Over the years, there have been proposals to reform the House of Lords, some of which have been at least partly successful — the House of Lords Act 1999 limited the number of hereditary peers ( as opposed to life peers, appointed by Her Majesty on the advice of the Prime Minister ) to 92, down from around 700.

Her mother reportedly received at least five proposals for her hand.

The Queen reads the entire speech in a neutral tone, implying neither approval nor disapproval of the proposals of Her Majesty's Government: the Queen makes constant reference to " My Government " when reading the text.

According to Derek Lewis, then Director-General of Her Majesty's Prison Service, Cameron showed him a " his and hers list " of proposals made by Howard and his wife, Sandra.

Her proposals in the 2005 white paper to reduce the number and influence of parent governors in Trust Schools, were seen as a partial reversal of this earlier stance.

Her fame brought her proposals from the European continent and from Hollywood, where a number of Swedish actors and directors were working.

Her proposals included more French courses in elementary and secondary schools, a requirement for new arrivals to learn French and for the extension of French language requirements to be applied to small businesses as well as for more power for the Office québécois de la langue française.

Her potentially beauty, as well as being the heir to her parents ’ wealth, resulted in an onslaught of marriage proposals.

Her impact in the zing commercials had led to her being considered for an excellent part in an upcoming TV series, Underwater Western Eye, a documentary-type show to be sponsored by Oatnut Grits.

Her face was pale but set and her dark eyes smoldered with blame for Ben.

-- Her choice of one color means she is simply enjoying the motor act of coloring, without having reached the point of selecting suitable colors for different objects.

Her mother had done it before her, and even her old grandmother, who had collected money for smallpox and unwed mothers.

Her presence only made Letch more distant and irritable and, in the hurry of buying Chateau Belletch, I had neglected to consider a room for Baby-dear, so there was no place to put her, anyhow.

Her services to the School for many years were of a very high character, and I have often thought that one of the buildings should be named for her ''.

Her concern for the natives of Borrioboola-Gha was so intense that she quite forgot and neglected her son Peepy!!

Her ostensible indifference to and rebellion against suggestions and criticisms by anyone except peer friends during adolescence are the manifestations, in her adolescence, of her having been indoctrinated in childhood to feel shame, if not guilt, for failing to behave in a manner acceptable to, and judged by, the performance of her nursery- and elementary-school peer friends.

Her mother and father, for instance.

Her young British lawyer, James Dunlop, pleaded that she was sorely needed at her Portland home by her widowed mother, 80, her maiden aunt, also 80 and bedridden for 20 years, and her uncle, 76, who once ran a candy shop.

`` Her basic hull form ( a teardrop ) and her nuclear power plant will be used for almost all new submarines, including the potent Polaris missile submarines '', the statement went on.

Her husband, who was sentenced to 15 years in the federal prison at McNeil Island last April for robbery of the Hillsdale branch of Multnomah Bank, also was charged with the store holdup.

Her mouth, soft and full, was something for any man to dream about.

Her words remained with him, worrying him for hours.

Her hair was the color of those blooms which in seed catalogues are referred to as `` black '', but since no flower is actually without color contain always a hint of grape or purple or blue -- he wanted to draw the broad patina of hair through his fingers, searching it slowly for a trace of veining which might reveal its true shade beneath the darkness.

Her first actual flight, for she and her kind had made mock flights on dummy panels since she was eight, showed her complete mastery of the techniques of her profession.

Her book titles, changed by American publishers, for example Ten Little Niggers to Ten Little Indians, were kept the same across the Atlantic, after bushels of fan mail.

Her second husband, Pere Milà, was a developer who was criticized for his flamboyant lifestyle and ridiculed by the contemporary residents of Barcelona, when they joked about his love of money and opulence, wondering if he was not rather more interested in " the widow ’ s guardiola " ( piggy bank ), than in " Guardiola ’ s widow ".

Her death appeased Artemis, and the Greek army set out for Troy.

Her jealousy of Cassandra, and her wrath at the sacrifice of Iphigenia and at Agamemnon's having gone to war over Helen of Troy, are said to have been the motives for her crime.

Her husband Casimir is known for his romantic affairs: after Aldona's death he married three more times.

He would sometimes write songs with someone in mind, for instance, " I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face " from My Fair Lady was written with Rex Harrison in mind to complement his very limited vocal range.

Her French-language films were dubbed for international release.

Her father was " the sort of rebel destined to transform colonial America "; as clerk of the court, he was jailed for disobeying the local magistrate in defense of middle-class shopkeepers and artisans in conflict with wealthy landowners.

Her acting began with the Birmingham Repertory Company and she soon became the toast of the West End.

Her father, John W. Bullock ( born 1925 ), was a United States Army employee and part-time voice coach from Birmingham, Alabama, and her mother, Helga D. Meyer ( 1942 – 2000 ), was a German opera singer and voice teacher.

Her habits were often parodied ( with relative affection ) by the satirical 1980s television programme Spitting Image – which portrayed her with a Birmingham accent ( modelled on actress Beryl Reid ) and an ever-present copy of the Racing Post.

Her father later owned and operated a service station in the black section of Birmingham.

Her mother, Sallye Davis, a graduate of Miles College in Birmingham, was an elementary school teacher.

Her father is now a professor at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

Her paintings were exhibited by the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists ( 1890 – 1907 ), and by the Royal Academy of Arts in 1907 and 1917.

Her father, also a Unitarian, was Arthur Holden, owner of Holden's Paint Factory in Birmingham and a philanthropist.

Her paintings were often exhibited from 1890-1907 by the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, and by the Royal Academy of Arts in 1907 and 1917.

Her father left the Royal Navy to manage a foundry in Birmingham, England, and Googie was sent to a boarding school near Dover, Kent.

Her first play, Behsharam ( Shameless ), broke box office records when it played at Soho Theatre and the Birmingham Rep in 2001.

Her play Behzti ( Dishonour ) was controversially cancelled by the Birmingham Rep after violent protests against the play.

Her theatre roles included Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest at Birmingham Rep, Madame Arcati and Mrs Malaprop in touring productions of Blithe Spirit and The Rivals respectively and a touring production of the comedy Sailor Beware, as well as two West End plays: the farce Two into One and comedy When We Are Married, and many pantomimes.

In January 1999 an inspection report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons attacked conditions at Birmingham, describing the health centre in the jail as the " untidiest and dirtiest " inspectors had ever come across.

Her repertory theatre experience includes the Watford Palace Theatre, Birmingham Rep and Glasgow Citizens ' Theatre.

Her father, Nicholas Birmingham, left England due to his opposition to the religious reforms of King Henry VIII.

Her recording of " We Shall Overcome " was made at Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, on the same day of the mass arrest of Civil Rights demonstrators in May 1963.

Her form continued into the grass-court season, beating Daniela Hantuchová in three sets en route to a semifinal encounter with Maria Sharapova in Birmingham, which she lost in straight sets.

Her practical training included work with Lord Tony Gifford on human rights cases such as the " Birmingham Six " appeal of alleged bombers who were later exonerated.

Her parents moved to Leeds, then Birmingham when she was still a child.