Example sentences of "the member [prep] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision to invade Korea was overruled when the members of the Iwakura Mission , now convinced that domestic development had to precede foreign adventures , returned to Japan during 1873 , but the disagreement split the government and brought about the resignation of several of its leading members , including Saigó and Itagaki . |
| 2 | In turn , the members of the HCIMA accept responsibility for the health and well-being of others as well as their obligations to their employers . |
| 3 | In this sense , say the members of the MAB , the murder of street children is not an aberration . |
| 4 | The proposal has already been backed by the United States and France , and is due to be debated by the members of the Paris Club , the group of 16 creditor governments , in the near future . |
| 5 | The STA as a whole was left with debts totalling £6,260 in the 1870s , and " the greater part of this sum was absorbed by the members of the Edinburgh branch … [ who ] above all others might have been expected to stand by the office-bearers till the debt was at least liquidated " . |
| 6 | The members of the Highlands and Islands Development Board consider how the landscape and the climate make it difficult for people ( i ) to farm successfully ; ( ii ) to manage profitable industries , which use raw materials and fuel and sell goods to the large cities ; ( iii ) to obtain adequate services , such as hospitals , schools , and electricity or gas . |
| 7 | These threats backfired : Eisenhower 's ultimatum offended the members of the CFLN and encouraged them to adopt a solution that favoured de Gaulle . |
| 8 | The film , provisionally titled ‘ In the Name of the Father ’ , is based on the book ‘ Proven Innocent ’ by Gerard Conlon , one of the members of the Guildford Four . |
| 9 | Some countries — such as France — see EMU as a way of winning back some power from the West Germans , since a European central bank would mean all the members of the EC having a say in how policy is conducted . |
| 10 | All the members of the EC except Britain and Denmark have voted to ratify the treaty ( although in Germany the president 's signature has been held up by challenges in the constitutional court ) . |
| 11 | 1987 ) the court held that the police had wrongly considered the theft of 28 dogs owned by a Hunt as a serious arrestable offence as the loss to the members of the Hunt could not be considered a serious financial loss . |
| 12 | It must have been in the minds of the members of the Rushcliffe Committee as they took evidence . |
| 13 | In practice , the authorities responsible for broadcasting — the governors of the BBC and the members of the IBA — oversee their respective organizations and ensure that certain statutory obligations are met . |
| 14 | We are also concerned that the members of the UKCC appointed by the Secretary of State will include representatives of nursing , midwifery and health visiting from the four national areas . |
| 15 | Analysts expect these to include a £12 million provision for Channel tunnel losses taken by Costain in its role as one of the members of the Transmanche Link construction consortium . |
| 16 | The members of the Matthey Beyrand team are : Jean-Pierre Brissaud ( responsible for Production Management ) , Evelyne Menut ( Methods ) , Daniel Soler ( Methods ) , Pascal Boussard ( Methods ) |
| 17 | This meant , he argued , that in the 1960s the members of the EEC were able to develop a large and sophisticated market with much technical innovation as a result , while Britain continued to trade in its traditional markets , still partly obsessed with its Commonwealth relationships . |
| 18 | But now that the North Sea is open too the members of the EEC , the saithe , which is popular especially in France and Germany , is being fished heavily . |
| 19 | Several independent and authoritative bodies and people have recently confirmed the potentially damaging economic impact of a Single Currency on the Members of the EEC . |
| 20 | So are the members of the Shropshire TEC board , who also run demanding businesses yet give much time to developing the TEC and working towards what it is trying to achieve , especially for young people in Shropshire . |
| 21 | Most of the members of the IRB know that even in 1992 the rejection of South Africa as the host country would be a King Canute job and that by 1995 it would look just plain silly . |
| 22 | THE members of the IRB deserve praise for at last grasping the nettle where the laws are concerned . |
| 23 | The fact that half of the members of the Bundestag are selected from party lists , rather than being elected , only reinforces the power of the parties , weakens accountability and is open to the usual favouritist pressures . |
| 24 | Under its 1949 Basic Law ( Constitution ) , the Federal Republic of Germany ( West Germany ) is a " democratic and social federal state " whose organs are ( i ) the Federal Diet ( Bundestag ) , the lower house of parliament , comprising 497 members elected for a four-year term by a mixed system of proportional representation and direct voting , and 22 members elected by the West Berlin House of Representatives ; ( ii ) the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) , the upper house of parliament , comprising 41 members of the governments of the Republic 's 10 Länder ( states ) and four representatives appointed by the West Berlin Senate ; ( iii ) the Federal President ( Bundespräsident — currently Richard von Weizsäcker ) elected for a five-year term by the Federal Assembly ( Bundesversammlung ) comprising the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates nominated by the Länder parliaments ; and ( iv ) the federal government ( Bundesregierung ) consisting of the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler — currently Helmut Kohl ) elected by the Bundestag on the proposal of the Federal President and his or her ministers . |
| 25 | Under the 1949 Basic Law the Federal Republic is a " democratic and social federal state " whose organs are : ( i ) the Bundestag ( lower house of parliament ) elected for a four-year term in universal , direct , free and secret elections ; ( ii ) the Bundesrat ( upper house ) , now comprising 65 members of the governments of the Republic 's 16 Länder ( states ) ; ( iii ) the Federal President ( Bundespräsident ) elected for a five-year term by the Federal Assembly ( Bundesversammlung ) , comprising the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates nominated by the Länder parliaments ; ( iv ) the Federal Government ( Bundesregierung ) consisting of the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler — elected by the Bundestag on the proposal of the Federal President ) , together with his or her ministers ; and ( v ) the Federal Constitutional Court ( Bundesverfassungsgericht ) , whose judges are elected by the Bundestag and Bundesrat to serve 12-year non-renewable terms . |
| 26 | My impression was that the members of the GPB were very concerned about the matter , but unfortunately no formal policy decision arose from the meeting and no action plan was devised . |
| 27 | Others , most notably the members of the Peacock Committee on Financing the BBC ( 1986 ) , have seen the question of the licence fee as a small , but key , part of the much needed review of British broadcasting . |
| 28 | The members of the ABI therefore expect that issues involving more than 10 per cent of issued equity share capital , or a discount greater than 5 per cent , will be placed on a basis which leaves existing shareholders with a right to claw back their pro rata share of the issue if they so wish . |
| 29 | The immediate aim of the members of the Bradford Atea Project is the provision of finance . |
| 30 | The members of the DHAC represented only themselves and NICRA was a group of well-meaning outsiders . |