Example sentences of "[num] member [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | However , some 300 members of the National Peasants ' Party staged a march on Jan. 7 through the centre of Bucharest in memory of those killed by the Securitate during the revolution and to protest against the NSF decision to stand in the elections . |
2 | Of the 12 members of the European Communities ( EC ) , only Portugal and Greece now remained outside the ERM . |
3 | The European Council of heads of state and government of the 12 members of the European Communities ( EC ) held a summit in Rome on Dec. 14-15 . |
4 | For the first time , ministers formally acknowledged the security aspirations of the 12 members of the European Communities ( EC ) , some of whom had urged a greater defence role for the nine-country Western European Union [ see pp. 37212 ; 37931 ; 38216 ] . |
5 | Several member countries of the European Communities ( EC ) , in the context of the EC debate on European political union ( EPU ) , made proposals during October which addressed the issues of common European security and defence policy , and in particular the role of the Western European Union ( WEU ) , which currently comprised nine of the 12 members of the European Communities ( EC ) but not Denmark , Greece or neutral Ireland . |
6 | The day before , in the same city , Los Angeles , a four-hour battle between 300 police and 12 members of the Black Panthers ended with the Panthers ' surrender . |
7 | Yesterday Buckingham Palace confirmed that the Prince had accepted a long-standing invitation to address the annual conference of the Scottish Crofters Union which has almost 2,000 members in the Western Isles . |
8 | About 600 members of the armed forces were discharged for alleged involvement in the coup attempt . |
9 | Three thousand members of the British Shops and Stores Association ( which , since last Autumn has incorporated NARF ) , were invited to nominate the flooring manufacturer who has given them the best service . |
10 | He was currently being hunted by 5,000 members of the armed forces , supported by 17 helicopters and three aircraft of the US Drug Enforcement Agency ( DEA ) . |
11 | Sixteen members of the United Nations responded to the call for action , though the main military forces were American ( 48% of the troops , with 43% provided by South Korea ) . |
12 | The 380 members of the General Practitioners in Asthma Group were invited to participate in the audit . |
13 | Of the 380 members of the General Practitioners in Asthma Group , 183 expressed an interest in the project , of whom 103 returned recording booklets for analysis and personalised feedback ; 352 practitioners out of the 2000 who received an invitation returned a postcard expressing interest and 115 returned study booklets . |
14 | My friend may well be one of the 1600 members of the SUSA-funded Sports Union , perhaps belonging to one of their 40 sports clubs . |
15 | Following the disclosure in November 1989 of the discovery of 900,000 secret files on Swiss citizens and foreigners in the federal prosecutor 's office [ see p. 37331 ] , the military counter-intelligence chief and federal police chief , Peter Huber , was sent on indefinite leave as from Feb. 14 , 1990 , after it emerged that a blacklist of 4,000-5,000 members of the armed forces deemed to be a security risk had also been kept . |
16 | Yesterday all eight members of the feuding families were at Sleaford county court , Lincs for a preliminary hearing . |
17 | In June 1990 nine members of the Red Brigades ( Brigate Rosse — BR ) were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder in April 1988 of DC senator Roberto Ruffili [ see p. 35989 ] . |
18 | The top 150 families of Bordeaux in 1848 included ninety businessmen ( merchants , bankers , shopowners , etc. , though in this town as yet few industrialists ) , forty-five owners of property and rentiers and fifteen members of the liberal professions , which were , of course , in those days , varieties of private enterprise . |
19 | First to profit from this trend are Bradford 's Dudley Hill , who , with five members of the English Students World Cup squad in their side , have made an explosive start in the BNFL national league , leading the first division with six wins from six matches at an average of almost 40 points per game . |
20 | On Nov. 29 the Defence Minister , Gen. Iván Jiménez Sánchez , reported that 142 civilians and 27 members of the armed forces had been killed . |
21 | Amid protracted party political disputes , he announced Cabinet appointments on Oct. 2-8 which covered the political spectrum , with representatives from the right-wing Liberal Front Party ( PFL — formerly the mainstay of the Collor government ) ; the Social Democratic Party of Brazil ( PSDB ) ; the Democratic Labour Party ( PDT ) ; and the Brazilian Socialist Party ( PSB ) , as well as one member of the left-wing Workers ' Party ( PT ) , in a " personal " capacity ( the PT having turned down an invitation to join the government ) . |
22 | Nevertheless , the first-past-the-post electoral system ensured that only one member of the minor parties was elected ( the leader of the NLP , who retained the seat he already held ) and that the National Party achieved a proportion of MPs considerably greater than that of its share of the vote . |
23 | In December 1874 , the statement says , the ETS had 900 members including the 200 machinemen , but by 1880 , there were only 342 union men left . |
24 | Now also , knowing that there 's only just over five hundred or just six hundred members of the Liberal Democrats , in the eight constituencies that comprise our Euro constituency , there will be many benefits that can come off a Euro campaign in terms of membership , in terms of helpers , in in terms of morale and generally raising our profile , just through press contacts and things like that . |
25 | The Defence Ministry announced on July 16 that 71 members of the armed forces had been dismissed in the last year for human rights abuses and drug trafficking . |
26 | The chairperson adjusted the microphone The assembly whispered into silence : she welcomed everyone , introduced the people on the stage , including two members of the local Trades Council who had helped sponsor the meetings , and introduced the evening 's main speaker , Lesley Wright . |
27 | The MP had asked him whether the inquiry under the Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire could be extended to the four members of the Serious Crimes Squad who were involved in preparing the case of the Birmingham pub bombing in 1974 . |
28 | The four members of the National Police were arrested in June 1990 . |
29 | Antall announced on May 16 the membership of his coalition Cabinet , dominated by HDF members but including four members of the Independent Smallholders ' Party , one from the Christian Democratic People 's Party ( CDPP ) , non-party academic experts to the Finance and International Economic Relations portfolios , and a non-party legal expert , Ferenc Madl , as Minister without portfolio charged with preparing Hungarian integration into European organizations . |
30 | The Congress , which in July had rejected Collor 's proposed pay increases for the military [ ibid. ] , subsequently approved an interim pay rise of 45 per cent for the 350,000 members of the armed forces . |