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

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1 The neutrality of the counsellor , so necessary in order to develop mutual trust and confidence , has to be compromised in such a way that individuals are not annoyed or upset , or that members of the family begin to see the counsellor as partisan .
2 Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time .
3 In R. v. Monopolies and Mergers Commission , ex parte Argyll Group plc Lord Donaldson MR said that courts must show ‘ a proper awareness of the needs of public administration ’ : a court should be wary of striking down a decision if it is clear that the same decision would have been made even if the decision-maker had not acted unlawfully ; or if doing so would unduly delay the conduct of government business ; or if members of the public are likely already to have relied on the challenged decision ; or if the court thinks that the applicant 's motivation in making the application was improper or vexatious or frivolous .
4 It can be more difficult when an elderly couple differ themselves as to what they wish to do , or if members of the family disagree .
5 They have acknowledged that the West German economy is by far the strongest in Europe and that as members of the exchange rate mechanism their interest rates are already affected by the Bundesbank 's decisions .
6 The so-called Columbian school maintain that syphilis was endemic to North America and that members of the crew of Columbus 's first expedition acquired the infection and brought it back to Barcelona in 1493 .
7 Too late now to withdraw this confession into privacy , even had that been the abbot 's inclination , for it had been spoken out before all the brothers , and as members of a body they had the right to share in the cure of all that here was curable .
8 Pupils develop the ability to negotiate a search strategy for computerized information retrieval both as individuals and as members of a group .
9 This climate severely limited the ability of opposition groups to mobilize within the existing vertical structure , although they did have some success in getting their candidates elected as workplace representatives and as members of the company council .
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