| 词汇 | example_english_upper-house |
| 释义 | Examples of upper houseThese 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. In 1621 the upperhouse sat for 109 sittings on 93 days. He had become an experienced parliament-man and an assiduous attender in the upperhouse. It does not appear to have been mentioned again in the upperhouse. Control of the upperhouse is not so powerful a card that the opposition needs no others. If one were searching for a 'normal' upperhouse election under the old party system, 1992 would be as good as any. Its apprehension was real in that the upperhouse election is based primarily on proportional representation. The larger districts of the upperhouse were similar to the standard districts of the lower house and therefore produced similar results. In the upperhouse, there was no chance for negotiation between the government and the opposition parties. This is due to government needing representation for departments in the upperhouse but being greatly reluctant to having peers as full cabinet ministers. As hostilities towards them grew, angry mobs began to prevent the bishops from reaching parliament and sitting in the upperhouse. Control of the upperhouse depressed the probability of being rolled on every bill in the session. One might ask whether chairmanships matter any longer when the upperhouse is held by the opposition. Within a few days, he returned to the upperhouse with a substitute bill to replace articles two and three of the senate's committee proposal. The impact of opposition control of the upperhouse. This, however, greatly understates the value to the opposition of controlling the upperhouse, relative to controlling a lower house committee, and we wish here to explain why. As a two-party system emerges, we should expect the single-member districts of the upperhouse to become more and the multi-member districts to become less congruent with the party system. A third method is that, by precedent in the lower house (and rule in the upperhouse), committee-sponsored bills are placed on the calendar without being again referred to committee. This objection was not overcome until the beginning of the eighteenth century, by which time the task of advising the upperhouse had largely passed to the common law judges. But this is not a project; this is an experiment in the upperhouse of a legislature. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is an important feature in our upperhouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is to be an entirely unnecessary upperhouse which will, in the event of any trouble with the lower house, sit with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is too early to say how closely such a body, if created, would approximate to an upperhouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At other times it suits them to present any action by the upperhouse which impedes their own plans as the work of a chamber of crusty backwoodsmen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It eliminates the electoral college of the small provincial upperhouse and eliminates the very small quota which would have had to be used in the upper houses of provinces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are changing that system by keeping indirect election for the lower house and seeking to make the upperhouse in some sense representative of the community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A recent innovation has been to remove the power of the upperhouse to block supply, as well as some other bills. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The term of office for the elected member of the upperhouse is for six years. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The quantity of these suits was enormous: in effect the courts became a kind of upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In some of these countries, the upperhouse is indirectly elected. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 2004, he again got elected in an upperhouse election. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The region-based system in the upperhouse is not guaranteed to produce a clear majority, and may pave the way for governmental crises. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 2006, it had 21.6 million votes for the upperhouse, while in 2010 it had just 10.2 million votes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the other hand, in the upperhouse each state was guaranteed two senators, no matter their size. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1997, he was nominated as member of (upperhouse during kingship). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The upperhouse members were not up for re-election. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1897 the king appointed him a member of the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The council acted as an upperhouse of the legislature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was a member of the upperhouse for a short time in 1927. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He served as recorder of the upperhouse from 1896 to 1912. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Also, conventions often exist that the upperhouse ought not to obstruct the business of government for frivolous or merely partisan reasons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is also common that the upperhouse consist of delegates chosen by state governments or local officials. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their aims were for more open government, tax reform, the re-establishment on an upperhouse, and a written constitution. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the upperhouse, the party received 0.8 percent (7994 votes) of the statewide vote. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The numbers in the brackets indicate the number of seats in the lower and upperhouse respectively. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It holds 294 seats in the lower house and 83 seats in the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It holds 295 seats in the lower house and 115 seats in the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He sat in the upperhouse for a further fifteen years, retiring at the mandatory age of 75 in 1994. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The governor's council would sit as an upperhouse when the assembly was in session in addition to its role in advising the governor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was also once elected to the upperhouse, serving there for 19 months. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He served in the upperhouse until his death. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The original intent was to guarantee the government a majority in the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1998, he ran for an upperhouse election, and was elected. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this position he was responsible for ensuring the passage of government legislation, including a contentious land bill, through the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The council of assistants sat as the upperhouse of the legislature, and served as the judicial court of last appeal. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It may be regarded as the upperhouse, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They aimed to hold on to their seven rural seats and also get members elected to the new upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The bulk of the nobles argued for an aristocratic upperhouse elected by the nobles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. From 1983 he was the party's deputy leader in the upperhouse, becoming leader from 1990 to 1993. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The proposed law failed to pass the upperhouse, and was withdrawn in 2009 after being rejected twice. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After several months of debate and aborted attempts at compromise the upperhouse rejected the bill to continue the mission. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. During the same period, eight parliamentary elections (including two for the upperhouse when the parliament was bicameral) were also held. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was elected with the assistance of preferences on a primary vote of 5%, becoming the party's second representative in state parliament's upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Neither major party currently supports the reintroduction of an upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The new constitution created a bicameral parliament with a directly-elected lower house and an indirectly-elected upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lower house would be elected by the people, and the upperhouse would be elected by the lower house. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Since both houses, in principle, had equal power, the terms upperhouse and lower house were not used. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The diet members included 37 lower house members and 12 upperhouse members. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It retained 57 seats in the lower house, and still had 88 seats in the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He presides in that house and acts as representative and spokesman in the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Four candidates again stood for the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The upperhouse is only a consultative body. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At each election, voters choose half of the 22 upperhouse members, each of whom serve eight-year terms in a single statewide electorate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He retired from the upperhouse in 1979. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The local deity, now appeased, visited the upperhouse while neglecting the lower. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The proprietorship and the assembly's upperhouse was abolished. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Suffrage was restricted to male land owners, and there was no upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, the 1887 constitution required an income of $600 or taxable property of $3000 to vote for the upperhouse (or serve in it). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He won the seat and kept it in subsequent elections until 1928 where he was elected to the upperhouse of parliament. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In countries such as these, the upperhouse generally focuses on scrutinizing and possibly vetoing the decisions of the lower house. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Candidates for the lower house must be 25 years old or older and 30 years or older for the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Typically, the senate is referred to as the upperhouse and has a smaller membership than the lower house. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. More contentious than the lower house was the question of the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Despite its official position below the upperhouse, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The upperhouse consented to it; the lower house did not. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Currently, a candidate for a constituency seat of the lower house or the upperhouse must place a 3 million deposit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is bicameral, and consists of a 275 seat lower house as well as an upperhouse capped at 54 representatives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He fought hard to protect the rights of the less populous states, arguing for a strong upperhouse organised along state lines. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was 70 at the time of his departure from the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Voting rights were still limited, and only the nobility were eligible for seats in the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The referendum for changes to the upperhouse were approved by 58% of voters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Elections are staggered so that two-thirds of the upperhouse is up for election at one time and the remaining one-third four years later. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. From 1936 to 1939 he was speaker of the upperhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The case got influential supporters from the upperhouse of the parliament and from the government too, though their purpose was more political than religious. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Were the link between peerages and membership of the upperhouse to end, the name of the upperhouse might also change as a consequence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Even without a veto, an upperhouse may defeat legislation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In both elections they received around two percent of the statewide upperhouse vote. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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