parliamentary representative

collocation in English

meaningsofparliamentaryandrepresentative

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parliamentary
adjective
uk
/ˌpɑː.lɪˈmen.tər.i/us
/ˌpɑːr.ləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/
of or relating to ...
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representative
noun[C]
uk
/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.tə.tɪv/us
/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/
someone who speaks or does something officially for another person or group ...
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(Definition ofparliamentaryandrepresentativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His aim was to replace the old absolutist royal law of 1665 with aparliamentaryrepresentativesystem.
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We are yet to find aparliamentaryrepresentativefrom a rural constituency who cannot speak the language of his constituents!
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Liberalism, defining democracy as periodic voting in open, competitive elections, places necessarily great weight on the direct link between the person who votes and his\\herparliamentaryrepresentative.
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I, too, declare my interest as theparliamentaryrepresentativeof 1,500 people who face possible redundancy as a result of the proposed plan.
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That highlights the problem of having no clear link between the people and theirparliamentaryrepresentative.
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We also have to work out the curious chemistry between referendum politics andparliamentaryrepresentativepolitics of the kind that we are debating.
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He is a quiet, pleasant man who went effectively about his business as aparliamentaryrepresentative.
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The citizen, in my opinion, requires some direct machinery by means of which hisparliamentaryrepresentative may raise matters relating to the nationalised industries.
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The tradition is and the basic principle must be that people are not deprived of aparliamentaryrepresentativea moment longer than necessary.
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The state will be based on aparliamentaryrepresentativedemocracy.
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It is not good for an electorate and certainly not for aparliamentaryrepresentativeto have a continual redrawing of parliamentary boundaries.
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It is due to them and theirparliamentaryrepresentativethat we are having this debate.
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It is obvious to me, as theirparliamentaryrepresentative, that my constituents should demand an appropriate hospital that includes a comprehensive accident and emergency service.
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In local government the councillor need to know the area, its geography, its land and its roads with a degree of detail which theparliamentaryrepresentativedoes not require.
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It adopted theparliamentaryrepresentativesystem based on separation of and cooperation among authorities.
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He served as a deputyparliamentaryrepresentativeduring the terms 19281930 and 19451949, and also stood for parliamentary election in 1930 without success.
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All the governments operate in the context of a multi-partyparliamentaryrepresentativedemocracy.
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After four years, a referendum would be held to determine whether the people want this system or go back to theparliamentaryrepresentativedemocratic system.
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The government is a constitutional monarchy operated as aparliamentaryrepresentativedemocracy.
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