(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.
Bonne
Definition:
(n.) A female servant charged with the care of a young child.
Example Sentences:
(1) Adding a corresponding analysis from the Bonn Medical University Clinic some 66 000 hospitalised patients could be included for a period of 40 years.
(2) On the basis of results obtained in a multicentric study on testicular tumors (Bonn 1982) including our own group of patients, we give an outline of the present state of modern diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis concerning germinative tumors of the testes: Etiologically essential is an unknown dysontogenetic disturbance of both gonads.
(3) But if the Bonn proposals are adopted, they could increase emissions by between 4% and 8% above 1990 levels.
(4) In Bonn during the same period a comparable 27 explants out of 1000 operations had to be removed.
(5) The next round of intermediate negotiations, due to start in Bonn on 31 May , look set to take place in a poisonous atmosphere of bitterness and rancour.
(6) "Events outside [such as the Russian heatwave and the Pakistan floods ] are consistent with what we can expect from climate change," said Jonathan Pershing, the lead US negotiator at this week's meeting in Bonn.
(7) Sir Philip Craven, who has been president of the Bonn-based IPC since 1991, said it was time to re-examine the language used to describe Paralympians.
(8) It’s definitely a first of its kind, and it’s sorely needed,” said Marcel Bonn-Miller, a University of Pennsylvania professor co-leading the study with a Johns Hopkins University researcher.
(9) But new analysis from the Stockholm Environment Institute and Third World Network (TWN), released at the latest UN climate talks in Bonn, showed that current pledges amounted to only 12-18% reductions below 1990 levels without loopholes.
(10) However, on the basis of experiences which have been gathered on hand of the research system in Bonn efforts are in full activity for developing a compact Nuclear Medicine Computer system (CNMCS) suitable for the application within departments of any size.
(11) This test is rarely false-negative (2--9%; Bonn 3%), but a high percentage of false-positive results has been found in patients studied in Bonn.
(12) Sven Harmeling, climate change advocacy coordinator, Care , Bonn, Germany @harmeling The world will never tackle poverty if we fail to provide environmental sustainability and tackle climate change.
(13) We extended the six categories of coping mechanisms described in the Bonn Scale for the Assessment of Basic Symptoms (BSABS) by three further categories.
(14) This paper presents the psychiatric aspects of the concept of basic symptoms (BS), especially history, actual position and tendencies of development of the doctrine of BS, phenomenology and clinical picture of basic stages, the Bonn Scale for the assessment of dynamic and cognitive basic deficiencies (BSABS) and the importance of this concept for early diagnosis, therapy, prevention and rehabilitation.
(15) In 300 strains of the Klebsiella-Enterobacter group which were isolated from pathological material from the Bonn University Hospitals in early 1975, the sensitivity to tobramycin was investigated comparatively in a serial dilution test and agar diffusion test.
(16) The next round of these talks will begin in Bonn on 1 June, and will reach a climax in December when world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to ratify an international agreement that will replace the current Kyoto climate change deal.
(17) There was frustration from some civil society representatives attending the Bonn talks, with some suggesting a breakdown in the Paris process was possible if more stringent demands are not met.
(18) The Basic countries are also expected to agree their position ahead of the Bonn talks, where the UN organisers are hoping to deliver further progress on many of the details debated at the Copenhagen summit, including how to raise climate funding, enhance forest protection and independently verify emission reductions.
(19) The complications after neurosurgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia of 161 patients treated in the neurosurgical hospital university medical school Bonn from 1971 to 1974 are referred.
(20) At the University Orthopaedic Clinic Bonn, congenital dislocation of the hip has been treated since 1969, using the Hanausek-Apparatus.