| 词汇 | example_english_peerage |
| 释义 | Examples of peerageThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Of course, the use of peerages to accomplish political ends was not new. The demand for peerages increased as rents rose. The awarding of peerages to politicians and other servants of the state was not a new phenomenon. Of the 109 nonmagnates created between 1704 and 1847, twenty-four peerages were extinct by 1873 when data on landownership was compiled. With union, new peerages came into being. A new peerage had emerged, which helped to save the old. The nature of the parliamentary peerage had been fixed by 1450; certain peers were by then entitled to a summons. There is no reason to suppose that the rest of the propertied classes were any more heavily burdened than the peerage. As part of faculty development, those who would call themselves "professor" must deal with issues of professionalism among their peerage. Since then however, the invariable mode of appointment has been the conferment of a peerage by letters patent. Exceptionally, however, a peerage could be conferred or devolve upon a daughter or other heir. A new peerage emerged to help save the old. The monarch did not and does not need statutory authority to appoint life peers- a peerage can be conferred on any terms thought fit. No previous analysis of recruitment to the peerage has been based on such extensive and systematic research into family histories over so long a period. Indeed, by the late eighteenth century two different trends had emerged within the overall pattern of peerage creations. I am against peerages, but presumably peers of first creation and life peers are not against peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have peerages in abeyance now, do we not? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The key recommendations which will concern us mostly today are the group which deal with the question of the principle of surrender of peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Afterwards we made the first step, admittedly, towards weakening the hereditary principle by allowing life peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will peerages continue to be awarded as honours; and on what basis? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was drawing attention to the narrow point that there is no impediment to our doing away with the hereditary peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The document reported that the party had a nest egg of £300,000 and that "a year's peerages are hypothecated". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am dealing now with the existence of hereditary peerages, many of which are based simply on the purchase of titles over the centuries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Likewise, peerages that pass from father to son under the present system could be challenged by the daughters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although life peerages will do something, they will not do much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should have thought it impossible to introduce life peerages and then say that they were not going to be given to women. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is to be any renunciation of peerages, what is to be the period of renunciation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer only to peerages and knighthoods, and where the company was mentioned in the citation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the corresponding fifty years before 1955 there were 672 new peerages—four times as many. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we took that course, it might be open to them to disclaim their life peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since 1963, no new life peerages that would fall within that description have been created. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The spiritual peers, for example, have life peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My own proposal would be to limit the peerages to two a year and the baronetcies to four a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They imagined that 300 or 400 persons would never be discovered who would accept peerages for that simple purpose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We already have this extraordinary system of privileged peerages, perpetuating and causing a lack of balance, as it necessarily must. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I even suggested a scheme for a national lottery, with peerages as prizes, but that did not receive much enthusiasm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no evidence that that is the basis on which people accept peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has he any evidence that people accept peerages for ornamental reasons and the like? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An attempt to remove from life peerages any references to style and rank must create doubts as to what the precedence of life peers is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Only a small number of peerages and knighthoods go to people described as directors of public companies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, all eight peerages to directors and chairmen of companies went to men who shared certain characteristics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the end of the day, it is the sovereign who awards peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hold one of a small number of peerages which can pass through the female line. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose people would say that many would not have accepted peerages if the peerages were going to be handed on to their children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1968 the life peerages had existed only for 10 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Applications from members of the public for peerages are given in the table. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He argued very cogently that there was no need at all for life peerages to be introduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should this power of resignation be given to those ladies and gentlemen who take life peerages in the near future? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What sort of use do they intend to make of the power to create life peerages? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 During the debate last week the statement was made that not many life peerages would be created at a time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the suggestion that they should all be given life peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Peerages can be bought and parties fund themselves partly from those donations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had to bring in life peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, it carries with it the implication that peerages must be renounced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In relation to the vast majority of peerages the facts are at odds with the traditionalist position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we talk of hereditary peerages one automatically thinks of genetics and inheriting the abilities and make-up of our parents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The opportunity to nominate his successor could bring about a curious situation in the case of those who hold two peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The main aim seems to be to authorise the monarch to create heirs general peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 During the past 23 years, over 80 peerages have become extinct, some of them well-known titles with historic connections. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The thought of 80 peerages dying out every now and again does not unduly worry me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My solution would be to give life peerages to all the remaining 90 or so hereditary peers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt many of them would earn life peerages and be able to vote as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of those people will never receive peerages, but will do anything in the hope that they will. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The bracketed words tell them that they do not even have life peerages, and that they could be chucked overboard at any moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A curious mythology which permeates the thinking of people, the idea that peerages are based on old families, is nonsense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The suggestion that they should have life peerages specially conferred upon them is a most extraordinary idea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are heirs to great peerages who are young men, or even older men, of great personal distinction and with a training in public service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly, the sale of peerages has been known. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Have these peerages definitely lapsed or are they still open for some future heirs or successors? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Had that system continued, there would be only about seven or eight peerages left, and that would be a great mistake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A fundamental change was made in 1959 when the concept of life peerages was introduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly there were those who, no doubt because they wished to see that reform, had reservations about the introduction of life peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The vote would be confined, in the simplest form of the plan, at any rate, to those who had received peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In return, their chairmen and managing directors received a total of 75 peerages and knighthoods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatever happens, if any limitation is put on life peerages, we on this side, shall always be in that dilemma. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My own view is that we should abandon the hereditary system and convert all existing peerages into life peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The point about hereditary peerages is that they represented a power base. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not dispute that many hereditary peerages have been bestowed on eminent people—admirals, generals, lords-lieutenant, governors-general—in grateful recognition of their services to the nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody is arguing for the sale of peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will not be tempted to stray from the issue, which is hereditary peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then there was the creation of life peerages in 1958, and further legislation in 1963. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My experience is that a good many people refuse peerages because they do not want to be ornamental and various other reasons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As was recognised then—it may be still more true today—many people are reluctant, for a variety of reasons, to accept hereditary peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, he thought on balance that he would prefer to confine himself to life peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He sought to compare it with life peerages, but life peerages were not a new departure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were not necessarily always peerages for life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Implicit in this approach is an important constitutional change in the nature of the creation of peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The exemption applies to peerages and meritorious awards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 During the debate much has been said about the independence of hereditary peerages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there not a case for looking again at the possibility of a debate on financial contributions to political parties and knighthoods and peerages? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The figure which my noble friend has given for hereditary peerages which have become extinct since 1964 is correct. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I read in that paper, too, that a number of peerages have been created where no ceremony was involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us give them all life peerages so that there are no more hereditary voting rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What he is proposing is the provision of a general limitation on the power to create peerages of a higher rank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are against life peerages, and we voted against both women and men being life peers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not propose to say very much about the legislation to be introduced to permit the creation of life peerages for men and women. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Peerages do not come so easily to those who have been difficult. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There must be other peerages where such an event has occurred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The great majority of current hereditary peerages have been created since 1831 and a large proportion of those since 1918. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that there may be difficulties about some peerages which have been created in certain ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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