Collocations withparliament
These are words often used in combination withparliament.
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bicameral parliament
The national legislature is a bicameral parliament.
From theCambridge English Corpus
democratic parliament
Should not they be given credit for the great steps that they have already taken in establishing a democratic parliament?
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dissolution of parliament
However, it is not difficult to think of other circumstances in which an early dissolution of parliament would be desirable, if not essential, for the good of the country.
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elected parliament
As a result, the newly elected parliament had only four political parties represented as opposed to the six-party parliaments that had been elected on the previous three occasions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
federal parliament
However, only the federal parliament was authorized to make final decisions about reforms.
From theCambridge English Corpus
house of parliament
In the same month each house of parliament passed a resolution about the war criminals.
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national parliament
These were not elections to the national parliament.
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new parliament
It was followed by elections for a new parliament sixty days later, as stipulated in the constitution.
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parliament building
We also announced that we would be considering various options for a suitable site for the parliament building.
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regional parliament
Some see regional government in terms of a quite distinct structure, with a regional parliament directly elected and with autonomous financial provisions.
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Hansard archive
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