| 词汇 | example_english_backbencher |
| 释义 | Examples of backbencherThese 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. The effort was to find a compromise formula that would be palatable to the backbenchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They sneaked it in because they knew that they were under pressure from their backbenchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are still some backbenchers left who have important matters to raise and whose constituents expect them to raise them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If all those offered the prospect of office in the near future were to receive it, there would be no backbenchers left. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our work, as ordinary backbenchers, may be richly rewarded, but it is certainly one of the worst paid of the high vocations in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The motion refers to "inhibiting the rights of backbenchers". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot accept that if the statement had been made earlier in the day, inconvenience to backbenchers would have been avoided. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, we have had taken away one hour of the time that backbenchers should have had to discuss a very important matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the influence of backbenchers has been growing over the past few years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They dare not tell their backbenchers the truth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A number of backbenchers still wish to speak in this debate, on which there is no time limit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All it does is to pinch six or seven minutes from the precious time of backbenchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was one of the very few backbenchers who supported that tax at the time of its inception. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have shown clearly your attachment to the rights and the problems of backbenchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have, as backbenchers, shed far too much of our power. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we shall find ourselves faced with increasing demands from backbenchers to know more and more, and there is only one way to satisfy that kind of demand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What about the backbenchers getting in? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I like collecting bets from backbenchers opposite. 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 discussion of this matter, surely backbenchers have some right, with respect, if there is to be any variation in this procedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Backbenchers must not assert themselves too much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thanks to a revolt of backbenchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been worked very hard as a backbencher. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to move briefly to the role of the backbencher. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am grateful to him for being prepared to listen to the offerings of a humble backbencher at this important moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One never knows as a backbencher whether one has all the facts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not have to go on reviewing these matters when the ordinary backbencher knows that there is no need to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was, perhaps, the most effective backbencher of the last 10 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have a clever way of eluding answering a straight question from any backbencher. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can speak with freedom as a backbencher. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not make the proposition that any backbencher, least of all myself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it necessary to inquire into every comment by a backbencher? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After that there would not be much chance for a backbencher to get in and make his points. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They did not take the evidence of any backbencher. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Notwithstanding the padding up, the second supplementary question enables the active backbencher to hit the stumps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have vivid recollections of being a backbencher, unable to be called because there was not enough time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, there are limits on what any backbencher can do, however passionately he is involved and for however long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He served as a government backbencher for his entire career in the legislature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As before, he was not appointed to cabinet and served as a government backbencher. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the time he was deputy education critic and was left a backbencher as a result. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He served as a government backbencher in the parliament which followed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He served as a government backbencher supporting the coalition, and did not seek re-election in 1949. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He served as a government backbencher for another four years, and did not seek re-election in 1949. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The only difference from regular public bills is that they are brought forward by a private member (a backbencher) rather than by the government. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He declined a junior ministerial position, remaining a backbencher until 1922. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was again returned without opposition, and sat as a government backbencher. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, he remained politically rather a backbencher, and always remained a thorn in the side of the governmental bureaucracy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He again served as a government backbencher, and died in office the following year. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. From 2001 to 2004 he served as a backbencher in the opposition. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She continued as a backbencher for the remainder of her term, and retired when the parliament was dissolved before the 2013 federal election. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was re-elected in 1953, 1957 and 1958, but remained a backbencher. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She went to the backbench in the odd position of never having been a backbencher in her seven year parliamentary career. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She held this office until 1985 and continued to serve as a backbencher until her resignation in 1989. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ketchen initially sat as a government backbencher, but soon became disillusioned with the coalition arrangement. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He sat as a backbencher from his election until his defeat in 2002. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He served out a further two parliamentary terms as a vocal backbencher, during which time he criticised his own party on a regular basis. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was easily elected, and was a popular backbencher for most of his first term. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He stood down from the front bench in 1991 and remained a backbencher for the rest of his career. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He served as a government backbencher for the next four years, and did not seek re-election in 1977. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He served as a backbencher until his defeat in 2002. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He served as a backbencher until his retirement in 1920. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was re-elected in the 1998 municipal election and served for three more years as a pro-administration backbencher. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this role, she developed some of the policy areas that she had pursued as a backbencher. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is a loyal backbencher, rarely voting against his party. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He held the position until the 2006 general election, after which he sat as a backbencher. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was one of the few members legislate as a backbencher and introduce a private members bill. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. From being a talented student once, he has slipped to being a backbencher and a goon. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By extension, a backbencher is not a reliable supporter of all of their party's goals and policies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He sat in parliament as a backbencher until his retirement in 2002. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Vellacott now sits as a government backbencher. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Even mild criticism from a backbencher could carry consequences serious enough (in particular, removal from consideration for a cabinet post) to effectively muzzle a legislator with any serious political ambitions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this fashion, the cabinet's monopoly of perks and policy influence severely limits ways in which backbenchers can trade off policy influence against promotion. When a backbencher's re-election does not strongly depend on party label, do party rules affect who is likely to rebel against party leaders? Though backbenchers were not unanimous in supporting this line, a significant proportion of them did so. Who is likely to defect, and when do backbenchers decide to defy their own leaders? Certain opportunities are given to backbenchers to choose the subject matter for debate. Our answer is that the transformation of the existing party rules caused tension between party leaders and backbenchers. Conservative backbenchers put pressure on the government to provide safeguards for households which would lose by more than a certain amount. However, this proposal also was not implemented due to the opposition of the government's backbenchers. Basically, these backbenchers can appeal over the heads of the party leaders to the public (and not merely their own electoral constituencies), arguing openly for the policies they prefer. Although a backbencher he is currently the politician the voters most want to see as prime minister. I understand that that area is to be taken from backbenchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They would build up team work and give backbenchers a real function which would be recognised by the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Three backbenchers were in favour of the principle behind the new clauses and two were not persuaded in favour of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A large part of a backbencher's powers lies in the fact that he can take up time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think, however, that this is the time for backbenchers to put forward detailed proposals. 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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