatives passed by 533 votes to none , with nine abstentions , the first two readings of a constitutional amendment bill which included all the opposition-backed reforms . |
| 5 | In other contexts the courts have taken a broad , purposive approach to the interpretation of the 1977 Act ; thus in Smith v Eric S Bush ; Harris v Wyre Forest DC [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 514 the House of Lords held that a disclaimer of liability on a surveyor 's report , which purported to prevent the surveyor owing a duty of care to the recipient of the report , was subject to s2 of the Act and was required to be reasonable . |
| 6 | In Harris v Wyre Forest DC ; Smith v Bush [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 514 the House of Lords rejected an argument that a disclaimer of liability on a surveyor 's report prevented a duty of care arising in tort and therefore fell outside the Act ; applying s13 , the House held that the disclaimer was subject to the Act and could only prevent a duty arising if it satisfied the test of reasonableness . |
| 7 | The place of nuclear research in the relationship between the CEGB and the UKAEA was unclear at the turn of the year , and then in February 1989 the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology published a report on Research and Development in nuclear power . |
| 8 | In Armagas Ltd v Mudogas SA [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 385 the House of Lords held that where an agent had no apparent authority to make statements about the subject matter of the contract , a party dealing with the agent could not argue that the agent had apparent authority to make statements about his own authority , nor that the principal was vicariously liable for his fraud . |
| 9 | In February 1988 the House of Commons Environment Committee returned to the topic of acid rain in its Air Pollution inquiry . |
| 10 | In November 1991 the House of Representatives had approved the bill by 409 votes to 21 . |
| 11 | On 31 October 1980 the House of Commons resolved as follows : |
| 12 | On Jan. 31 , 1990 , Thatcher admitted that she had been misled about the extent of the subversion campaign , while on Feb. 7 the House of Commons select committee on defence announced that it was to hold an inquiry into the MOD 's handling of the affair . |
| 13 | On Oct. 6 the House of Representatives approved a stop-gap spending bill to enable the government to continue to function in the absence of a budget agreement . |
| 14 | On Feb. 20 the House of Representatives judiciary committee voted for a six-month halt to repatriations , but on Feb. 24 the US Supreme Court rejected an appeal against the repatriation policy by eight to one and also rejected an emergency request to halt all repatriations . |
| 15 | In Union Transport Plc. v. Continental Lines S.A. [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 15 the House of Lords held that under article 5(1) of the Brussels Convention the court 's jurisdiction was to be determined by the place of performance of the principal obligation in the contract , applying the Court of Justice decision in Ets . A. de Bloos S.P.R.L. v. Société en commandite par actions Bouyer ( Case 14/76 ) [ 1976 ] E.C.R. 1497 described in the speech of Lord Goff of Chieveley [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 15 , 19 : |
| 16 | On Dec. 20 the house of Ros Chhun , Minister of Transport and Communications , had been attacked by an angry mob . |
| 17 | On the issue of United Kingdom participation in UNESCO ( the United States , United Kingdom and Singapore having withdrawn from the organization in 1984-85 — see pp. 33499-501 ) Mayor held talks on Feb. 28 with the UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , Timothy Sainsbury , and on March 15 the House of Commons foreign affairs committee issued its first report on reforms within UNESCO , indicating that if Mayor succeeded in reforming the organization 's administration , the UK should rejoin . |
| 18 | However , at the first meeting of the convention on 25 April 1660 the House of Lords ordered Scobell to return the records to Browne , who was reinstated as clerk of the parliaments , making a declaration of loyalty to Charles II on 30 May . |
| 19 | Firstly , on 13 April 1960 the House of Commons was told that the Macmillan Cabinet had decided to cancel Blue Streak ; instead the Skybolt air-launched missile ( designed to extend the life and range of the V-bombers ) would be purchased from the USA . |
| 20 | Most environmental groups and renewable-energy experts agree that a target of at least double this amount is not unrealistic , and in April 1992 the House of Commons Energy Select Committee recommended a target of 3,000-4,000 megawatts . |
| 21 | On 13 June 1991 the House of Lords ordered , pursuant to section 18 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 that the defendant 's costs before the issue of his legal aid certificate should be paid out of the legal aid fund and , pursuant to regulations 143 and 147 of the Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 , suspended the effect of that order to give the Legal Aid Board an opportunity to object . |
| 22 | On 25 June 1650 the House of Commons ordered the records of the House of Lords in Browne 's custody to be delivered to Henry Scobell [ q.v. ] , |