Example sentences of "by member [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The process of internalization of values was of major importance to Parsonian theory , for it provided a link between the culture shared by members of a society and the individual 's motivation for action .
2 Reports confirmed by members of a team of UK trade experts led by the UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , Peter Lilley , said that the government was planning to raise a series of loans in different countries to help finance reconstruction plans .
3 This report has been compiled by members of the West Belfast Economic Forum — the name assumed by the organisers of the ‘ Is West Belfast Working ? ’
4 They would pick quarrels , especially with strangers , and the fights would take place at the Cockpit , often witnessed by members of the council . ’
5 It appears that it had been sold illegally by members of the council to a local businessman with the intention of defrauding the local ratepayers .
6 ‘ These plans can not possibly be refused by members of the council .
7 The attack followed an ambush by members of the rebel Movement of Democratic Forces in Casamance ( MFDC ) on Dec. 11 in which two Senegalese soldiers were killed .
8 The childen are protected on their journey by members of the rebel SPLA , the Sudan People 's Liberation Army fighting the Sudanese Governments plan to impose Islamic Laws in the south .
9 His journey took him through Austrasia , where he was hospitably received by members of the aristocracy .
10 The problem of the transfer of loyalty by members of the aristocracy from one Merovingian to another attracted the attention of Guntram and Childebert shortly after Rauching 's death , when they met at Andelot .
11 However , these ‘ schemes of experience ’ are not invented ex nihilo but are disseminated through the commonsense knowledge shared by members of the life-world , so that members come to learn the relevant typifications and their meaning ( see Natanson 1970 ; for an application of these ideas see Brewer 1984a , b , 1988b ) .
12 The charge of organizing mass disturbances was added subsequently ; it stemmed from Khmara 's participation in a demonstration on Oct. 28 by members of the Uniate Church and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church against the use of Kiev 's Cathedral of St Sofia by Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksei II .
13 Questionnaires were delivered to each establishment in the week before census night by members of the University of Leicester departments undertaking the survey , who explained the questionnaire to a senior staff member .
14 Originally , in the early European universities , the thesis was an argument put forward and defended by the author in a public exposition conducted by members of the university faculty .
15 Some of us were still there to see Oxford when the lights came on again : V.E. night saw floodlighting return not only to some of the ancient buildings but also ( with apparatus hastily improvised by members of the university ) to a magnificent horse chestnut tree in Parks Road in full blossom , its blaze of floodlit white ‘ candles ’ making a spectacular welcome to the return of peace and light .
16 union membership in the design office and notwithstanding the fact that a strike would have involved the men in breaches of their contracts of employment , A notified B of the resolution passed by members of the union that if C was not dismissed , ‘ a withdrawal of labour of all A.E.S.D. Membership will take place . ’
17 As we walked around the town I witnessed several incidents as girls who had been known to have collaborated with the German forces were seized by members of the Resistance and had their hair chopped off , to the jeers and cat-calls of those standing around .
18 Local authorities will have a duty to keep the streets clean , on pain of being taken to court by members of the public .
19 The calls come via three sources : personal requests made by members of the public at the station 's enquiry desk ; telephone calls made directly to the station ; and messages relayed from BRC , the central communications network .
20 It is increasingly felt by members of the public that large-scale soil erosion , the destruction of wildlife habitat and the excessive use of chemicals and unnatural substances are unacceptable , and can not continue unabated without ruining the countryside for future generations and probably causing long term health hazards .
21 Shares in the company can be bought on the stock market by members of the public .
22 Michael Rosen 's collection of Rude Rhymes ( Signet , £3.99 ) sent to him over the years by members of the public are rather lavatorial — and that 's probably the best place to keep it .
23 Geoff Barnes of Casson Beckman believes that there would be fewer problems about audit fees if the audit was regarded as a more useful exercise both by members of the public and by business : ‘ As a profession we spend far too much time looking back and not enough time looking forward . ’
24 However , it was funded from taxes collected by central government rather than from direct payments by members of the public in exchange for the medical services received .
25 He was so tired he had to be hauled to safety by members of the public .
26 Its contract is to guarantee that the doctors consulted by members of the public are properly qualified and will give competent treatment .
27 I tried to imagine Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher agreeing to submit themselves to a monthly grilling by members of the public , and failed .
28 As a result of that incident there were a number of complaints by members of the public about the conduct of some of the police officers who had attended the incident .
29 The admission of the taxpayers ' children to the school therefore did not involve the school in losing full fees which would otherwise have been paid by members of the public for the places which the taxpayers ' children occupied .
30 ( 7 ) On receipt of an application of a kind referred to in subsection ( 6 ) above , and until the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered , the clerk of a licensing board shall make the application , together with the documents lodged therewith , available for inspection by members of the public during normal office hours .
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