Example sentences of "[conj] member [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It refers to a much smaller group of politicians who hold executive office temporarily ( following a coup d'état , revolution , election or other succession process ) as presidential appointees , or members of a majority party , coalition or military junta , and we shall use the concept in this sense . |
| 2 | A committee of a licensing board , a member or members of a board , its clerk or his assistant may discharge any of the functions of a board except those involving any of the decisions specified in subs . |
| 3 | I can see no distinction in this regard between rabbis and , for instance , members of the Bar or members of a university . |
| 4 | Swimmers have to complete the 5,000m marathon either as an individual or member of a team and raise money for three national charities : MENCAP , Royal National Institute for the blind and the Macmillan Nurse Appeal . |
| 5 | Colleagues , to allow a trades council delegate to represent a trades council view , which could mean an official or member of a trades union speaking in opposition to its national policy , would be unacceptable . |
| 6 | People are treated by government-controlled apparatuses as individualised and equal citizens ( with distinct legal , electoral and civic rights ) rather than members of a class or some other kind of collective group . |
| 7 | This document proclaimed to the people of Wales that members of a society with mental handicap had a right to the same services as everyone else , had the right to be treated as individuals , and might need special assistance to make this possible . |
| 8 | incorrect or ineffective decisions may be made , due to the fact that members of a committee are unfamiliar with the deeper aspects of issues under discussion . |
| 9 | After all it was suggested er by er Michael Howard in who was Corporate Affairs Minister in nineteen eighty-six in , in the House of Commons he said that the Government believe that members of a pension scheme are in effect investors in that scheme and that that they deserve the protection of the Bill will extend to investors and it never did . |
| 10 | Social order presupposes that members of a group have a common knowledge of rules . |
| 11 | While the bidding for contracts may nominally be through international competitive bidding arrangements between suppliers and members of a government , the award may in practice be carried out in ways which make it impossible for the Bank and other donors to police it . |
| 12 | If members of a species consistently perform an activity , such as running away , after other members have performed another recognizable activity , such as baring their teeth , then teeth-baring is probably a threat signal . |
| 13 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 14 | From the day we are born and our births are registered , we are not only individuals but members of a society which negotiates with us through institutions . |
| 15 | Like Blacks , women are seen , not as individuals , but members of a group , all of whom share certain characteristics . |
| 16 | Negative attitudes tend to spread more easily amongst individuals than from group to group because members of a group can argue more effectively amongst themselves than can an individual . |
| 17 | There was , however , another crucial difference between Darwin 's position and that of his contemporaries : he believed that , when members of a species were transported to a new location , they might sometimes establish themselves even if the conditions were not identical to those of the homeland , in which case the isolated population would adapt to the new environment and eventually be transformed into a distinct species . |
| 18 | On this ground the proceedings of the licensing court were either reduced , or the pursuer 's averments were held relevant , in the following circumstances : when two of the members of the court had been employed by the applicant as part-time barmen for a number of years , without remuneration apart from money gifts at holiday periods : McDonald v. Fin lay ( supra ) ; when three of the members of the court were shareholders , and one was a director , of the company owning the property for which the certificate was sought , and when that company was closely allied with another company , the officials and directors of both being the same persons , on whose behalf the certificate was applied for : Blaik v. Anderson ( 1899 ) 7 S.L.T. 299 ; when a member of the court had recently been a shareholder of the company on whose behalf the certificate was applied for , and he had on previous occasions himself been the applicant on the company 's behalf , he being an avowed and pledged advocate of the company : Ower v. Crichton ( 1902 ) 10 S.L.T. 271 ; when members of a court had , in their capacity as members of a local authority , and with a view to street improvement , taken an active part in negotiating the purchase of licensed premises from brewers , who agreed to pay a sum of money to the local authority if a new licence were obtained for other premises , such as the subject of the application : R. v. Sunderland JJ. [ 1901 ] 2 K.B . |
| 19 | As members of a minority faith group in a predominantly Muslim country , Christian writers and publishers strive to express their beliefs without compromise , while at the same time maintaining an open dialogue with all sectors of the population . |
| 20 | We , as members of a culture , interpret a light kiss on the cheek as a greeting . |
| 21 | He was also a founding member of the Providence Island Company , set up in September 1630 ; and , in the same month , he joined William Fiennes , first Viscount Saye and Sele , Sir Nathaniel Rich , John Pym [ qq.v. ] , and John Crewe as members of a trust established by Richard Knightley [ q.v. ] to support John Dod . |
| 22 | Therefore there was no secret ballot , and Libyans voted as members of a parliament or congress do — publicly and in theory answerable for their actions . |
| 23 | Pupils develop the ability to negotiate a search strategy for computerized information retrieval both as individuals and as members of a group . |
| 24 | As members of a Pathfinder Squadron they were allowed to wear a small brass albatross on their left breast pocket , immediately under their wings , and this was the only indication to anyone outside the RAF that they were in any way out of the ordinary . |
| 25 | Baldwin was perhaps the last Prime Minister to treat his Cabinet colleagues , as Gladstone had done , as members of a college of cardinals . |
| 26 | To view them as members of a gentlemen 's club , whose rules are predicated upon principles of service and public interest is to ignore the power structure of which they are a part . |
| 27 | Too late now to withdraw this confession into privacy , even had that been the abbot 's inclination , for it had been spoken out before all the brothers , and as members of a body they had the right to share in the cure of all that here was curable . |
| 28 | With the establishment of Excavations Units , especially in the cities , the situation has changed drastically , for now that the specialists can operate as members of a team , there may not even be the need for those responsible for pottery to have to draw it all themselves . |