Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] member [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is as a result of fears such as this that members of the RUC are required to obtain official permission before they cam talk to outsiders , such as the Press and researchers , or face being sacked from the force .
2 Lady Thatcher , an Oxford graduate , was originally proposed for an honorary degree in 1985 but members of the university 's ruling body the Congregation voted down the idea in protest at her Government 's handling of education .
3 Swimmers have to complete the 5,000m marathon either as an individual or member of a team and raise money for three national charities : MENCAP , Royal National Institute for the blind and the Macmillan Nurse Appeal .
4 On their return to Vienna they appeared before the Emperor who failed to reward them , and Leopold became convinced that members of the aristocracy were deliberately avoiding Mozart so that they could dismiss his talents as
5 Its members will be drawn mainly from the Commons ( the lower elected house ) , a few will be from the same party in the Lords ( the non-elected upper house ) and , although they remain in Parliament as MPs or peers , their role is very much as members of the executive , aiming to steer their programme through the assembly with as few complications or delays as possible .
6 But also we need to make sure that members of the public know exactly what to do , er in relation to their own water supplies .
7 , D O E. Er I 'm sure that members of the panel appreciate why I 've remained silent during the discussion of item two D , but does anyone in the room who does n't fully understand , it 's simply that the Secretary of State of exercises role in relation to a new settlement .
8 It is information which is vital to any councillor who is trying to go through the analysis of cost centre by cost centre of the expenditures of this council and as such it 's vital that this information is available to us not only by combing through all the relevant minutes and in er minutes of committees that have taken place but paraded together in one place for us all and members of the public to be able to get access to it .
9 As long as members of the proletariat saw their struggles as ‘ personal problems ’ , or were coerced or conditioned into behaving against their class interests , they were in a state of ‘ false consciousness ’ .
10 It is a measure of the importance we now attach to sport , that although few either know or care who the latest Minister of Sport is , we pay our national team bosses far more than members of the Cabinet .
11 And in fact , though perhaps it is shocking to admit it , we took some advantage of this dreadful argument during the campaign : we said we did not want to bring personalities into the election , but of course it was important that members of the Council should be responsible people who would not take advantage of their ‘ special position ’ .
12 It was important that members of the Party should not come out with calls for a referendum on capital punishment , as some candidates were reported to have done .
13 Despite intensive efforts to reinvent the national identity along imperial lines — including the rebuilding of central London as a theatre for imperial parades — the English remained obstinately English , refusing to think of themselves even as ‘ Britishers ’ , let alone as members of the Greater Britain projected by imperialist dreamers .
14 While it is apparent that members of an organisation will always be affected by a treaty concluded by the organisation in the sense that they can not act contrary to it , the controversial question was whether they could be formally bound by it .
15 Protection of ‘ reasonable people from being made fools of ’ was ‘ essential if members of the public are to have the justified confidence to invest in productive enterprise through the wider range of opportunities now available to them ’ .
16 To that end it was necessary that members of the public or other police officers should be encouraged to give any relevant information they had to the appropriate authority without fear of harassment , intimidation or use of any statement in any other proceedings .
17 In deciding this it is not necessary to consider whether members of the public who are knowledgeable about the product are deceived , it may be sufficient if members of the public who have very little knowledge of the product concerned are likely to be deceived , see J. Bollinger v Costa Bravo Wine Co .
18 Anselm and the king 's envoy had an inconclusive meeting with the pope , Anselm remaining silent while members of the Curia openly took the king 's side .
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