Sentence examples for at a third reading from inspiring English sources

Lord Dear, who is leading the opposition to a change in the law, said he also expected the vote to be tight and predicted that even more Lords would oppose it at a third reading.

Farron is a committed Christian and was among nine Lib Dem MPs to abstain at a third reading of the marriage (same-sex couples) bill, a move he attributes to concerns about aspects of the bill relating to "protecting people's right to conscience".

Farron is a committed Christian and was among nine Lib Dem MPs who abstained at a third reading of the marriage (same-sex couples) bill, a move he attributes to concerns about aspects of the bill relating to "protecting people's right to conscience".

In printed form, "Shadow" suggests a third reading at yet a different orientation.

Grade-schoolers fared only slightly better, with less than a third reading at or above national norms.

Even if it gets passed at a second reading, it is relatively easy for just a handful of MPs to block a private member's bill by using delaying tactics.

That she has erected the wall means, at a first reading, that she does not want to share with others whatever she's got; however, to the extent that by building the wall she lets the others know of her new possession, it means that she may want to share after all.

The prominent backbenchers Douglas Carswell, Michael Fabricant and Zac Goldsmith swung behind the prime minister's surprise initiative, saying the task now was to find a Tory MP to back the bill at the private member's bill ballot on Thursday and then to challenge the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, to support it at a second reading.

Prominent backbenchers Douglas Carswell, Michael Fabricant and Zac Goldsmith swung behind the prime minister's surprise initiative, saying the task now was to find a Tory MP to back the bill at the private member's bill ballot on Thursday and then to challenge Ed Miliband to support it at a second reading.

But does it amount to anything more than a pious expression of worthy hopes?At least on a first reading, there are good reasons to take the report with a fistful of salt.

If crossbench peer Lord Dear's amendment, aimed at preventing the legislation getting a second reading, were passed, it would effectively kill it.