Example sentences of "and [adj] member [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A report published on Sept. 10 by the human rights group , Amnesty International accused the Myanma army of routinely ill-treating and murdering members of the Karen , Mon and Indian ethnic minorities , who were forced to act as porters in campaigns against insurgents .
2 , Rachel Conn ( ‘ Ray ’ ) ( 1887–1940 ) , feminist , was born 4 June 1887 in London , the elder daughter ( there were no sons ) of ( Benjamin ) Francis ( Conn ) Costelloe , a barrister and Progressive member of the London county council , and his wife Mary Pearsall Smith , a member of the distinguished Philadelphia Quaker family , and sister of ( Lloyd ) Logan Pearsall Smith [ q.v. ] , writer .
3 sleek and unctuous member of the Chuzzlewit family whom CD modelled upon the editor of the Art Union Monthly Samuel Carter Hall ( 1800–89 ) .
4 A year later , he played a central role in founding the Group of 89 , a faction made up of business and professional members of the BLCC who wanted to see a conservative model for Hong Kong 's political development .
5 When he repeated the text ( which he did frequently ) , ‘ And in the morning ’ would boom suddenly and dozy members of the congregation twitched , wondering if they had missed something .
6 It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church .
7 Ken was educated at Winchester School and then at New College , Oxford , where , together with senior and junior members of the university , he worshipped according to the liturgy of the Church of England in defiance of the laws of the Cromwellian regime .
8 He declared that prison officers , staff at the Director of Public Prosecution 's office , government scientists and junior members of the prosecution team were guilty of dereliction of duty for failing to disclose evidence .
9 Such an obedient and faithful member of the flock .
10 But the main features of the system must be comprehensible to those Members of Parliament and councillors who are not specialists and to serious commentators and interested members of the public .
11 Most companies have a balance between full-time executive directors and part-time members of the board .
12 It is true that enlightened officials and liberal members of the intelligentsia were pressing for change .
13 AS LUNA 2 are a grand collusion between Galaxie 500 ringmaster , Dean Wareham , and erstwhile members of The Chills and The Feelies , respectively Justin Harwood and Stanley Demeski , they were inevitably going to produce more expectancies than a fieldful of bunnies at the height of spring .
14 This case is illustrative of the general common-law rule that there is no liability between an unincorporated club or its members on the one hand and individual members on the other .
15 Food parcels flow in from many other sources , such as schools and individual members of the public .
16 The group , and individual members of the group , will go through many experiences which the counsellor can use .
17 The Conservative chairman , Mr Kenneth Baker , said last night : ‘ He was a loyal and hard-working member of the party and a loyal and good friend . ’
18 The boys were to be given a certain amount of trust in their activities so that they might have the opportunity to make themselves moral , which in turn could help them become good and valuable members of the community .
19 Two are particularly critical : effective communication between upstream and downstream members of the design team and better working relationships with die manufacturers and suppliers .
20 He defeated Steny Hoyer , the chairman of the Democratic caucus and fourth-ranking member of the leadership , by 160 votes to 109 .
21 A mass rally of 100,000 people in Tirana attended by Carcani and leading members of the government on July 13 endorsed Alia 's speech at the central committee plenum and the policy of " democratizing the entire country 's life " .
22 The Tsar presides over an assembly made up predominantly of landowners , seen here standing at a respectful distance , and leading members of the Church 's hierarchy , seated at the front
23 The Secretary of State , Sir Patrick Mayhew ; RUC Chief Constable , Sir Hugh Annesley and leading members of the Northern Ireland judiciary , were among 1,000 mourners at the Requiem Mass at St Colmcille 's Church yesterday .
24 Questions were raised about the power of a shadowy ‘ Government-and-church Council ’ , headed by Mr Mazowiecki and leading members of the episcopate , which had considerable influence over many government decisions .
25 A disciplinary inquiry has also been launched after allegations that a senior civil servant and leading member of a management buy-out for the furnishing business accepted an invitation to attend the British Open golf championship from one of the main companies which benefited from the deal .
26 John Bratby , eccentric British painter , proto Pop artist and leading member of the Kitchen Sink School , died Hastings , 20 July aged sixty-four .
27 Lule Isakovic , a prominent Serbian writer and leading member of the Academy , said to him , ‘ If only this or that person had come , you 'd have gone through .
28 He strongly reaffirmed his own position as " a loyal and disciplined member of the ANC … in full agreement with all of its objectives , strategies and tactics . "
29 He also strongly reaffirmed his own position as a " loyal and disciplined member of the ANC " , in full agreement with the movement 's " objectives , strategies and tactics " .
30 In a book devoted to this question Robson ( 1976 ) contrasted the welfare state , as a means of providing services to the needy and underprivileged members of the community , with the ‘ welfare society ’ , in which ‘ welfare is of unlimited scope ’ , involving conditions of work , income , the character and scope of social services , the quality of the environment , recreational facilities , and the cultivation of the arts , as well as freedom of expression and movement , and the protection of individuals against abuses of power .
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