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

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1 The rights of members of a company are set out in the articles of association .
2 It 's very interesting to note that in contemporary political philosophy there is almost no room left for democratic decision making because in most theories that we 're given , more or less everything is already decided at a constitutional level I mean think of theory of justice , it 's the theory of justice that decides the basic nature of a constitution so the role of members of a government is simply to interpret and apply the constitution so they can make the most efficient tax policies given the basic constitution , but no individual has the authority to challenge that constitution and change it by democratic means .
3 ( 8 ) The term of office of members of a licensing board shall begin with the day of their election under subsections ( 6 ) and ( 7 ) above and shall end on the day of the next election of members of the licensing board , but any member of a board shall be eligible for re-election .
4 ( 13 ) For the purposes of any proceedings at the quarterly meeting in March in the final year of office of members of a licensing board which are not finally disposed of before the expiry in that year of the term of office of the members , the members of the licensing board in office at the date of the said meeting shall , notwithstanding such expiry , be deemed to constitute the licensing board .
5 The same symbols can also be made to follow the concurrent behaviour of members of a team ( Chapanis , 1959 ) .
6 He was joined there by a succession of members of a group of young Viennese associates , fellow exiles from Europe , who were attracted by König 's vision of therapeutic residential communities where children with learning difficulties and behaviour problems arising from organic disorders and emotional disturbances could receive a broad education to the fullest extent their individual capabilities would allow , within a caring , sharing , self-governing , Christian ‘ family ’ setting .
7 Language … is the instrument through which , by means of individual adjustments in response to feedback , both " languages " and " groups " may become more highly focused in the sense that the behaviour of members of a group may become more alike …
8 There is no escaping the fact that a trade union will , in pursuit of its purposes as they are commonly understood , have its own corporate policies ; and that the authority of members of a trade union appointed in that capacity to boards of directors of joint stock companies will derive from the trade union .
9 ‘ Family time ’ , refers to the ways in which the individual timetables of members of a family group are woven together , to keep the family unit as a viable concern , or to maximize resources .
10 This is hardly surprising amongst members of a profession who earn a good deal of their living by talking .
11 We have no idea what people are meant are meant to be doing when they 're voting , this was a problem I raised are people meant to be expressing their interest , are people meant to be voting like members of a jury ?
12 If Shadows and would-be Shadows started behaving like members of a government , there 'd be a greater chance of them becoming the real thing .
13 Being in a noble house , they discussed inheritance of land by means of ‘ entails ’ , the settling of land upon members of a family in a predetermined order to prevent any one owner or inheritor bequeathing it outside the family .
14 ( 1 ) This is an absolute disqualification of the persons mentioned from acting as members of a board for any purpose .
15 Its abiding concern is with the interconnectedness of things , with all the links in the social chains that bind individuals together as members of a community .
16 Women see themselves as members of a kin group rather than as women .
17 Returning to my brief of animal intelligence , animals can and do act as members of a group against other conspecific groups .
18 Where there are multiple vendors , such as members of a partnership selling their business , purchasers will invariably insist that the vendors give warranties on a joint and several basis .
19 Many people finding themselves in this position would also benefit from spending a few weeks engaged in extensive job search activities as members of a Job Club .
20 That people are born free and equal is an a priori assumption , argued Duguit , whereas it is an incontestable fact that they were born as members of a collectivity .
21 The editor 's introduction gives no real guidance on this , but it seemed as though standardised languages were given individual entries and the rest were included as members of a family .
22 Although they acted more as employees than as members of a profession , they had important positions within the companies for which they worked .
23 They will also have the ability and confidence to tackle professional problems , to communicate their ideas and to work effectively both individually and as members of a team .
24 The RSC has a reduced subscription scheme for members on a career break and sees this as a way of encouraging women to keep in touch whilst looking after young children .
25 It is relatively easy to see myths as constituting a discourse that provides knowledge for members of a culture of the world around them .
26 In our consultation paper , and now in the Bill , we have recognised further that there will be certain circumstances in which it would be inappropriate for members of a household to add to that household 's bill .
27 Is it considered legitimate for members of a discipline to reflect critically on the discipline which provides them with their intellectual identity and status ?
28 And it is not unknown for members of a group to manipulate a drama to further their real-life victimisation of the class ‘ scapegoat ’ — so that it is not a drama experience at all but a vicious first-order experience disguised as drama .
29 But it also had potential drawbacks , because the use of a church 's income , or part of it , to provide for members of a family could assume a disproportionate weight compared with religious observance .
30 The reason for this is traditional : Roman friends were often called on to look after property or to care for members of a family .
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