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

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1 She looked exquisite , breakable , so desirable that not a few lustier members of the congregation , whose minds should have been on holier things , found themselves in a sudden , quite ferocious state somewhere between arousal and bewitchment , which could bring any man to his knees .
2 On Sept. 26 four lower-ranking members of the Army were arrested along with four civilians .
3 Consideration should be given to the appointment of further members of the committee .
4 They were outraged at the suggestion , in the grounds of referral , confirmed by remarks made by the Interim Reporter in Orkney , Gordon Sloan , on 6 March that further members of the community were involved in the alleged abuse ring .
5 But care was taken that the wealthier members of the nobility should dominate the minority of peasant and urban representatives , the zemstvo budget and powers of taxation were strictly limited , and through the provincial governor and local police the government retained close supervisory powers .
6 The zemstvo franchise , while providing minority representation for urban and peasant proprietors , ensured the domination of wealthier members of the nobility , and the duma franchise was equally restricted .
7 Then he grinned and opened his mouth , as if to list further commodities produced on the premises , when a further member of the household came into the room , this time through the doorway above ground .
8 He considers a trust in favour of the family fideicommissum familiae relictum ) : a settlor has established it ; a member of the family is benefiting from it , but he is at the same time bound by the trust to hand on the property on death to a further member of the family .
9 The fainter member of the pair is much the more luminous , but it is over 2500 light-years away , and is actually a great deal more powerful than Antares .
10 Of course it need not follow that separate assessment must have cast the younger members of every family as wage earners , any more than it did in other shires where traces of an emergent discrete labouring class were already manifest .
11 The need to start younger members of a family upon a career frequently brought a freeholder to seek the aid of a politician , and this was one of the major elements in interest building .
12 However , some encouragement may be derived from the enormous instrumental potential among the younger members of the Church 's congregations .
13 In contrast the younger members of the sample were more likely to favour health education/promotion as the reason for improved health .
14 Present were Mrs Jameson , Mr Bagehot , Ash the poet , without Mrs Ash , who was indisposed , and some younger members of the London University .
15 Some of the younger members of the faculty of divinity were angry .
16 This does not mean that the younger members of the underclass pose no threat to public order .
17 The younger members of the crew may have got some sleep that night but the older ones , who should have known better , arrived back at four o'clock in the morning , with half the town and a piper who , traditionally , concluded the night 's festivities on the pier .
18 Oh , does anybody know the of the y the younger people the younger members of the churches ?
19 While the younger members of the family are treated by the British press and public as stock characters in some soap opera , when one of them speaks , on architecture , AIDS or literacy , the news media none the less report their comments seriously .
20 Training , for the younger members of the family through ATB courses , was sometimes seen as an ‘ easy option ’ by the father who felt that instruction of the son came better from a professional than from himself .
21 Many school textbooks , from the earliest readers , portray older people as clumsy , frail , pathetic , and needing to be helped across roads , while younger members of the family are happily enjoying an exciting and glamorous life .
22 Consequently , he had no time for the younger members of the family .
23 Obviously the younger members of the family became too enthusiastic about it all because Grandfather Tallentire threatened a different kind of stop if they carried on spending so much of their time playing and talking about music .
24 For younger members of the family , there is an exciting children 's play area * , an old-fashioned Penny Arcade , and a working miniature fairground to be enjoyed , as well as many special events and exhibitions held throughout the year .
25 Follow this with one or two closer shots which show the family against this background : the adults might be sunning themselves while the younger members of the family amuse themselves in more active ways — paddling , or playing beach football .
26 Old Mr David Hughes has just been told by his doctors that he 'll have to retire , and the younger members of the family would prefer to sell out and start up on their own .
27 Often they will enter a family situation where the focus of all difficulties lies with one person , perhaps the ageing parent who has become dependent upon the younger members of the family .
28 The rise of the nuclear family has created an expectation and desire for independence and privacy by younger members of the family , often quite separate from former family ties , and this can often leave little room for the care of older relatives .
29 If you 'd like your kids to learn how to tell the time , treat the younger members of the family to their own watch from the ‘ Flik Flak Teaching ’ range .
30 Outside the visitor can stroll near the track or relax by the pond and picnic area while the younger members of the family can enjoy a large adventure playground .
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