benches

Though the Lords temporal – royal peers, dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons – were allotted certain benches according to their rank, they only sat thus during the opening of Parliament.

Daily Life in the British Parliament: The House of Lords | Edwardian Promenade 2009

Sure, every available space underneath the benches is full of two-liter bottles of rainwater, but they do wonders to keep everything from freezing, and I've never had to put in a heater.

"A house on fire or a rising sea?" (2) greygirlbeast 2010

Is it smart to work from outside, and try to lobby the city council to understand sitting on park benches is not bad, or that sex work is actual work, or that sex and porn is different than (and does not lead to) sexual trafficking?

Changing from within or not? « Bound, Not Gagged 2009

Not if the evidence of those empty benches is anything to go by.

Open Letter to our so-called legislators Helen 2006

Besides, the Commons, at least on the Labour benches, is full of sheep.

Archive 2005-03-01 2005

Besides, the Commons, at least on the Labour benches, is full of sheep.

Late news from Wittenberg 2005

Besides, the Commons, at least on the Labour benches, is full of sheep.

March 2005 2005

But this does not mean that either of these hypothetical benches is necessarily deciding according to politics but not according to law.

Balkinization 2003

But this does not mean that either of these hypothetical benches is necessarily deciding according to politics but not according to law.

Balkinization 2003

Jerez, with its candy colored buildings and green wrought iron benches, is a perfect example of what makes a place magical.

Jerez, with its candy colored buildings and green wrought iron benches, is a perfect example of what makes a place magical. 1996