backbench

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

Translation

n. platser för bakbänkarna
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

backbenchers

bänkvärmare

Example Sentences

The prime minister give in to pressure from the backbencher .

Statsministern gav efter för trycket från backbenchers.

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

Gordon Brown varnade seniora backbench-MPs igår om att västmakterna stod inför ett "nytt hot" 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 säger att under en debatt i Underhuset om vad man skulle kalla klockan var Sir Benjamin på väg att ge sina idéer när en backbencher ropade: "Låt oss kalla den Big Ben."

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