backbench

[US]/'bæk'bentʃ/
[UK]/'bæk,bɛntʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. sædepladser til ikke-medlemmer af regeringen
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

backbenchers

bagbænkere

Example Sentences

The prime minister give in to pressure from the backbencher .

Statsministeren bøjede sig for presset fra bagbænken.

Gordon Brown warned senior backbench MPs yesterday that western forces were facing a "new type of threat" in Afghanistan.

Gordon Brown advarede senior bagbench-MP'er i går om, at vestlige styrker stod over for en "ny type trussel" i Afghanistan.

The story goes that during a debate in the Commons on what to call the bell, Sir Benjamin was about to give his ideas when a backbencher shouted, 'Let's call it Big Ben.

Historien fortæller, at under en debat i Underhuset om, hvad man skulle kalde klokken, var Sir Benjamin lige ved at give sine ideer, da en bagbencher råbte: 'Lad os kalde den Big Ben.'

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