Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] read a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once a Bill is read a first time , it can be printed and is usually available the next day . |
| 2 | Mr. Brian Wilson ( Cunninghame , North ) : I beg to move , That the clause be read a Second time . |
| 3 | I beg to move , That the clause be read a Second time |
| 4 | Question put , That the clause be read a Second time : |
| 5 | I beg to move , That the clause be read a Second time . |
| 6 | The Question is , That the clause be read a Second time . |
| 7 | In opposing a Bill , however , the opposition ( occasionally it may be a dissident member of the government party ) will move an amendment not to the text of the Bill , but to the motion that the Bill be read a second time ( the motion before the House ) . |
| 8 | The usual one is an amendment to the effect ‘ that the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months ’ hence' when , historically , the session would have ended and the Bill thus have lapsed . |
| 9 | A Member simply gives notice and eventually moves that the Bill be read a first time . |
| 10 | Read the first time on 12 February 1844 , his creditors and debtors bill was read a second time on 30 April . |
| 11 | Where the principle object of a Bill was money , it was formerly the practice for it to be made the subject of a debate in the Commons upon a resolution before the Bill was read a first time . |