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

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1 If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? …
2 Forget the cameras and everyone else in the studio and talk to and look at the interviewer or the members of the panel .
3 The sub-contractor either employs the gang members direct , in which case the PAYE scheme will operate , or the members of the gang are employed as sub-contractors and the tax deduction scheme will operate with the gang leader functioning as both a sub-contractor and a contractor .
4 However , if a police officer is suddenly told by control that the member of the public with whom he is dealing may be suffering from a mental disorder , he may start to deal with that individual differently , and in a way that may not be particularly helpful .
5 It must be made perfectly clear that the member of the council was engaged on ‘ approved duty ’ which is defined in section 177(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 as follows : —
6 It is essential that the members of a history department do not see the introduction of National Curriculum history as their entire curriculum .
7 It is entirely possible that this mechanism does operate , and that the members of a herd do use these clues when looking at one another .
8 Combined with the fact that the members of a group have a very similar diet , all these activities produce a common smell of identity .
9 holding a ‘ dress rehearsal ’ beforehand so that the members of the panel can get used to working together rather than having to learn while the interview is in progress .
10 I might say that the members of the panel have actually read all your submissions , so do n't feel obliged to go through them word for word in the same way as for example , you might be presenting a proof at a planning enquiry .
11 We are also concerned that the members of the UKCC appointed by the Secretary of State will include representatives of nursing , midwifery and health visiting from the four national areas .
12 What a pity that the members of the Napier Commission which was set up in 1883 to enquire into the conditions of the crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands were unable to have sittings in Islay ; despite pleas for them to visit the island they finished their tour at Tarbert .
13 What a pity that the members of the Napier Commission which was set up in 1883 to enquire into the conditions of the crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands were unable to have sittings in Islay ; despite pleas for them to visit the island they finished their tour at Tarbert .
14 I 'm Mrs and er the point I wan na make is that I understood when Jimmy Jones came here had two lovely full houses but I heard through the building through the grapevine that the members of the trust or council objected to him because he was racist his jokes and sexist .
15 My impression was that the members of the GPB were very concerned about the matter , but unfortunately no formal policy decision arose from the meeting and no action plan was devised .
16 And when the bankruptcy trustee decided that the members of the creditors ' committee in the Federated and Allied Stores chapter 11 proceedings could not trade the companies ' shares , the SEC supported a ( successful ) challenge to the decision , launched by the Fidelity fund-management group .
17 The Court held that the members of the Assembly had not complied with the Convention .
18 Provided that the grant of a new licence under this Act shall not be liable to objection on the ground that the members of the licensing board , or any of them , were not qualified to grant a licence .
19 The following resolution , passed by the Aberdeen Congress in 1950 , is an example of repeated calls for change at other Congresses : That the members of the BDDA assembled in Congress at Aberdeen in August 1950 , while appreciating the genuine desire and efforts of the teaching profession to furnish deaf children with a satisfactory education by means of the Pure Oral Method , are nevertheless gravely perturbed at the general low standard of achievement under a system which ignores completely the value of manual means of communication .
20 It was true that the members of the court sometimes seemed to be in competition in their attempts to gratify Artai 's vanity .
21 When the seaman Peters , a thief and later a mutineer , protests against the commuting of the death sentence to the disgrace of being flogged round the fleet , Marryat as author finds it a matter for critical comment that the members of the court-martial are clearly surprised that a mere seaman should act from a sense of honour :
22 That the members of the quintet will be ‘ bound ’ to each other in secret guilt by the cement of blood , having been tricked into thinking Shatov is a danger and must be removed , is another and a promising rationalization which reveals a local shrewdness like Iago 's .
23 One of the reasons for such ambiguity is that the members of the legislature in enacting the statutory provision may have been told what result those words are intended to achieve .
24 Care needs to be taken to ensure , if possible , that the members of the management team will be eligible for tax relief on loans taken out to finance the buy-out .
25 I can not explain this sentiment unless it was that I observed that the members of the household appeared not to have perfectly learned their parts and also that having seen and known the Emperor for so many years in such a totally different position , his present one looked like a dream or a play ; but when each actor becomes acclimatized by time it will be a magnificent Court , with a Sovereign who will command the attention of all Europe .
26 The intention is that the members of the household should have an opportunity to communicate with each other , to sense their unity as a family , and to enjoy time set aside from the normal rush of daily life .
27 Before making an order the SIB must ensure , inter alia , that the members of the SRO are ‘ fit and proper persons ’ to carry on an investment business , in particular , that they meet the standards of ‘ honesty , competence and solvency ’ , and that they operate fair and reasonable admission , expulsion , and disciplinary procedures .
28 ( This is not to deny that the members of the class resemble one another — they must — but only that the resemblance comes first , and so can be the ‘ ground ’ of the class . )
29 just one question that I was n't able to put on the Committee 's behalf , but I think it is something that we would be very grateful for a short written comment and that is the information that your members , that the members of the pension funds actually er rather than your annual members as well in that context actually receive annually and whether you feel that is satisfactory .
30 On the same day Yeltsin told the Russian Supreme Soviet that the members of the SCSE had left for Moscow 's Vnukovo airport .
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