Example sentences of "[adv] [num] member [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was trying to tell him that there are only 300 members of the IRA but he would n't listen , ’ says Hughes . |
| 2 | He emphasized that he had chosen ministers on grounds of expertise — only three members of the Cabinet had previous ministerial experience . |
| 3 | Only five members of the Sabah family are now in the cabinet , instead of seven , but the family ( especially the crown prince 's branch ) retains the top jobs : prime minister , foreign affairs , defence and interior . |
| 4 | In the qualifying stages they were drawn against Finland and Norway and staggered unconvincingly towards the finals , after only 13 members of the pool turned up for a training session at Ayr before the vital away match in Oslo . |
| 5 | Lawyers must accept only one member of a couple as a client . |
| 6 | And although Eliot was only one member of a jury which included among others Robert Lowell , W. H. Auden , Conrad Aiken and Katherine Anne Porter , he was singled out for abuse : in fact , he seemed to receive more than Pound himself . |
| 7 | Prost 's observations need to be weighed against his mounting paranoia as Senna continually proves to be the faster of the two but , when you see only one member of the McLaren-Honda management standing by Prost 's car on the grid in Spain while five key people fussed around Senna , Prost 's fears would appear to have substance . |
| 8 | Only one member of the House was in any way sympathetic to Ian Paisley . |
| 9 | Only four members of the committee represented the Department of Health , but there were seven from the trade , the Tobacco Advisory Council and various tobacco companies . |
| 10 | It was agreed that only two members of the committee were necessary for the bingo sessions . |
| 11 | Only two members of the Cabinet , Almonte and Parayno , had military backgrounds , but the former was known to be a particularly close confidant of Ramos . |
| 12 | Suggestions that the split was in part a generational conflict were reinforced by figures which indicated that , of the Takeshita faction 's total legislative strength of 109 members , Obuchi was supported by only 19 members in the House of Representatives ( the lower chamber , where members tended to be younger than in the upper chamber ) but by all 42 members in the House of Councillors . |
| 13 | US AGENTS voiced disappointment yesterday that only seven members of a Texas religious cult left their barricaded compound on Sunday , saying authorities had been led to believe a significantly greater number would emerge . |
| 14 | This self-selection process ensures that the Community Relations Branch attracts people with enthusiasm and the necessary personal qualities which make them enjoy work with youngsters , and not one member of the Community Relations Branch we encountered in Easton and elsewhere expressed anything other than pleasure and enjoyment from working with youngsters . |
| 15 | She suggested that if each Teacher enrolled just TWO members before the end of the year our CHAIRMAN would have more confident in our Development Plan and feel happier when facing the Sports Council . |
| 16 | Meanwhile two members of a hunt have won an appeal against their convictions for whipping a horse trapped on a five-bar gate . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State appoints directly 17 members to the UKCC . |
| 18 | Usually one member of the team is designated as ‘ key worker ’ and has a special responsibility to coordinate the efforts of the whole team for one person , and a social worker from the local authority is usually attached to the team . |
| 19 | NEARLY 50 members of the London section of the Institute of Brewing visited Wallingford maltings in March and praised the very high standards at the site . |
| 20 | There are also nine members of the Kent Army Cadet Force , so one side of the parade ground represents three generations of servicewomen . |
| 21 | Becoming an actuary does not mean that you will be chained to a desk in the U.K. About 750 members of the Institute of Actuaries are employed overseas by U.K. and other employers . |
| 22 | About 30 members of the group , along with a number of schoolchildren , will be taking part . |
| 23 | If successful , it is intended that the test will be extended to involve about 100 members of the Clyde Fishermen 's Association . |
| 24 | About 100 members of the majority Hutu ethnic group were arrested between July and November 1991 by members of the Burundi security forces in various parts of the country . |
| 25 | About six members of the Town Boys were consistently referred to as people with reputations for fighting . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , about six members of the Cleveland Clog Dancers held a workshop at Darlington Arts Centre , where the folk festival is being staged . |
| 27 | There are about 55,000 members of the Lubavitch sect , who are based mainly in New York and Israel . |
| 28 | Following on after that , we had a public meeting to which erm Mrs Dick was invited , and about 90 members of the public . |
| 29 | Mr Thomas met with the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Kampuchean Christian Committee which comprises 43 house churches and about 3,000 members throughout the country . |
| 30 | This party , which had about 20,000 members at the end of 1990 , has now joined the Democratic Russia movement and abandoned its socialist programme . |