Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] member ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EC delegation raised questions about the ASEAN members ' continued status as " developing countries " given their favourable balance of trade with Europe . |
| 2 | Most of the private members ' old age pension bills that had been submitted to Parliament prior to 1908 had contained income-limit clauses ; but by the early 1920s , stimulated partly by the 1919 Ryland Adkins Committee 's publicizing of the problem , increasing concern was being voiced over whether means-testing would discourage saving for old age . |
| 3 | Mr Field , MP for Birkenhead since 1979 , won a majority of the individual members ' votes in last week 's secret ballot . |
| 4 | I was encouraged in this by the good result of the experimental members ' evening in the 1990-1 programme , when half a dozen members gave excellent short talks . |
| 5 | Mr John Wilkinson ( C. Ruislip Northwood ) , who came sixth in the private members ' bills ballot , yesterday announced a measure to make it obligatory to apply for planning permission before a dwelling house is demolished . |
| 6 | HOME Office and planning issues dominate the concerns of MPs who won places in the private members ' ballot for legislative time in the coming session . |
| 7 | I congratulate the hon. and learned Member for Fife , North-East ( Mr. Campbell ) on his good fortune in the private Members ' ballot . |
| 8 | PAUL Lowenburg , the American-born chief executive of Edinburgh District Council , has been the victim of talk in the smoke-filled members ' lounges of the capital 's City Chambers . |
| 9 | If he did not win a majority in the individual members ' section of the ballot , he said , he would resign altogether . |
| 10 | It was sufficient to outweigh Mr Field 's 165 to 113 second-round victory in the individual members ' section . |
| 11 | Admission is 50p with all proceeds going to the Aged Members ' Treat . |
| 12 | This meeting has now been arranged for 11th March at which a number of matters that have also been brought up at the various members ' meetings will be queried . |