Big Ben's movement has caused cracks in the walls of other parts of the House of Commons, including corridors where ministers have their offices.
大本钟的运动造成了下议院其它部分墙面出现裂纹，其中包括大臣办公室的走廊墙面。
Not for nothing is the speaker of the House of Commons ritually dragged unwillingly to his chair.
下议院议长根据仪式挪到他椅子上时不情不愿不是没有理由的。
Speaking before the House of Commons, Mr. Brown said since British military operations in Iraq have ended, the time had come for a thorough inquiry into the war.
布朗在下议院讲话时说，既然英国在伊拉克的军事任务已经结束，现在是对战争进行彻底调查的时候了。
Big Ben's movement has caused cracks in the walls of other parts of the House of Commons, including corridors where ministers and shadow ministers have their offices.
大本钟的倾斜运动还造成了下议院其它部分墙面出现裂纹，其中包括部长和影子部长办公室的走廊墙面。
For many, this floating pavilion, claimed on parliamentary expenses by a Conservative knight of the shires, revealed something rotten about the House of Commons.
这个悬浮式的楼阁是一位保守党的郡爵士用议会的款项购下的，这个事件掀开了英国下院腐化篇章的一角。
First, the vote was for a new member of the House of Lords rather than the Commons, and by an odd procedure that strains even Britain's notoriously elastic constitutional arrangements.
第一，这次选举是选上议院议员而不是下议院议员，而且选举程序怪异的恪守堪称英国臭名昭著的灵活的法制体系。
Nancy Witcher Astor, or Viscountess Astor, was the second woman elected to the British Parliament's House of Commons and the first to actually serve.
南锡·威彻·阿斯特，也称为阿斯特子爵夫人，是第二位当选为英国下议院议员的女性议员，也是第一位实际到任了的。
Their concern has pricked the House of Commons media committee to look at whether the law needs changing: it is due to report shortly.
他们的反应刺激了英国下议院媒体委员会，该委员会开始考虑这部法律是否需要修改：此事应该立刻提上议程了。
In his budget statement, delivered to the House of Commons on 24 March, Darling said that the UK must renew and modernise its energy supplies if it hoped to improve its infrastructure.
在三月24日提交下议院的预算中达林声称，如果英国希望加强基础设施，英国必须更新和完善自己的能源供应。
Many peers expect their elected successors to be much more assertive towards the House of Commons, straining old conventions that the Lords should bow before the primacy of the elected chamber.
很多贵族期待他们通过选举产生的继任者能在下议院更有自信，由此打破旧时上议院屈从于下议院的惯例。
As elections to the European Parliament, unlike those to the House of Commons, are conducted under a system of proportional representation, voting for outsiders can bring them a real reward.
因为欧洲议会的选举与英国下议院不用，采用的是比例代表制，给靠边党投票能带来真正的回报。
Only last week I was on my way to the House of Commons when I was pulled over by the police.
仅在上个星期，在我去下议院的路上，我的车被警察带到路边。
A bill in the House of Commons would give the neediest old people care in their homes free of charge, if it passes before Parliament is dissolved.
如果在国会解散前，下院的一项议案获得通过，将使最贫困的老人享受免费的家庭护理。
The latest disclosures were made in the House of Commons on July 7th.
最近的事实披露7月7日发生了英国下议院。
The prime minister, Herbert Asquith, reminded the House of Commons that such courage had built the British empire.
英国首相赫伯特请求下院不忘曾以非凡勇气建立了大英帝国的历史。
The abortion debate came at the end of two hotly contested days in the House of Commons.
堕胎法的争论经过国会众议院的两天激烈辩论后落下帷幕。
She went on to earn her Ph.D., teach in the international medical program, present work to the House of Commons, and become a visiting scholar at Harvard University.
她攻读了哲学博士学位，在国际医学项目组任教，在英国下议院任职，又是哈佛大学的访问学者。
David Cameron, addressing the House of Commons at his first Prime Minister's Questions, said that the thoughts of MPs were with the victims.
戴维·卡梅伦作为首相首次在下议院回应质询时表示，全体议员和受害者一样感同身受。
Cromwell supported the creation of an other house in Parliament, which would consist of 40 to 70 people to be chosen by him and then approved by the Commons - a house of Lords in all but name.
克伦威尔主张国会设立另一议院包括40至70人由他选任并经下议院批准——实质等同上议院不过名衔有别。
His place was either in the House of Commons or out in the open, ready to fight on the beaches, landing grounds, fields and streets.
他的位置不在下议院就在露天，做好在海滩、机场、田野、街道战斗的准备。
By the time Mrs May had blamed Mr Clark in the House of Commons and the Home Affairs Committee, Mr Clark had had enough.
当梅在英国下议院内政事务委员会上谴责了克拉克后，克拉克再也无法忍受。
The previous speaker of the House of Commons was Michael Martin, whose roots are in Hibernian, working-class Glasgow.
前任下院议长迈克尔•马丁，就来自格拉斯哥的爱尔兰裔工人阶层。
Britain is divided 651 constituencies. Each of the constituencies returns one member to the House of Commons.
英国被划分为651个选区，每个选区选一名下议院议员。
By the 18th century the distribution of House of Commons seats did not reflect the real distribution of population and wealth across the country.
直到18世纪，众议院议席分配不能反映全国人口与财富真实分布。
What does it matter what happens outside? The House of Commons may do what it likes, and so may the House of Lords.
外面发生什么事又有何妨？下院想干什么就干什么吧，上院也可如此。
As expected, the House of Commons passed the motion, but the Lords surprised everyone, defeating it by just three votes.
正如所期待的，下议院通过了提议，但是上议院出乎所有人意料的以3票否决了它。
The couple's separation was announced in December 1992 by British Prime Minister John Major, who read a statement from the royal family to the House of Commons.
1992年12月，英国首相约翰梅杰宣读一份来自皇室家族的声明，向下议院宣布了这对夫妇的离异。
The couple's separation was announced in December 1992 by British Prime Minister John Major, who read a statement from the royal family to the House of Commons.
1992年12月，英国首相约翰梅杰宣读一份来自皇室家族的声明，向下议院宣布了这对夫妇的离异。
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