order paper
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Ullom said he tried to order paper shopping bags with the store logo and was told it would be four or five months.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
Some wanted to bring down the government, others wanted to take control of the order paper to pass more laws, others sought valuable Brexit documents from the government.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2020
A note on the order paper reads: “The Speaker plans to make a statement on proceedings on this motion immediately after defence questions.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2019
Experts said it was a plausible plan for cross-party rebels to seize control of the order paper via motions for recess, which are called “periodic adjournment motions”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2019
Trouble broke out in Parliament, where one Irish member put on the order paper a question specifying all the charges against the new Ambassador.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
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