parliamentary sovereignty

collocation in English

meaningsofparliamentaryandsovereignty

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parliamentary
adjective
uk
/ˌpɑː.lɪˈmen.tər.i/us
/ˌpɑːr.ləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/
of or relating to ...
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sovereignty
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɒv.rɪn.ti/us
/ˈsɑːv.rən.i/
the power of a country to control its ...
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(Definition ofparliamentaryandsovereigntyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparliamentary sovereignty

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Parliamentarysovereigntycould be maintained by requiring that any statute intended to be inconsistent with the convention should say so expressly.
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Parliamentarysovereigntyis the founding principle of our constitutional arrangements.
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Ifparliamentarysovereigntyis a priceless jewel to be preserved unflawed, why are we having a referendum at all?
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If that is so, at least we have salvaged something from the wreck ofparliamentarysovereignty.
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Within a system ofparliamentarysovereignty, that is perhaps the closest that we can come to some form of entrenchment.
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There is clearly a difficulty, with a tension betweenparliamentarysovereigntyand central bank independence.
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We were complacent about our institutions ofparliamentarysovereignty.
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This is where we have the fig leaf ofparliamentarysovereignty.
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Of course,parliamentarysovereigntyremains part of that scheme.
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The argument goes that providing these rights is incompatible with the doctrine ofparliamentarysovereignty.
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I come back to the point aboutparliamentarysovereignty.
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The matter should be subject toparliamentarysovereignty.
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Complex issues ofparliamentarysovereigntycannot be usefully summarised in this way.
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I come lastly to the points made aboutparliamentarysovereignty.
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Parliamentarysovereigntyis what they really care for.
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Where were the doctrines ofparliamentarysovereigntythen, and who was having recourse to them then?
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Far more significant in terms ofparliamentarysovereigntyis the question of a possible referendum.
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There are some who say that it would be better to letparliamentarysovereigntyremain with the national parliaments.
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I have watched the erosion ofparliamentarysovereignty.
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He allied to this an interesting historical analysis of the growth ofparliamentarysovereigntythrough financial control.
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