(n.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.
Example Sentences:
(1) A Benn family spokesperson said: "At the suggestion of the Speaker of the House of Commons and by agreement with the Lords Speaker, Black Rod and the dean of Westminster Abbey, an approach was made by Black Rod to the palace for agreement that Mr Benn's body rest in the chapel of St Mary Undercroft on the night before his funeral.
(2) Melissa Benn It's a very interesting idea to draw up common objectives and a broad curriculum.
(3) The Mr Benn approach also opens up lots of fancy dress options for TV sponsorship bumpers and blipverts.
(4) Corbyn then spoke to Hilary Benn and offered him the shadow foreign secretary position, even though Corbyn knew he was pro-Europe, pro-Nato and pro-Trident.
(5) Oh, and Tony Benn and Bob Crow, when they were alive.
(6) Most people still don’t know who Hilary Benn is, let alone that he made a well-regarded speech.
(7) Discussions over Benn’s future were thought to be part of the logjam as the reshuffle continued on Tuesday evening.
(8) How did Hilary Benn, Maria Eagle, Charles Falconer and Paul Kenny choose Trident as the totem of revolt?
(9) A variety of sources, some of whom have been attributed as being ‘aides’ to Jeremy or those ‘close’ to the leader, have apparently stood up speculation that Hilary Benn, Rosie Winterton, Maria Eagle and me (amongst others) are all for the chop for not voting against extending military action from Iraq into Syria during the recent free vote in the Commons.
(10) If it felt like an epiphany for Benn, it was more like a Sermon on the Mount to his Labour colleagues.
(11) Still under wraps A 1978 cabinet paper by Tony Benn arguing for more openness and greater public accountability for the work of the security services A 1978 Downing Street file on "the alleged penetration of the security services" A 1978 Downing Street file on the constitutional and financial implications of the divorce of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon
(12) One reason I was never going to go far in politics is that I’m not instinctively tribal,” Coe once said, pointing out that one of the politicians he most respected was Tony Benn.
(13) On Tuesday night, the Cabinet Office insisted Corbyn had been offered a briefing, but Hilary Benn was unaware of the late invitation, so it was reported as a split between Benn and Corbyn .
(14) In his round of broadcast interviews, Benn defended Corbyn’s right to write to Labour MPs setting out an anti-strike position, saying the elected leader was perfectly entitled to do so.
(15) On the one hand, he believes that Labour must have coherence on foreign and defence policy to avoid continual conflict with Benn, on military action, and with Eagle, on the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons programme.
(16) The report warns: “A ‘cliff edge’ change in circumstances could be extremely disruptive in some sectors to businesses both in the UK and in the EU 27.” Benn said: “The government should seek appropriate transitional arrangements in the interests of business in the UK and the EU 27.” The report stresses the complexity of the challenge the government faces, with two separate negotiations, potentially to be carried out in parallel – the divorce deal from the EU, including Britain’s share in financial commitments such as pensions, and the details of a new trading relationship.
(17) When the Labour MP repeated the question, May said: “It is my intention to make sure that parliament has ample opportunity to comment on and discuss the aspects of the arrangements that we are putting in place.” George Osborne and Nick Clegg spotted having lunch in London Read more That led Benn to ask the question again, this time saying he could not understand why it was so difficult for her to offer a clear answer.
(18) New year reshuffle by Jeremy Corbyn could spark further Labour conflict Read more McDonnell added that Benn had “an important part to play” for Labour but did not say he would keep his current role.
(19) But fighting to stay in “in all circumstances” - Benn’s phrase - was not what McDonnell was saying, nor what JC told peers and MPs at their private meeting on Monday night , by all accounts.
(20) Our shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, has set out the conditions that must be met in order for us to back any action.
Bennet
Definition:
(a.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, her relationship with Mr Bennet, so often seen as establishing and ratifying her status as the smartest and most interesting of the daughters, certainly complicates – if not pollutes – her standing as our narrator's ego ideal.
(2) But that was less than the 81% of Latino votes secured than Colorado’s other Democratic senator, Michael Bennet, in 2010.
(3) Hello, my darling ducks As Jane Austen's Mr Bennet might put it, I have delighted you long enough.
(4) However, clever Miss Bennet was not an automatic crowd-pleaser on her first outings.
(5) The long discussion between Elizabeth Bennet and her aunt is remarkably open: "But can you think that Lydia is so lost to everything but love of him, as to consent to live with him on any other terms than marriage?"
(6) Bates was born in Allestree, Derbyshire; and, although Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet had "a very poor opinion of young men who live in Derbyshire", Bates made the most of its artistic possibilities.
(7) Bharat Tandon on Mrs Bennet 'A woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper' … Alison Steadman as Mrs Bennet in the 1995 BBC adaptation.
(8) The economics minister, Naftali Bennet, leader of the pro-settlement Jewish Home party, urged Netanyahu to respond to the soldier's killing by allowing the settlers back into the house.
(9) It was Chatsworth House, I remind Cooper, that served as Pemberley in that scene in Pride and Prejudice where Firth emerges from the lake, wet shirt clinging to his chest, and turns the knees of Jennifer Ehle's Elizabeth Bennet to jelly.
(10) Bennet, who chairs the Democratic senatorial campaign committee, reportedly urged Obama behind the scenes to postpone further executive action to defer deportations, fearing the impact on tight election races.
(11) From Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy to Emma Woodhouse and Mr Knightley, Jane Austen created some of the most enduring romances in literary history.
(12) You might not always want Mrs Bennet in your space, but there are worse people to have on your side.
(13) Having elicited such a speedy proposal from Henry Tilney, Austen reassures us by telling us that he and Catherine in fact marry "within a twelvemonth" of their first meeting – not much less than the year allowed Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy between their first encounter and their nuptials.
(14) He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again" (prominent among this "every body" being Mrs Bennet, of course).
(15) The molecular weights of two light chains were 26K and 19.5K which confirmed the earlier reports [Fowler, V. M., Davis, J. Q., & Bennet, V. (1985) J.
(16) His old age was blessed with numerous grandchildren and he was buried in his own cathedral, where an impressive marble tomb bears witness to a long life lived always in the service of others …" PD James is the author of Death Comes to Pemberley (Faber & Faber) Paula Byrne on Lydia Bennet 'Good humour and good spirits' … Ann Rutherford as Lydia Bennet in the 1940s Pride and Prejudice film Is Lydia Bennet Jane Austen's most misunderstood character?
(17) : Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved (Bloomsbury) Zoe Williams on Elizabeth Bennet Feminist heroine … Keira Knightley as Lizzie Bennet in the 2005 film.
(18) Naftali Bennet, the economics minister and leader of the religious-nationalist Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party, led a walkout in response to what he condemned as Martin Schulz's "lies".
(19) Their mother, Mrs Bennet, was always obsessed with the idea of marriage for the girls; she tried hard to find the suitable man for each of them, but unfortunately her methods hadn't worked so well.
(20) Furthermore this device enables to designate the axis of rotation of mandibular condyles as well as to designate Bennet's angle and pterygoid angle precisely for individual setting of the SAM-2 articulator.