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
The order paper for Monday confirms the government will seek a meaningful vote on its Brexit deal again, as announced by Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the House of Commons, on Saturday.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2019
Commons proceedings will get under way with a statement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as confirmed by Saturday's order paper.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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
When Lloyd George came to the point of his actual proposals you could have heard the slightest rustle of an order paper, so keen were the silent Commons.
From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Dilnot, Frank
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