Example sentences of "[noun] had been a [adj] member " in BNC.
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| 1 | When news was brought to the hotel that the general had , ‘ passed on to that great trout loch in the sky ’ , people were genuinely saddened because the general had been a much-respected member of the community . |
| 2 | Malendoma had been a leading member of the Consultative Group of Democratic Forces ( CFD ) , the opposition alliance which had demanded a sovereign national conference to determine the political future of the country . |
| 3 | As minister for social security , John Moore had been a prominent member of the Thatcher government until 1988 . |
| 4 | A party colleague , the South Antrim representative Henry Cuchinan , said : ‘ Peter Gallagher had been a valued member of Sinn Fein in Toome for many years . |
| 5 | Meciar had been a leading member of the Public Against violence movement ( PAV or VPN ) at the time of the 1989 revolution , was subsequently Slovak Interior Minister and then held office as Slovak Prime Minister from June 1990 to April 1991 [ see pp. 37543 ; 38161 ] . |