backbench

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

Translation

n. asientos para los backbenchers
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

backbenchers

diputados de segunda fila

Example Sentences

The prime minister give in to pressure from the backbencher .

El primer ministro cedió a la presión de los parlamentarios novatos.

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

Gordon Brown advirtió ayer a los parlamentarios novatos de alto rango que las fuerzas occidentales se enfrentaban a "un nuevo tipo de amenaza" en Afganistán.

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.

La historia cuenta que durante un debate en el Parlamento sobre cómo llamar a la campana, Sir Benjamin estaba a punto de dar sus ideas cuando un parlamentario novato gritó: '¡Llamémosle Big Ben!'

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