Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] general [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill reported at the first general meeting that Lord Hamilton and Sir William Birt of the GER Co. had promised to help the Alliance in ‘ every way they could ’ ( SE 14 October 1899 ) . |
| 2 | O N A less acrimonious note , I was glad to read that David Alton , the Liberal Democrat MP for Liverpool Mossley Hill , is likely to stand at the next General Election . |
| 3 | Clearly , the British people do not want a return to the failed interventionist , socialist policies of the 1960s and 1970s — and that is another reason why Labour will be defeated at the next general election . |
| 4 | On the other hand , if the member of parliament was induced to solicit for the removal of an acting officer , any failure to arrange the question satisfactorily would be taken in his constituency as a failure of political interest in London and evidence of a lack of effective power , which again could prove damaging at the next general election . |
| 5 | The public flogging anticipated at the annual general meeting of the City watchdog , Fimbra , may well fail to materialise . |
| 6 | 16,315,227 Income Shares in Waterford Wedgwood U.K. plc were issued during 1992 to form Stock Units under the procedures enacted to simplify trading in the Group 's securities as approved at the Extraordinary General Meetings of the Company and Waterford Wedgwood U.K. plc both held on 28 March 1990 . |
| 7 | Erm the main difference between a non-executive director and a director basically is that the directors are added to by the shareholders and are re-elected at the annual general meetings . |
| 8 | ‘ We shall break the historic habit because we shall not just get elected tomorrow to clear up the mess , we are going to get re-elected at the next general election as well , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Debate on the all-important , but heavily traditionalist , schema on the Church began at the 31st general congregation on 1 December . |
| 10 | One of the topics being raised at the coming General Synod in a Private Member 's motion is the whole question of our treatment of animals , and I include an article about this . |
| 11 | Speaking at the annual general meeting of the British Association of Mountain Guides at the Ulswater Hotel , Collister lamented the way guides in the alps had over equipped routes for their own convenience at the expense of the clients share in the adventure . |
| 12 | The right to elect members on to the Executive Committee and to vote at the Annual General Meeting |
| 13 | The election of Mr. I.C. Lumsden , General Manager ( Actuarial ) , as a Director of the Company will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting . |
| 14 | Stoy Hayward have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the annual general meeting . |
| 15 | Stoy Hayward have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the annual general meeting . |
| 16 | A resolution to re-appoint Coopers & Lybrand as the Company 's auditors will be proposed at the annual general meeting . |
| 17 | If the taxpayer understood what the Government are planning with this privatisation and what they are doing to the coal industry , there would be no doubt what would happen at the next general election . |
| 18 | The auditor is appointed at the Annual General Meeting of the PLC ( not by the shareholders or the directors or the officers ) . |
| 19 | NANCY Hamlyn Rae McArthur , widow of Lord Hoy of Leith , died at the Western General Hospital , Edinburgh , yesterday after a short illness . |
| 20 | The first definite report of women taking the side of the men comes in early August , when it was announced at the quarterly general meeting of the Edinburgh Typographical Society that in the office of Neill & Co , 51 " female compositors had intimated their intention of tendering notices on Friday 5 August " alongside the men . |
| 21 | If thought right a proposal must go to Divisions and be put at the Annual General Meeting . |
| 22 | Ernst & Young have expressed their willingness to continue in office as auditors and resolutions proposing their reappointment , and authorising the directors to fix their remuneration , will be submitted at the Annual General Meeting . |
| 23 | This report was delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Bar Council on 31st October 1992 . |
| 24 | This report was delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Bar Council on 31st October 1992 . |
| 25 | ‘ No , sire , a vote on the constitution , which can only be taken at the annual general meeting . ’ |
| 26 | Thatcher can be beaten , if opposition parties unite at the next General Election and campaign now ! |
| 27 | On the second task — to cut inflation , the budget deficit and Italy 's vast public debt — Mr Ciampi must rely on his reputation as a defender of sound money to overcome opposition from populist politicians with everything to lose at the next general election . |
| 28 | Article 96 of the Company 's Articles of Association requires Mr Blacker , Mr Brown and Mr Walker to retire at the Annual General Meeting since they were appointed by the Board after the 1989 Annual General Meeting . |
| 29 | Ten cooperative candidates ran at the 1918 general election , only one of whom was successful . |
| 30 | Of the 40 , nine were appointed to ensure equal representation of Moslems and Christians ; the remainder filled seats left vacant by the death of representatives elected at the last general election in 1972 . |