Example sentences of "[adj] members ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be technically possible now for some Members ' offices to be given the feed . |
| 2 | He provided time rapidly for the Select Committee on Sittings of the House which concerned curtailing hon. Members ' hours . |
| 3 | I hope that I have done justice to at least some part of all hon. Members ' contributions . |
| 4 | A number of right hon. and hon. Members ' constituencies include major petroleum production facilities , so I am sure that we all share the concern and anxiety felt by the hon. Member for Falkirk , East ( Mr. Ewing ) . |
| 5 | The report shows that the 12 members ' emissions of CO2 are likely to total 2,878 million tonnes , compared to the 1990 level of 2,775 million tonnes , which is the target . |
| 6 | Mr Field , MP for Birkenhead since 1979 , won a majority of the individual members ' votes in last week 's secret ballot . |
| 7 | These reports are a valuable aid to our Information Department in answering Members ' enquiries about resorts , and to the guide 's editor , Chris Gill , in compiling the new edition . |
| 8 | ( information officer ) who is responsible for answering members ' enquiries for information and also compiles the quarterly Bibliography . |
| 9 | The Council of Lloyd 's has also approved guidelines for best practice in preparing business plans and budgets , and established a panel of three members ' agents to review syndicate expenses and managing agents ' fees . |
| 10 | Many members enjoy the advantage of having their subscriptions paid by their employers and the new rates mean that these members ' employers will be penalised by the direct debit fee . |
| 11 | The cost of adapting the air-conditioning systems to these members ' whims , it has just been calculated , is a mere $1m — or 200,000 child immunisations in the third world . |
| 12 | Many members ' agents , and many syndicates that rely on those agents for business , would perish . |
| 13 | As a result of the dispute in the Republic of Ireland last year and the recent difficulties in Britain many members ' eyes have been opened to the harsh realities of industrial relations in Banking . |
| 14 | The most wide-ranging in implications of the four concerns Coloroll Group and questions of retrospection , trustees ' liability and sex discrimination in determining members ' benefits . |
| 15 | Although I would also say that I do n't suppose there are very many Councillors that do n't actually , at the end of the day , being a Councillor is costing them a lot of money and those members ' allowances are very , very small and they certainly in my case nowhere near cover the cost of being a County Councillor . |
| 16 | It has wiped Labour Members ' minds clean . |
| 17 | ABILL improving guarantees on cars and household goods has a good chance of becoming law because it is being introduced by the MP who topped the ballot for private members ' bills . |
| 18 | Mr John Wilkinson ( C. Ruislip Northwood ) , who came sixth in the private members ' bills ballot , yesterday announced a measure to make it obligatory to apply for planning permission before a dwelling house is demolished . |
| 19 | The top seven , all Tories apart from Mr Jones , have the most chance of success , since business managers have set aside seven Fridays for private members ' bills . |
| 20 | Among the remaining 13 private members ' bills , whose chances are far more dependent on the amount of controversy they attract , are measures to compensate British nuclear test victims , abolish poll tax warrant sales in Scotland , and lay down car telephones standards . |
| 21 | Private Members ' Bills not only preserve an important margin of policy initiative for backbench MPs , but Westminster 's increasing role as a centre for interest lobbying also strengthens its function as the crucible of interest representation in political life . |
| 22 | ( e ) Private Members ' Bills By long-standing tradition , Friday is Private Members ' day . |
| 23 | This is all the time there is for Private Members ' Bills unless , as occasionally happens , the government takes them over and allots some of its own time to them . |
| 24 | The subsequent stages are again the same as in the case of Government Bills except that there is a special standing committee for Private Members ' Bills . |
| 25 | The Keep Sunday Special Campaign has been fortunate in getting its proposals for reform of the legislation for Sunday trading drawn out in the ballot for Private Members ' Bills . |
| 26 | When Parliament sat again , the government announced that there would not be a ballot for Private Members ' Bills in the first session , and therefore there was no possibility of homosexual law reform , a decision which prompted the Earl of Arran to reintroduce his Sexual Offences Bill into the House of Lords to keep up the pressure . |
| 27 | Private Members ' Bills |
| 28 | On average 10–12 Private Members ' Bills become law each session . |
| 29 | The whips agree to give a certain amount of time for private members ' bills and private members ' motions , but they then encourage all their own backbenchers to ballot for these opportunities . |
| 30 | The methods by which MPs attempt to influence ministers from the floor of the House are by their speeches in major debates on government business , by calling for emergency debates under Standing Order No. 20 , by the use of ten-minute rule bills , private members ' bills and motions , adjournment debates , question time and abstention or cross-voting in divisions . |