Example sentences of "member of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the intent of Congress that all members of the investing public should be subject to identical risks … |
| 2 | Yet it emphasizes the close personal bonds which had existed between the dukes of Aquitaine and their vassals : the Pommiers were an ancient family , members of the ducal household , and it was to this kind of traditional relationship that appeal could be made by a largely absentee king-duke at periods of crisis . |
| 3 | We will give special attention to the establishment of small businesses by women , and members of the ethnic minority communities , who often face difficulties raising venture capital . |
| 4 | All it requires is that the political label , whatever it is , should make a disproportionately strong appeal to the members of the ethnic group . |
| 5 | The ANC , however , released on Oct. 11 its own separate version of the discussions at the meeting , suggesting that tensions between the two sides remained , particularly over the level of violence and over alleged " double standards " in the government 's treatment of ANC activists and that of members of the far right . |
| 6 | LINNET has been running since May 1990 and currently has 16 members , plus the three members of the technical team . |
| 7 | He was of course referring to the members of the Legitimist aristocracy , still loyal to ‘ Henry V ’ , the last of the elder Bourbon line , the grandson of Charles X who had been deposed by the Revolution of 1830 and who lived in exile at Frohsdorf in Bohemia . |
| 8 | It could encompass all members of the double-reed family , from treble to bass ; in addition it was often used in a general sense , simply to indicate an ensemble of woodwind instruments , but not necessarily any specific ones . |
| 9 | The clashes began when some 100 rebel members of the Comorian Defence Force ( FCD ) , led by Lt. Said Mohammed " Lava " , a former member of assassinated President Ahmed Abdallah 's Presidential Guard , forced their way into Kandani military camp 5 km from Moroni , the capital . |
| 10 | Other members of the Chatichai government whose assets had been seized after they had been declared " unusually wealthy " by the AVC were Pramual Sabhavasu and Police Captain Chalerm Yubamrung . |
| 11 | Members of the Soviet government ( the Council of Ministers ) were essentially administrative heads of ministries , but at the same time they were party members , and a few of them may even have been members of the Politburo . |
| 12 | A very different view of the Soviet future , however , was put forward by other members of the Soviet leadership , among them Yegor Ligachev and ( from 1990 ) Ivan Polozkov and KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov . |
| 13 | Finally we would like to reassure members of the sporting public that injuries treated in NHS hospitals will be given effective treatments just as footballers received in hospital departments Jacqui Moore MCSP , Hiliary Adams MCSP , A Wallace , MCSP BSc Hon. |
| 14 | exhibited him to the members of the Pathological Society of London in 1884 he had an enormous head , with a huge mass of bone protruding from his forehead and mouth , and folds of spongy flesh covered with skin resembling a cauliflower hanging from his head , chest , and back . |
| 15 | The subject will be discussed when members of the Super League meet again on Wednesday . |
| 16 | Ironically , a 14-club league was vetoed by nine of the members of the Super League as recently as last month . |
| 17 | With the help of Tony Wedd and Egerton Sykes I tried to contact surviving members of the Straight Track Club . |
| 18 | That batch , the most intriguing of all , has included in recent months five members of the Grand Slam squad — Leonard , who is recovering well from a neck operation but must rest , Morris , Pears , Rodber and Heslop . |
| 19 | Not surprisingly , the active members of the African Institution saw themselves not simply as a successful pressure group but as something like an unofficial arm of government . |
| 20 | The police hope such a large sum will tempt members of the criminal faternity to point the finger . |
| 21 | Some members of the Roman aristocracy became exceedingly Hellenised , but particular aspects of Greek culture met with resistance from the more conservative elements of Roman society . |
| 22 | More than 13 people were reported killed in sectarian violence between militant Shias and members of the extremist Sunni organization , the Sipah-i-Sabahah-i-Pakistan ( SSP ) in Lahore , Gilgit , Jhang and Karachi during May and June . |
| 23 | A Shi'ite ring apparently containing some members of the extremist Iranian-backed Hezbollah group was dismantled on Nov. 24 , 1989 , when police arrested eight people in Valencia and Madrid and seized at least 120 kg of explosives . |
| 24 | Firstly , a National Aboriginal Health Strategy has been developed by a 19 member working party , 14 of whom were leading members of the Aboriginal community . |
| 25 | As he sought to negotiate with Aguinaldo , Florendo , the director of the civil relations office of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and a former friend of Aguinaldo , was taken hostage along with three other members of the arresting party . |
| 26 | Having said that , however , he asks the members of the Unionist community to sit in council chambers with the spokesmen of the ’ fascist beasts ’ . |
| 27 | Much has changed since 1989 when the first annual Art Show was organised to help members of the prestigious Art Dealers ' Association of America cash in on a booming art market . |
| 28 | Canada , Australia and eleven other members of the Interim Committee opposed the decision and a number of other countries abstained . |
| 29 | According to Mujjaddedi , the Jamiat-i-Islami had censored the announcements and interviews given by members of the interim government , and the senior Jamiat-i-Islami commander , Defence Minister Ahmed Shah Masud , had been controlling his " activities , actions and instructions " . |
| 30 | Their recommendations were made against a background of an increasing number of attacks on opponents of Eyadema [ see p. 38994 ] as well as on members of the interim government — on Aug. 18 there was an assassination attempt on Minister of Equipment and Mines Joseph Yao Amefia . |