Examples of House of Commons in a Sentence
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Labor’s large House of Commons majority means lawmakers will almost certainly vote Tuesday to send the bill on for further scrutiny, despite Conservative misgivings.
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Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
His party is slated to claim 412 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons, according to the near-final results.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 5 July 2024
Singing at esteemed venues like Guildhall in London, the UK House of Commons and The Vatican for the World Changers Summit has been an immense privilege.
—Victoria Chynoweth, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
The revelation came in a response to an inquiry by England’s House of Commons amid the Baby Reindeer craze in May.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
Both are independently audited, according to a research briefing on the finances of the monarchy published last week on the British House of Commons Library’s website.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 24 July 2024
The good news goes beyond the result itself: a commanding haul of 412 Labour seats in the 650-member House of Commons, up from barely 200 in the last election, in 2019.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
Three years ago, thousands of unmarked graves were found on the grounds of these schools that operated from the 1880s to the 1990s, and in 2022, Canada’s House of Commons officially recognized the residential school system as cultural genocide.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 9 July 2024
In Thursday’s election, the Labour Party won 412 of the country’s 650-seat House of Commons, while the Conservatives won 121.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 5 July 2024
Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
His party is slated to claim 412 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons, according to the near-final results.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 5 July 2024
Singing at esteemed venues like Guildhall in London, the UK House of Commons and The Vatican for the World Changers Summit has been an immense privilege.
—Victoria Chynoweth, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
The revelation came in a response to an inquiry by England’s House of Commons amid the Baby Reindeer craze in May.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
Both are independently audited, according to a research briefing on the finances of the monarchy published last week on the British House of Commons Library’s website.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 24 July 2024
The good news goes beyond the result itself: a commanding haul of 412 Labour seats in the 650-member House of Commons, up from barely 200 in the last election, in 2019.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
Three years ago, thousands of unmarked graves were found on the grounds of these schools that operated from the 1880s to the 1990s, and in 2022, Canada’s House of Commons officially recognized the residential school system as cultural genocide.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 9 July 2024
In Thursday’s election, the Labour Party won 412 of the country’s 650-seat House of Commons, while the Conservatives won 121.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 5 July 2024
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