Example sentences of "members [prep] [art] [adj] castes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devolved local council government would be introduced , and the policy of reservation of jobs for members of the lower castes would continue for a further 10 years . |
| 2 | India was in a state of crisis during September as politicians and citizens responded to the government 's August decision to reserve 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes [ see p. 37653 ] . |
| 3 | The government had announced in early August its decision to implement the Commission 's recommendations to reserve 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes , a decision which had resulted in widespread civil disorder and had exacerbated the already tense political situation [ see pp. 37653 ; 37710-11 ] . |
| 4 | The policy , which aimed to reserve 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes , provoked caste-based violence across northern India ( although it received a large measure of support in the predominantly low-caste south ) and provided an issue around which Singh 's opponents within the Janata Dal could coalesce . |
| 5 | The Supreme Court on Nov. 16 upheld a decision by the government of former Prime Minister V. P. Singh reserving 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes but ruled that the total reservation should not exceed 50 per cent [ see pp. 37653 ; 37710-11 ; 37774 ] . |
| 6 | The court extended job reservation to underprivileged sections of religious minorities , but refused to sanction a proposal by the present government setting aside 10 per cent of posts for poorer members of the upper castes . |
| 7 | According to the ideology , such relative purity can only be retained by the ritual avoidance of contact between members of the different castes and as such determining the extent to which one can enter into any sort of activity or relationship . |
| 8 | The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP ) , supported mainly by members of the scheduled castes , won one Lok Sabha seat and nine seats in the Assembly , where it emerged as the second party , having previously held no seats . |