Example sentences of "[num] member [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the United Kingdom , for example , the peerage began seriously to take up directorships of commercial companies in the 1880s : by 1896 directorships were held by 167 members of the House of Lords . |
| 2 | ‘ I was trying to tell him that there are only 300 members of the IRA but he would n't listen , ’ says Hughes . |
| 3 | By April 24 Tofilau Eti claimed that 30 members of the Fono had pledged support for his administration , while 16 were aligned with the SNDP and one remained an independent . |
| 4 | About 30 members of the group , along with a number of schoolchildren , will be taking part . |
| 5 | Yesterday 's statement was agreed by more than 30 members of the securities industry and drawn up by Terry Pearson , senior securities adviser at the Royal Bank , after securities specialists met on Tuesday to find a practical replacement for Taurus . |
| 6 | Around 30 members of the clergy and laity gathered for the meeting in Cheltenham . |
| 7 | Falcone had been one of those responsible for bringing to trial 473 members of the Mafia in December 1987 [ see p. 35990 ] . |
| 8 | On Saturday , 3rd October , 640 members of the Diocese converged on York University for the annual Formation and Recommissioning Day of the Dioceses ' Special Ministers of the Eucharist . |
| 9 | The division occurred on the day of a vital meeting of the 140 members of the Janata Dal parliamentary party . |
| 10 | All 53 members of the squad had to go and been seen to go , even though , he acknowledged , he was ‘ cutting into good wood ’ . |
| 11 | The four main states — Andhra Pradesh , Tamil Nadu , Karnataka , and Kerala — between them elect 129 members of the Lok Sabha , the lower house of parliament . |
| 12 | Police in Egypt arrested more than 800 members of a group called Vanguards of the New Holy Struggle . |
| 13 | On July 22 Khalifah told foreign journalists in Khartoum that over 800 members of the rebel Sudanese People 's Liberation Army ( SPLA ) had recently surrendered , and that negotiations with the SPLA were imminent . |
| 14 | Sendero Luminoso was reported to have killed 22 members of a peasant militia on Oct. 5 in the southern Ayacucho region . |
| 15 | However , the poll showed 66pc of the 203 members of the House of Laity taking part were in favour , with 34pc against . |
| 16 | Established , in close co-operation with the Communist Party , by the publisher Victor Gollancz in March 1936 , the Club rapidly became rather more than a purveyor of books — though , with 50,000 members by the beginning of 1938 , it did that effectively and in vast numbers . |
| 17 | Brixton was the scene of the next outbreak of violent disorder , during the weekend 28–9 September 1985. 724 major crimes were reported , 43 members of the public and 10 police-officers were injured , and 230 arrests were made . |
| 18 | The festival attracted 43 members from the Nissan car plant on Tyneside and a further 17 visiting competitors from Scotland . |
| 19 | 2 MEMBERS Of A PROFESSION SEEK TO PURSUE THE INTERESTS OF THEIR CLIENTS |
| 20 | But just days before this edition of Central 's Pot of Gold was broadcast , 2 members of the band — 28-year-old Dee Miller and 30-year-old Rose Patterson — were killed in an accident of the M4 motorway near Swindon . |
| 21 | Following the work that I had done at the MU on the Circuit Board Fault Diagnostic Aid in connection with my MSc project , 2 members of the staff had gained experience of expert systems : the Chief Technician and a civilian who had assisted me during the project . |
| 22 | In addition to electing the 212 members of the Chamber of Representatives ( lower house of parliament ) , voters also elected the 106 directly elected members of the 184-member Senate ( upper house ) . |
| 23 | Last September , Which ? published the results of an inspection of standards of garage servicing at 30 garages , including 12 members of the RMI and the Scottish Motor Trade Association ( which also has an OFT-approved Code of Conduct ) . |
| 24 | Both Sebokeng inquiries exposed a pattern of unlawful behaviour by members of the security forces and lend weight to allegations of unprovoked use of lethal force by security forces , like in Daveytown on 24 March when 12 members of the ANC were shot dead by the police . |
| 25 | That is to take nothing away from Mitterrand 's remarkable three-hour TV performance last week when he took on — and beat — a TV interviewer , three editors , 12 members of the public and a leading anti-Maastricht politician . |
| 26 | If , as I have suggested , the 12 members of the Community do not have much in common with us over sovereignty , what do we have in common over foreign affairs ? |
| 27 | ‘ We 're fairly relaxed about it ’ , adding that Mr Kohl has made it clear repeatedly in previous statements that he was keen for all 12 members of the Community to proceed towards union together . |
| 28 | The OLF announced on June 23 that it was withdrawing from the Council of Representatives ; elected in July 1991 the 87-member Council contained 12 members of the OLF and 16 were from four other Oromo organizations [ see p. 38322 ; for December 1991 agreement on autonomous regions see pp. 38564 ; 38660 ] . |
| 29 | It consists of 12 threepart songs each linked with one of the 12 members of the Königsberg society of the same name . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , 12 members of the Cabinet did visit the shrine on Aug. 15 ( and at least three others had visited it earlier in the month ) , although most claimed that they had done so in a private capacity . |