Example sentences of "[subord] to parliament " in BNC.
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| 1 | When ministers uttered phrases such as the need for ‘ public accountability ’ — a suitably imprecise but popular slogan — they usually meant accountability to themselves , rather than to Parliament or the public . |
| 2 | A provincial assembly of the clergy , to which proctors came in greater numbers than to parliament and which all abbots and priors were entitled to attend , was increasingly the body through which the clergy were taxed ; gradually the name of convocation , which had been applied haphazardly from the early twelfth century to a variety of ecclesiastical gatherings , was reserved for this assembly . |
| 3 | The result was a slow leakage of power , to individual ministers and the new and still half-formed institution of the Cabinet rather than to Parliament itself . |
| 4 | However , the case of In re Mew and Thorne ( 1862 ) 31 L.J.Bank. 87 shows that even in the middle of the last century the rule was not absolute : in that case Lord Westbury L.C. in construing an Act had regard to its Parliamentary history and drew an inference as to Parliament 's intention in passing the legislation from the making of an amendment striking out certain words . |
| 5 | ‘ People are entitled to follow statutes as they are ; they should not have to speculate as to Parliament 's intention . ’ |