Example sentences of "was [not/n't] a member [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the others went on to further success he fought and eventually won a battle against alcoholism , but his writing partnership with Cleese did not survive it , and , at his own choice , he was not a member of the Python film company Prominent Features . |
| 2 | But Beveridge was not a member of the post-war Labour Government . |
| 3 | This was star billing indeed for a junior minister and Sir Robin Day mischievously asked Mr Major why Mrs Shephard was in the line-up if she was not a member of the Cabinet . |
| 4 | A certain Mr Tomlinson was in trouble ‘ having several times played in the upper part of the links with some gentleman who was not a member of the Club and who had on each occasion omitted to pay his green fee ’ ( at this time 2s. 6d . ) . |
| 5 | But Palmerston 's surprise at the announcement seems genuine , and Hall , who was not a member of the Cabinet , probably failed to keep it informed about his proposals . |
| 6 | Thomas Courtney was not a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists . |
| 7 | Hundreds of customers could lose their bookings because the company was not a member of the Association of British Travel Agents . |
| 8 | Although the pilot was not a member of the PFA , he was aware of the requirement to land at Cranfield by 1230 hrs — an air display was due to start at 1300 hrs ( 1400 hrs local ) . |
| 9 | Responding to Heath 's invitation , Wilson wrote that he was not a member of the Conservative Party , or of any political party , and while he was willing to assist the Advisory Committee by participating in the work of its study group on post-war crime , he would not wish to do so if the implication of his participation was to become politically committed . |
| 10 | He argues that the Common Agriculture Policy should be scrapped and he would ideally prefer that the UK was not a member of the EC . |
| 11 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that notwithstanding the wording of section 8(2) of the Finance Act 1986 W. Plc. was not a member of the self-regulating organisation Lautro for the purposes of the Act and had no right of appeal to Lautro under the provisions of Lautro 's 1988 Rules ; that Lautro had a duty to act fairly not only to its members but , in appropriate circumstances , to those appointed representatives on which , in accordance with its rules , an intervention notice was to be served ; but that , in determining whether those affected by an intervention notice should be permitted to make representations before the notice was served , Lautro had to balance their interests against the interests of investors pending a full inquiry ; and that , having decided to serve the notice as a matter of urgency , Lautro should not be burdened with the necessity to decide whether time permitted it to receive representations before it served the notice ( post , pp. 575C–G , 576A–C , 577C–D , 579E — 580A , D — 581B , 582E ) . |
| 12 | I should perhaps add that I was not a member of the committee who heard these appeals in the first hearing since I became involved only when your Lordships who sat in the first hearing suggested a second hearing under my chairmanship and accordingly I have not been asked to consider this matter apart from the discussion of the extracts from Hansard which have been put before us in this appeal . |
| 13 | Following this , a single probe letter was presented to one or other visual half-field and the subject 's task was to respond , using the left hand , as fast as possible to indicate whether the visually presented letter was or was not a member of the auditorily presented memory set . |
| 14 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Hon. Gentleman was not a member of the Standing Committee , so he may be unaware that the disposal programme will start in the autumn and will continue for a considerable time . |
| 15 | Khaleqiar , 56 , was not a member of the ruling People 's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ) . |
| 16 | Although he was not a member of the PLO 's 15-man executive committee and had no formal title within the organization , Abu Iyad had since 1987 been generally referred to as Arafat 's second-in-command . |
| 17 | Although he was not a member of the SCSE , Lukyanov was accused by the RSFSR leadership of being the " main ideologist " behind the coup . |
| 18 | Nguyen Manh Cam , a former Deputy Foreign Minister and ambassador to the Soviet Union , was not a member of the politburo or secretariat . |
| 19 | May 1990 : nomination by Najibullah of Khaleqiar ( who was not a member of the PDPA ) as Prime Minister and appointment of new Cabinet [ see p. 37453 ] . |
| 20 | US recognition followed on March 24 , when Georgia also joined the CSCE [ see p. 38841 ] Georgia had not joined the CIS and was now the only former Soviet republic which was not a member of the UN [ see also p. 38842 ] . |
| 21 | The appointment of Tapie — who was not a member of the ruling Parti socialiste ( PS ) although as a deputy for the " presidential majority " he had voted along with it — had been controversial within the PS . |
| 22 | But he said he was researching a television documentary on animal cruelty and was not a member of the ALF . |
| 23 | Now , your your wife was n't a member of the communist party ? |