Example sentences of "members of the [adj] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 ON a windy day in September , 1,000 delegates and members of the Catholic Women 's League arrived at York University for National Council 1992 , hosted by Middlesbrough Branch .
2 Women active within the labour movement , particularly members of the Fabian Women 's Group , were concerned that women 's economic dependence had a detrimental effect on the status of the wife and mother and proposed the state endowment of motherhood , which was intended to give the married woman a degree of economic independence without undermining her role as a wife and mother .
3 The 5/ a week given in 1908 to those aged over seventy would have made a significant contribution to the pre-war family economy , but the Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women 's Organisations and members of the Fabian Women 's Group felt that this should be weighed against the increased friction caused by an old person coming into an already overcrowded home , pointing out that elderly people 's ideas of hygiene and childrearing might not be desirable , an argument that appealed to the infant welfare movement .
4 An instruction was issued by the Seamen 's Union that members were not to engage on ships whose captain and officers were not members of the Certificated Officers ' Union and any doubts among the majority of shipowners that a national organisation of employers was necessary to protect their interests disappeared .
5 Best Western also opened a Trust account for packages operated on behalf of members of the independent hotels ' consortium .
6 Antall announced on May 16 the membership of his coalition Cabinet , dominated by HDF members but including four members of the Independent Smallholders ' Party , one from the Christian Democratic People 's Party ( CDPP ) , non-party academic experts to the Finance and International Economic Relations portfolios , and a non-party legal expert , Ferenc Madl , as Minister without portfolio charged with preparing Hungarian integration into European organizations .
7 However , some 300 members of the National Peasants ' Party staged a march on Jan. 7 through the centre of Bucharest in memory of those killed by the Securitate during the revolution and to protest against the NSF decision to stand in the elections .
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