Example sentences of "[prep] members [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The announcement yesterday came after members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union voted heavily in favour of industrial action over the threat of compulsory job losses . |
| 2 | She is very affectionate towards members of the family and is fine with our other two dogs . |
| 3 | Kin are those with whom we adopt the special style of informal communication which is adopted towards members of the immediate domestic family who are treated in this specially favoured way even when they do not live all together in one household . |
| 4 | The court heard Mrs Irene Veronica Horsfall ( 42 ) of Loughview Close had also swung the shaft of a shovel towards members of an Army patrol . |
| 5 | By July , the committee reported that in spite of an increase in the number of members over the last quarter , there had been a loss of trade and a decline in share capital . |
| 6 | The traditional style of regulation involved members ‘ clubs ’ and the ability of this system to work depended largely on maintaining a relatively small grouping of members through maintaining effective barriers to entry — the Stock Exchange being a prime example here . |
| 7 | The alternative of a directly managed service with a bureaucratic chain from Whitehall to Whitehaven has not been considered appropriate , although the merits of the interposition of members between tiers of management have not been universally accepted in the NHS . |
| 8 | Er in the context of bulk transfers would you like to comment on the Good Committees conclusions on the bulk transfers of members between schemes and how they operate , and do you think that er there is widespread abuse or do you think er on balance your experience has been that where bulk transfers have taken place , they have taken place responsibly , but I would in that context ask you to comment whether there has been an unreasonable time delay where you have experienced bank bulk transfers between the transfer actually taking place in terms of employees being transferred from an undertaking to another undertaking and the actual transfer of their pension funds . |
| 9 | The danger is that there will be a careful selection both of members with primary allegiance to different and even hostile interests , and of officials preoccupied with their careers . |
| 10 | Indeed , the proportion of members with farming experience appointed by these councils may approach one in two , while the proportion appointed by Labour councils ( which currently control the Lake District , Northumberland and Peak District ) is nearer 1 in 20 . |
| 11 | If it were , it would not be an association of equal citizens but of members with differing status ; subjects would not be free to pursue their own purposes but would be required to perform particular roles ; government would be a matter of management rather than rule ; and government would also be provisional rather than unconditional and non-retractable . |
| 12 | The new Board consisted of members with knowledge and experience rather than representatives of particular interests . |
| 13 | He had explained to Milton and Pooley that he had to carry the body of members with him . |
| 14 | There are however , specific groups of members for whom meeting the guidelines is compulsory . |
| 15 | At a time when we are on the threshold of change , indeed very considerable change , in local government and when our burghs which have been with us since the earliest times are about to disappear , it may be of interest to look at the burghs of Scotland prior to the passing of the Reform Act and their position in the election of Members for the Westminster Parliament . |
| 16 | Add to this friends of members for some of the other academic subjects ; a young member with a ( growing ) knowledge of antiquarian books ; members versed in music , gardening and the domestic arts ; and of course our own 2 experts , who have now gained reputations in the field of religious books and ephemera . |
| 17 | GIVEN THE curious blindness of members to BBC arts products , it was appropriate that the recent BAFTA award for best 1991 arts programme went to Channel 4 's Without Walls for Robert McKee 's constructive debunkery in J'Accuse — Citizen Kane . |
| 18 | It is , however , rather premature to attempt such an appraisal at this stage as the initial reactions of Members to this new factor in their lives may not be typical . |
| 19 | A quota is established by dividing the total number of valid votes by the number of members to be elected plus one , and rounding up or adding one to the quotient . |
| 20 | The method of election of members to the Special Reserved Seats has been changed . |
| 21 | Metropolitan Police Motion made , and Question proposed , That the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis do take care that during the Session of Parliament the passages through the streets leading to this House be kept free and open and that no obstruction be permitted to hinder the passage of Members to and from this House , and that no disorder be allowed in Westminster Hall , or in the passages leading to this House , during the Sitting of Parliament , and that there be no annoyance therein or thereabouts ; and that the Serjeant at Arms attending this House do communicate this Order to the Commissioner aforesaid . |
| 22 | Will my right hon. Friend accept the thanks of the whole House for agreeing to extend last night 's debate until midnight , thus allowing a large number of Members to be called ? |
| 23 | Estonia joined the International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) on Jan. 31 , bringing the number of members to 136 [ see p. 38267 ] . |
| 24 | On May 4 the former Soviet republics of Armenia , Moldova and Tajikistan joined the WHO , bringing the total number of members to 174 . |
| 25 | Had we our Annuall Parliaments Settled , the Negative Voice Restrained , a Committee of Lords and Commons to be the Privy-Council , no Officers of the King to serve in Parliament , the Revenue Appropriated , all Eminent Offices had upon good Behaviour and Election of Members to Parliament secured , the Work might have deserved a better Character " . |
| 26 | Then , the artistic aims of members of the group were quite varied , and some personal animosities caused the alliance to break up . |
| 27 | The guide includes information on the role of health authorities and Trusts ; the new roles of members of health authorities , Family Health Services Authorities and Trusts ; complaints , quality assurance and planning in the NHS ; assessing the healthcare needs of local populations ; Care in the Community ; and services for elderly people . |
| 28 | Reports in South Africa said a number of members of the Broederbond , the secret Afrikaner pressure group , were included in the talks , as well as individuals known to be close to Gerrit Viljoen , the Constitutional Planning Minister . |
| 29 | Today no-one — with the possible exception of members of his family - seriously believes that Wallenberg is still alive somewhere in what is left of the Gulag Archipelago , four and a half years into perestroika . |
| 30 | Last June 's vote led to the creationof a 17-strong block called the European Right , consisting of members of Jean-Marie Le Pen 's National Front from France , the Republicans from West Germany ( led by a former Waffen-SS officer , Franz Schonhuber ) , and a Belgian from the wilder shores of Flemish nationalism . |