Example sentences of "[noun pl] [art] members [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | China , which had sharply criticized Gorbachev after his resignation for having caused " political chaos , ethnic strife and economic crisis " , nevertheless on Dec. 27 recognized as independent states the members of the CIS . |
2 | However , in some cases the members of the target 's group may be the most important clients of the target and both the vendor and Newco will be keen to continue this relationship . |
3 | Many times the members of the two branches studied expressed impatience with class differences . |
4 | There was a feeling that in some areas the members of staff in the department had not communicated their aims and objectives to their pupils . |
5 | In any one place the two species mimic each other , looking much the same ; but in different places the members of a species differ : both species vary geographically in the same manner . |
6 | The largest questions the members of a management partnership must answer are whether sharing is practicable , whether its members believe in it and how long — if it is a reality — it takes the outside world to believe that it can provide the promised level of quality . |
7 | As credit managers the members of the Institute were extremely badly paid . |
8 | In certain quarters the members of the club were known as ‘ the Black Shorts ’ on account of their surfing costumes . |
9 | Further to the very unsatisfactory replies that the Minister has given not only to me but , earlier , to my hon. Friends the Members for Glasgow , Pollok ( Mr. Dunnachie ) and for Carrick , Cumnock and Doon Valley ( Mr. Foulkes ) , may I ask whether the Government consider the Indonesian occupation of East Timor to be illegal ? |
10 | However , as my hon. Friends the Members for Ashford ( Mr. Speed ) and for Mid-Kent ( Mr. Rowe ) have strayed into the area of transport , and as the right hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent ( Mr. Foot ) got as far as Yugoslavia , I feel that I , too , can stray a little from the main theme of the debate without attracting too much criticism . |
11 | The way in which the Government have brought the north and south together was well spelt out by my hon. Friends the Members for Glasgow , Rutherglen ( Mr. McAvoy ) , for Wansbeck ( Mr. Thompson ) and for St. Helens , South ( Mr. Bermingham ) . |
12 | I commend my hon. Friends the Members for Rugby and Kennilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) for their overall appraisal of our policy . |
13 | Our Bills are all of a part with those objectives praised by my hon. Friends the Members for Elmet ( Mr. Batiste ) and for Saffron Walden ( Mr. Haselhurst ) — the drive to get better standards back into our education system , to increase yet further the participation of our young people , and to match the quality of education and training provided by our competitors abroad . |
14 | My hon. Friends the Members for Spelthorne ( Mr. Wilshire ) and for Nottingham , South ( Mr. Brandon-Bravo ) , among others , welcomed the capping provisions to protect residents of profligate councils . |
15 | Like my hon. Friends the Members for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) and for Leeds , North-West , I must now advise the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside that a revaluation would be bad news for Wales . |
16 | As my hon. Friends the Members for Wyre ( Mr. Mans ) and for Thurrock have said , people expected to be protected by central Government , but we have been told by the Labour party that there will be no limit whatsoever on spending . |
17 | I am pleased to see so many of my colleagues here , including my hon. Friends the Members for Amber Valley ( Mr. Oppenheim ) , for Derby , North ( Mr. Knight ) and for Derbyshire , West ( Mr. McLoughlin ) and several other colleagues . |
18 | We have had such contributions from my hon. Friends the Members for Torridge and Devon , West ( Miss Nicholson ) and for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) . |
19 | We also heard fine contributions from my hon. Friends the Members for Amber Valley ( Mr. Oppenheim ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) , who has a quarry of good stories from the London borough of Wandsworth . |
20 | In a short speech , I shall not attempt to make again the points made so tellingly by others , not least my right hon. Friends the Members for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , for Shropshire , North ( Mr. Biffen ) , for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , the right hon. Members for Bethnal Green and Stepney ( Mr. Shore ) and for Plymouth , Devonport ( Dr. Owen ) and my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford ( Mr. Cash ) . |
21 | My hon. Friends the Members for Croydon , North-West and for Ealing , North ( Mr. Greenway ) have referred to a vocational/non-vocational divide within our proposals . |
22 | By agreeing to their inclusion in the Bill the Secretary of State has responded to the anxieties of my hon. Friends the Members for Cardiff , West ( Mr. Morgan ) and for Cardiff , South and Penarth ( Mr. Michael ) , and of South Glamorgan county council , Cardiff city council and many other bodies . |
23 | He and my hon. Friends the Members for Pudsey ( Sir G. |
24 | I support my hon. Friends the Members for Wakefield ( Mr. Hinchliffe ) and for Halifax ( Mrs. Mahon ) in their general comments on the broad area of policy on residential and community care . |
25 | I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Tooting ( Mr. Cox ) and for Newcastle-under-Lyme ( Mrs. |
26 | The fact that Labour is committed to giving no discounts is — as was said by my hon. Friends the Members for Nottingham , South ( Mr. Brandon-Bravo ) and for Torbay ( Mr. Allason ) — marvellous news from our point of view . |
27 | I can cover the issue by associating myself wholly with the speeches by my hon. Friends the Members for Saffron Walden ( Mr. Haselhurst ) and for Crawley ( Mr. Soames ) , who said precisely what I think . |
28 | My hon. Friends the Members for Newham , South ( Mr. Spearing ) and for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) have already mentioned the particular problems that we face in our borough . |
29 | According to my experience — and , I believe , that of my hon. Friends the Members for Aberdeen , North ( Mr. Hughes ) and for Greenock and Port Glasgow ( Dr. Godman ) , and the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan ( Mr. Salmond ) — there is no such thing as anonymity . |
30 | It was held that the defendant was guilty , since in raising their hands the members of the audience were engaging in competitive bidding — namely in competing against one another for the chance of getting in first by raising a hand before anyone else or for the chance of attracting the defendant 's favour in selecting the lucky buyer . |