parliament
Example Sentences
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In Brussels, the regional parliament currently has 89 elected members from 14 parties, and forging a coalition is even more complex because you need majorities among both French-speaking and Dutch-speaking groups.
From Barron's
As the Labour government only controls a minority in parliament, the proposal still needs to be approved by its partners in parliament before being passed.
From Barron's
Following his concert, two lawmakers repeated the exact phrase in the nation's parliament.
From Barron's
The fledgling party had "a unique opportunity" to found "a socialist party of mass appeal" that could take on the mainstream parties of parliament, he said.
From BBC
Paterson persuaded the Scottish parliament to establish a new enterprise based on England’s East India Company to found a Scottish colony on the narrow isthmus joining North and South America.
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