parliamentary

Definition:
1. Relating to or having the nature of a parliament.
2. Having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament.
3. In accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly.

Use 'parliamentary' in a sentence:

• 1. The previous parliamentary election was held in 2003.
• 2. Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence.
• 3. It remains to be seen whether her parliamentary colleagues will agree.
• 4. The parliamentary session ends on October 4th.
• 5. Vietnam holds parliamentary elections.
• 6. Next week the new parliamentary year opens.
• 7. That party lost 15 seats in the parliamentary election.
• 8. She would want to fight the election on a ticket of parliamentary democracy.
• 9. In the 2000 election it won 17 parliamentary seats.
• 10. Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time.
• 11. In England, universities receive about 70% of their financial support through Parliamentary grants.
• 12. Sometimes, when he prepares a parliamentary speech, churchill's creative flow is blocked.
• 13. Parliamentary elections should follow at the end of next year.
• 14. Kim made the comment Wednesday in a parliamentary hearing.
• 15. Generals are elected to every parliamentary seat.
• 16. EGYPT, Chad and Moldova hold parliamentary elections.
• 17. The Prime Minister has been briefed by her parliamentary aides.
• 18. In some parliamentary systems, parliament may be dissolved by the head of state and new elections ordered.
• 19. The polls have closed in the Pakistan parliamentary elections.
• 20. That bodes ill for September's parliamentary elections.
• 21. The minister air-dashed to Delhi because of the parliamentary crisis.
• 22. It entrenches the army's role guaranteeing it a quarter of parliamentary seats.
• 23. He was stripped of parliamentary immunity and thrown in jail.
• 24. Despite reports of intimidation, Zimbabweans swarmed to polling stations on the final day of voting in the most competitive parliamentary election in Zimbabwe's history.
• 25. The opposition has demanded a re-run of parliamentary elections held yesterday.
• 26. NOTHING was left to chance in Russia's parliamentary election.
• 27. Research groups prepare the draft bills tabled by parliamentary representatives.
• 28. He was infinitely more assured than in his more recent parliamentary appearances.
• 29. The issue of land reform was one that dominated Hungary's parliamentary elections.
• 30. Parliamentary leaders agreed to take all such decisions by a show of hands.
• 31. The country's election commission has advanced the date of parliamentary elections by three days.
• 32. There was a crescendo of parliamentary and press criticism.
• 33. A parliamentary poll is held on the same day.
• 34. In 1998, Labour lost a division vote because of Mintoff's renegation on his parliamentary group.
• 35. KOSOVO holds parliamentary elections.
• 36. British Parliamentary procedure is perplexing at the best of times.
• 37. Ireland holds parliamentary elections.
• 38. Unintelligible legislation is the negation of the rule of law and of parliamentary democracy.
• 39. This year, nearly a score of presidential or parliamentary elections or referendums have been scheduled among the 53 members of the AU.
• 40. They competed for power through a combination of parliamentary and extra-parliamentary methods.
• 41. The combined left-wing opposition in France has defeated President Jacque Chirac's ruling Conservative Coalition in the first round of the country's parliamentary elections.
• 42. "It's been the longest period of stability and prosperity in Spain ever in a parliamentary monarchy," the king said.
• 43. Every party is united on the need for parliamentary democracy.
• 44. Elections are essential for the sustenance of parliamentary democracy.
• 45. She was selected as the parliamentary candidate for Bath.
• 46. A ferocious battle to select a new parliamentary candidate is in progress.
• 47. He made the allegation under the protection of parliamentary privilege.
• 48. Recent financial scandals have necessitated changes in parliamentary procedures.
• 49. We are now striving hard to establish a transparent parliamentary democracy.
• 50. His tactics were to entangle the opposition in a web of parliamentary procedure.
• 51. She was adopted as parliamentary candidate for Wood Green.
• 52. He used his influence to make sure she was not selected as a parliamentary candidate.