Example sentences of "was [verb] that [adj] member [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Shortly after Abe 's arrest it was reported that other members of the Miyazawa faction were being questioned in connection with the affair .
2 On Jan. 24 it was reported that 28 members of the Interim Legislative Assembly had taken their seats .
3 On their way to a match against Great Lever , it was said that four members of the Accrington team became so ‘ liquored up ’ when they stopped to take refreshment at Blackburn that they missed their train .
4 The Cabinet had agreed on March 20 that Decree No. 42 should be discarded but it was understood that some members of the Cabinet favoured new press legislation to replace the decree , while others thought that the existing criminal code was enough to ensure a responsible press .
5 In 1830 , 70 English boroughs had 100 or less voters ; Old Sarum and Dunwich were uninhabited constituencies ; and in 1793 it was estimated that 400 Members of Parliament out of a total of around 530 were nominated or dependent on noblemen in such a way that they were likely to lack the chance to display any real independence of mind in their parliamentary behaviour .
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