| 词汇 | example_english_pew |
| 释义 | Examples of pewThese 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. With pews filled beyond capacity and comfort, 600 demonstrators would be forced to crane forward in order to listen from the market square. It is also clear that proximity to the pulpit was one of the defining characteristics of a prestigious pew. His hypocritical misuse of money is perhaps best embodied by his purchase of a front-row church pew. It is the custom there to hand the alm's plate in the pews. Similarly, administering communion with congregants seated in their pews and using individual glasses arose from practical concerns for efficiency and hygiene. Pulpits and pews were allies in this work, wooden partners in an enterprise that was given life by their respective occupants, preachers and parishioners. In the former case they are brought out by bickering concerning church pews, in the latter rivalry between local families of gentry led to public disorder. It is like denouncing those who have come to church for the empty pews. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The politics of the pew are known to fellow members of the congregation and in more exalted circles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a question, for example, of the pulpit, and of the heating and lighting installations and so forth, and the pews. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the subsection that actually puts church fittings, pews, pulpits, organs, and everything else into the business scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I regard myself as a reasonably typical man in the pew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only effect is to empty the pews yet further. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak simply as a man in the pew—a man who was in the pew yesterday. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that the famous man or woman in the pew would be hard-pressed to say what the difference in function is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Put in another way, one-third of clergy stipends now come from the men and women in the pew today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The choir came down out of the choir stalls and sat in the front pews. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, we do not know whether the pews, the pulpit, the reredos or the altar are part of the fabric or whether they are fittings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They organised petitions from the pulpit; in one church the protest forms were set on the pews, and 600 people signed a petition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have said that the costs will fall on the parishes and the man in the pew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once such orders are unilaterally changed, the range of people in the pews will be much more restricted. 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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