Example sentences of "defeated in the commons " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July 1985 the government was nearly defeated in the Commons over a vote to reduce the Lord Chancellor 's salary . |
| 2 | It is true that the Government is rarely defeated in the Commons , while the Lords can kick their heels by voting against them . |
| 3 | Suppose that within the five-year term the Government were defeated in the Commons on a topic so important that it regarded it as a matter of confidence in itself . |
| 4 | He made it clear that he thought a minority Labour government would have no right to a dissolution if it was rapidly defeated in the Commons . |
| 5 | Labour 's suspicions were immediately aroused that Asquith 's speech at the National Liberal Club was part of an ‘ Establishment ’ plot to deny Labour fair play , and that a Labour government defeated in the Commons would be denied the right which other governments had enjoyed , of an immediate dissolution . |
| 6 | The King was particularly anxious to dispel the view expressed by Campbell Stephen and Lansbury that he was hostile to Labour ; and he told J. C. C. Davidson , a confidant of Baldwin , on 21 January after the Conservatives had been defeated in the Commons , that ‘ it was essential that their rights under the Constitution should in no way be impaired ’ . |
| 7 | LORD TEBBIT vowed yesterday that the ‘ wretched ’ Maastricht treaty could still be defeated in the Commons , despite the setback to the Euro-rebels over the social chapter . |
| 8 | The Government was defeated in the Commons last week over a Labour move requiring Britain 's 24 full representatives and 24 alternate representatives on the committee of the regions , an EC advisory body , to be elected councillors . |