Example sentences of "number of member [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the number of members on the committee is small , it may be difficult to abide by the proviso that the amendment must be seconded by someone who has not spoken on the original motion , and in that case common sense prevails . |
| 2 | Although a member state may limit the number of members of an EEIG to twenty , it is envisaged that , in the UK , professional partnerships which may have over twenty members will be treated as a single member . |
| 3 | A number of members of the Society began meeting in the building now occupied by Mr Ross Raymond 's cycle business — then the Anchor Cafe — and the Meeting House in Portmore Street was opened in 1905 . |
| 4 | There has unfortunately been a drop in the number of members of the Society this year . |
| 5 | Because quite a l a number of members of the council had businesses and you did n't shut at six o'clock , it was seven or eight 'clock before they closed . |
| 6 | It is desirable that the ‘ payroll ’ vote , i.e. the number of members of the government party holding office and therefore behoven to support the government , should not form too large a proportion of the House , but otherwise , there is no obvious reason for preferring 400 to 800 . |
| 7 | The political machinery was controlled by a relatively small number of members of the South West Ham branch of the National Socialist Party , an organisation occupying an increasingly right-wing presence within the party . |
| 8 | The shift times are designed to place policemen on the streets at times when they will encounter the maximum number of members of the public , even though this public thus tends to comprise shoppers and tradespeople . |
| 9 | The same incident also gave rise to complaints by a number of members of the public in respect of the conduct of several police officers who had attended it . |
| 10 | On the other side of the world , the largest number of members of the Bar ever attended the American Bar Association Conference in San Francisco in August . |
| 11 | There was no system of licensing and anyone could embalm. asked how NVQ 's would effect membership of the Institute and stated that in his opinion the number of members of the Institute would decline . |
| 12 | Although a number of members of the UPV were charged with these explosions , all the cases failed because juries were not convinced by the evidence of an Ulster Protestant Volunteer who turned police informer . |
| 13 | There they met an equal number of members of the congregation , people like themselves , who would be invited to share their experiences . |
| 14 | Every family had to notify the police of the number of members of the family who would be present on the day , and give the names of any guests who would be staying in the house . |
| 15 | The targeting of the security forces by Republican paramilitaries is reflected in a rise in the number of members of the security forces killed as a proportion of total deaths . |
| 16 | Her actions were typical of a growing number of members of the security forces and prison service who take advantage of the availability of firearms to commit suicide . |
| 17 | Reports in South Africa said a number of members of the Broederbond , the secret Afrikaner pressure group , were included in the talks , as well as individuals known to be close to Gerrit Viljoen , the Constitutional Planning Minister . |
| 18 | ( 4 ) Subject to subsection ( 9 ) and ( 13 ) below , a licensing board shall consist of not less than one-quarter of the total number of members of the district or islands council and in no case shall consist of less than five such members . |
| 19 | There must be quite a number of members from the university who are in the chorus . |
| 20 | However , a subsequent compromise reached in the Vermittlungsausschuss ( joint mediation committee consisting of an equal number of members from the Bundesrat and Bundestag ) enabled the government to apply the increased taxes on July 1 , while abandoning certain reductions in company taxation . |
| 21 | Tax rates were applicable to the total household income derived from agricultural production divided by the number of members in the household who depended primarily on agricultural production . |
| 22 | In mid-1987 supplementary elections took place in six provinces , increasing the number of members in the Assembly to 123 . |
| 23 | All I will permit myself to say is that there clearly exists a coherent body of thought within the present Conservative parliamentary Party ( supported , it would seem from the number of signatures added to the ‘ Fresh Start ’ petition circulated at the 1992 Conservative Party Conference , by a large number of members in the country ) , which is increasingly concerned by the direction of events in Europe and which makes the connection between this and Britain 's recent economic woes . |
| 24 | I would hope over the next few years we actually do move towards increasing towards that but I think we will have some severe difficulties , particularly with the planning department where large numbers of members of the public do visit the area . |