Example sentences for: commons

How can you use “commons” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The argument is about the commons, not the ends; it is about the control that is enabled for those in the Internet we know now; and it is about the control that gets enabled because of the emergence of one kind of architecture of identity.

  • Bad companies are already being subsidized in this way, and to the extent that the larger economy is any kind of commons, indexing is undermining it.

  • If nothing is done, the House of Lords will persist as a patronage tool for whichever party happens to control the House of Commons.

  • The present Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, because of his tendency to change his public position on such things as the universality of social programs, is widely known as Lyin'-Brian . In the 1970s, Prime Minister Trudeau was overheard using the f-word in the House of Commons, but when asked about it later, he claimed that what he had said was fuddle-duddle . The country was generally amused (though not deceived) by this humorous explanation.

  • , House of Commons) sovereignty and toward divided sovereignty of various kinds--parliaments for Scotland and Wales, stronger local governments with elected mayors, the European parliament.


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