Example sentences of "[art] [adj] member [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quorum shall consist of 50% of the total members of the Executive Committee entitled to vote . |
| 2 | Collar was certainly the junior member of the partnership , but those who know his mathematical style are well able to perceive his many areas of contribution to the book . |
| 3 | Plain hospital beds with flock mattresses laid on interlaced wire springs were for the junior members of the staff . |
| 4 | Soon all the junior members of the audience are fast asleep . |
| 5 | The book examines the haulage operations of the European members of the CMEA ( the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ) including Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , East Germany , Poland , Romania and Hungary . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , its report , published in June 1978 , confirmed that there was serious maltreatment and that it was by persons other than the uniformed members of the RUC . |
| 7 | Its public welfare , heralded as a prospect unique on earth when Parliament accepted the Beveridge report in 1943 , was in relative decline as early as the 1950s before its continental rivals ; its industrial growth so slow that by the 1970s it was the poorest member of the Community , as it then was , excepting only Ireland and Italy . |
| 8 | By the end of 1961 the Bank had provided substantial loans for development , mainly to Italy , the poorest member of the Community . |
| 9 | The median voter , concerned about the welfare of the poorest in her locality , would not want local authority spending to increase if this increased the tax on the poorest members of the locality . |
| 10 | Lone parents , 91 per cent of whom are women , are among the poorest members of the population . |
| 11 | This means that the higher rents are being imposed on some of the poorest members of the community , including a high proportion of elderly and unemployed people and a preponderance of semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers . |
| 12 | CONSERVATIONISTS are concerned about the decline in the Scottish population of capercaillie , a bird of the old pine woods and the largest member of the grouse family . |
| 13 | But they vary considerably in their anatomy and , as is often the case when considering the simpler members of a group , it is sometimes difficult to decide whether a characteristic represents a truly primitive survival or is secondarily reduced to suit a particular way of life . |
| 14 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has appointed the eight members of the schoolteachers ' review body under the chairmanship of Sir Graham Day . |
| 15 | The prime business of the eight members of the London Discount Market Association is to buy bills at a discount and hold them until redemption date , thereby taking a profit . |
| 16 | As King Hassan celebrated the 30th anniversary of his accession to the throne on March 3 , officials disclosed that the eight members of the family of the late Gen. Mohammed Oufkir had been released on Feb. 27 after over 18 years in detention . |
| 17 | ‘ Amendment to SSAP 15 ’ Accounting for deferred tax ’ December 1992 ’ was adopted by the unanimous vote of the eight members of the Accounting Standards Board . |
| 18 | I came into contact with nearly all the fifty members of the community and with some intimately . |
| 19 | Ancient writers speak often of a wall-painter , Polygnotos of Thasos ( the greatest member of a painter-family ) and his colleague Mikon of Athens . |
| 20 | Although no specific motive was given , the threats may be connected to Dr Umaña 's role in representing the surviving members of a peasant family whose relatives were allegedly killed by members of the Colombian army in August 1991 . |
| 21 | In the event Edward was to have no qualms about dismantling the power of the second earl in the 1470s , but in 1469 he wanted to keep his options open and , in particular , to keep the support of the surviving members of the Herbert connection . |
| 22 | In the event Edward was to have no qualms about dismantling the power of the second earl in the 1470s , but in 1469 he wanted to keep his options open and , in particular , to keep the support of the surviving members of the Herbert connection . |
| 23 | Amongst the rural members of the congregation that filled the chapel in its early days were my great-grandparents from Allerthorpe , a mile or so away . |
| 24 | The 32 members of the Moores family who still own 100% of Littlewoods , have let it be known that the sale has begun ; the biggest part of the Littlewoods Organisation — mail order catalogues — is on the market , with a reputed price tag in excess ( probably well in excess ) of £350 million . |
| 25 | As Keynes pointed out , the Treasury 's opposition to planning for post-war full employment was a lost cause , because when post-war plans came under the political spotlight the Labour members of the government would undoubtedly press for an expansionist policy . |
| 26 | Her husband , Jack , used to sell fruit and vegetables from a horse and cart , going as far as the top of Baldersdale to find custom He was well known to all the elder members of the Hauxwell family , including Hannah 's mother and father . |
| 27 | Far from being a divisive arrival at the NME , the elder members of the NME staff were , according to Parsons , ‘ almost loving ’ towards the new punk writers , despite Parsons ' and Burchill 's reputations for being surly and unapproachable — it was , after all , they who smothered their corner of the NME office with barbed wire ! |
| 28 | When the elder members of the family began to die , Mrs Thwaites did most , if not all of the baking and catering for the funerals . |
| 29 | In old established family firms , the elder members of the family might continue to be obeyed and held in respect , even after they have officially retired . |
| 30 | What I thought was interesting was that the vital points at the end of the day were supplied by some of the unheralded members of the team . |