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

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1 Present at that meeting was Walid Maroni , officially an Iraqi member of the UN press corps , who told them that his government was prepared to support the CLAO financially as well as in other ways .
2 Leota , aged 25 , was an exciting member of the party though his Test contribution was restricted to an appearance as substitute .
3 In other words , the left-hand side of ( 17 ) shows the marginal benefit to the median member from a 1% increase in the wage rate , while the right-hand side of ( 17 ) shows the marginal cost , arising because higher wages reduce employment .
4 S. M. Qaim , CChem , FRSC , has been elected a foreign member of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences .
5 Other honours included being made a foreign member of the Norwegian and Swedish academies and an honorary member of the Boston Society of Natural History and the Société Zoologique de France .
6 While she respected Jane , the sensible member of the foursome , she hero-worshipped her eldest sister .
7 I 'm not a proper member of the family ! ’
8 A ‘ social contact ’ here is any individual , not a residential member of the housewife 's family , with whom she experiences social interaction .
9 It ended in May 1915 , during one of the most politically testing weeks in Asquith 's premiership , with the lady 's retreat into a curious marriage to Edwin Montagu , a lesser member of the government and a very close friend — indeed acolyte — of the prime minister , and it is about Montagu that this book has most of new interest to say .
10 Far from wet blankets , even the most shrewdly commercial member of the Enterprise was touched , at least for a time , by unworldly enthusiasms .
11 She was a one-time member of the ILP ( Independent Labour Party ) led by a well-known Glasgow figure , Jimmy Maxton .
12 The social worker within a local authority is never professionally involved with a family simply because it is a family but only when family considerations impinge upon the welfare and interests of some member of a client group — usually a child but perhaps an elderly or disabled adult .
13 … This means in practice that one out of every twenty samples will fail to comply with the standard and the Authority will be at risk from somebody , some member of the public , prosecuting . ’
14 Maybe the chief executive officer or some member of the board of directors had reason to doubt the standing procedures for reviewing design and failed to improve them .
15 She 'd aroused suspicion in some member of the staff and they 'd reported her to Brückner 's widow .
16 The Comber butcher was a popular member of the Ulster flying fraternity and regularly used facilities at the Ulster Flying Club in Newtownards .
17 For days after the killing , Cpl Edward 's closest colleagues felt a strong resentment towards the locals as they came to terms with losing a popular member of the platoon .
18 A MAN of many parts , Warren Tute was thought by those who knew him only slightly to be a good raconteur and a popular member of the Garrick .
19 Mr Rocard 's proposals received a warmer welcome from the man judged to be the most popular member of the cabinet , the non-socialist health minister Bernard Kouchner .
20 Dolly was still not very well known in the village but Tom was a popular member of the community .
21 Will my right hon. Friend accept that no hon. Member on this side of the House and , if they can leave aside party politicking for a moment , no hon. Member on the Opposition Benches , would believe that my right hon. Friend was capable of flouting the law — — as has been suggested , either in his personal capacity , or , still less , as a holder of one of the great offices of State ?
22 I suggest that any hon. Member with a constituency problem should get in touch with the Securities and Investments Board , which is taking the lead in this matter and which knows the individual details of specific cases .
23 The hon. Member for Bournemouth , West ( Mr. Atkinson ) must have stumbled into the debate without having been nobbled by his Whips , because he gave a reasonable , rational and consensus-seeking speech , unlike the hon. Member for Barrow and Furness ( Mr. Franks ) , who gave the House his next election address for 37 minutes , but then proceeded to disappear , as though he is the only hon. Member with a constituency outside central London .
24 I am grateful to the hon. Member for the manner in which his question was posed .
25 Our TEC , which is one of 82 in the country , is chaired by David Houghton , who lives in my constituency in Shrewsbury but is the managing director of GKN Sankey , one of the larger manufacturing employers in the constituency of the hon. Member for The Wrekin ( Mr. Grocott ) .
26 One hon. Member at a time , please .
27 I suspect that I am not the only hon. Member in the Chamber with a sense of de ja vu when we debate European affairs .
28 At this moment an English member of the community went mad .
29 He will continue as a non-executive member of the board .
30 Mr Harris , who has chaired the board since 1990 and is a non-executive member of the South West Thames Regional Health Authority , said he was stepping down to allow a review of the accountability of the service .
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