noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hung parliament
Member of Parliament
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
federal
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The federal parliament also cocked a snook at the United Nations administration in Kosovo.
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On April 15 the federal parliament approved refinements to the presidential election process.
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Two of the small number of Liberals representing Quebec in the federal parliament resigned from the party in response to Chrétien's election.
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There is a third, federal parliament .
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A two-chamber federal parliament would confirm these appointments.
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She wants to get back into the federal parliament .
hung
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They also point to a hung parliament .
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If not, the hung parliament stays.
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Why is a hung parliament so-called?
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If there is a hung parliament and the Prime Minister resigns for whatever reason, what happens next?
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Whether he can match the Tories and Labour at political poker will only become apparent in a hung parliament .
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The polls came after another day dominated by the prospect of a hung parliament .
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He did so by rubbishing the only viable goal of any Liberal Democrat election campaign - a hung parliament .
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But if it is a hung parliament , this will be because we don't really want anyone to have any power.
low
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Elections to a lower house of parliament would be by proportional representation and an upper house would be appointed by provincial governments.
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He was first elected to the lower house of parliament in 1963, taking the seat of his late father.
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The Liberal Democrats lost 38 seats in the lower house of parliament in June elections.
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Earlier yesterday the government had defeated an opposition censure motion in the lower house of parliament .
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Referendums can not be used to make significant changes in the voting system for the lower house of parliament .
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A lower house of parliament would be elected by a system of proportional representation on the basis of universal non-racial adult franchise.
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Until the motion was tabled, the 480-seat lower house of parliament appeared to be split down the middle.
national
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First of all, the principle of the supremacy of national parliaments needs to be firmly established.
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Although Mrs Thatcher insists that accountability should exclusively be through national governments to national parliaments , this is not favoured by others.
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Not only would national parliaments not have any control over the decisions reached in the Council, no one else would either.
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After lengthy debates in each national parliament , ratification took a further year to complete.
new
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The new parliament convened for the first time on June 9.
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The new parliament will be empowered to levy a tax on its citizens to raise about $ 750 million a year.
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A similar item coming up is the attitude to Maastricht - the first major debate to be held by the new parliament .
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During 1661, a new parliament had been called, which was distinctly cavalier in character.
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On Oct. 27 Kuchma presented a new Cabinet to parliament .
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Reformers have accused the conservatives of carrying out the crackdown to invalidate the new parliament , due to convene on May 27.
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Consequently, on 22 June 1921, the King officially opened the new parliament and Northern Ireland was born.
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Elections would then be held under the new law; the new parliament would gather to adopt the rest of the constitution.
soviet
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But detailed claims were first made in public by a member of the former Soviet parliament , Andrei Zolotkov, in late 1991.
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In the end the plan was repudiated by Mr Gorbachev and rejected by the Soviet parliament .
upper
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Any proposal will be in trouble if it has to be approved by the upper house of parliament as well as the lower house.
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Yeltsin was seen meeting with the chairman of the upper house of parliament , Yegor Stroyev.
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Putin proposed stripping the regional leaders of their seats in the upper chamber of parliament .
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building
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This beautiful city of parks and flowers boasts one of the most impressive parliament buildings in the world.
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Carlson had been ordered to prevent the civil war exploding in the parliament building .
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The parliament building had burned, its roof had collapsed and a large heap of concrete lay around its doors.
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Pro-Mobutu troops surrounded the parliament building with tanks and armoured vehicles on Oct. 5 to protect this unauthorized session.
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The parliament building sits in a square like the keep of a castle.
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Later, around 3,000 people marched on the parliament building , where there were minor scuffles with police.
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It houses an elegant restaurant from which the views across the Danube to the parliament building and much of Pest are magnificent.
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approve
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The budget was approved by parliament on Nov. 17 and Dec. 20, 1989.
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The changes were supported by all the major parties and were expected to be approved by parliament in due course.
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The proposals had still to be approved by the Crimean parliament itself.
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The measures were approved in parliament on Sept. 28 by a majority of one vote.
dissolve
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A referendum to dissolve parliament was held and was said to be accepted by 99.9 percent of the people.
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Kwasniewski has said he may dissolve parliament to put the issue to rest and call for new elections.
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Miss Bhutto gave Mr Ishaq an excuse to dissolve parliament by offering the resignation of her party's members of parliament.
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Opposition demands to dissolve the parliament for fresh elections were not accepted.
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Prime Minister Chand resigns and the King dissolves parliament .
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The following day he threatened to veto the law again and, if necessary, to dissolve parliament .
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The head of state would have no powers to dissolve parliament or to appoint state officials without parliamentary approval.
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President Venkataraman refused to dissolve parliament .
elect
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In 1972, at the age of 23, he was elected to parliament .
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He returned to politics in January 1995 when he and his wife were elected to parliament .
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Chaovalit would be the only member of the government not elected to parliament .
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They have developed a reasonably efficient administration, with an elected parliament and municipal councils.
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They are free only when they are electing members of parliament .
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This system ensured reasonably fair representation for each party, whilst preventing a large number of parties being elected to parliament .
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The opposition has asked the courts to disqualify two elected members of parliament .
pass
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The Pesticide Products Control Bill should pass through parliament this year.
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He anticipated that the government might table amendments to the Bill as it passes through parliament .
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The court has the power to strike down statutes passed by parliament and provincial legislatures, one it uses freely.
present
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The budget for 1992 was presented to parliament on Sept. 30.
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His ministry is preparing a telecommunications bill, which will be presented before parliament this spring.
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The so-called Massive Privatization Programme was expected to be presented to parliament for approval in the autumn.
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Numerous petitions concerning the forest were presented at the parliaments of this reign and the beginning of the next.
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The details have already been completed, but the proposed law has not yet been presented to parliament .
represent
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The axiom states that a population not represented in a parliament can not share a government which that parliament controls.
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In the district that Mr Baburin represents in parliament , 68% of those who voted pledged support for Mr Yeltsin.
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Henceforth, parties which fail to get 5% of the vote will not be represented in parliament .
tell
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He told parliament there had been a totally unacceptable series of events.
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Yeltsin told parliament leaders Tuesday at the Kremlin.
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He told parliament the government must work towards peace with the Arabs.
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Scalfaro met with Dini after the premier told parliament the mandate for his 11-month-old government had expired.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
vote sb into/out of power/office/parliament etc
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Four of the five who voted him out of office either refused to discuss the removal or did not return phone calls.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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During his 28 years in Parliament , the 59-year-old Chuan has been untainted by corruption.
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Elections for the European parliament are set for late next year.
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New budget measures were approved Tuesday by the Russian parliament .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to the new law local parliaments would be empowered to conduct inspection and auditing of local governments.
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But the upbeat, booster verve that had brought the parliament together would not be derailed.
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Despite gradual change, parliament continues to include non-white and working class members.
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His ministry is preparing a telecommunications bill, which will be presented before parliament this spring.
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In parliament there would be a carefully organized campaign of resistance that would at least slow the government down and raise Unionist morale.
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It turned violent when some protesters tried to tear down the gates of parliament .
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The idea also has support among the Communists in parliament , who chafe at their limited duties under the current constitution.
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Worcestershire was a staunchly Royalist county, and those who were suspected of siding with parliament were roughly dealt with.