Example sentences of "[prep] be members [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Further messages were clearly being transmitted , perhaps confirming the continued existence of the food supply , affirmation of being members of the same colony , and so on .
2 Therefore , the emphasis of the present discussion is not upon whether the individuals benefit psychologically from being members of the Young Conservatives : it can be assumed that those who remain members do so because they enjoy being so .
3 John Strafford of Beaconsfield was given a standing ovation after declaring that the people of Northern Ireland had ‘ more than earned the right to be members of the Conservative Party ’ .
4 Ten ministers are known to be members of the Apprentice Boys of Derry .
5 The Triennial Act 1694 required a new Parliament to be summoned every three years , and in 1701 , the Act of Settlement required all future monarchs to be members of the Church of England .
6 Two days later , fifteen MPs were nominated to be members of the Committee .
7 The sequences of rat urinary α 2-globulin ( A2U ) and mouse major urinary protein ( MUP ) show them both to be members of the lipocalin protein family .
8 He and Tasker were chosen by Bonington to be members of the 1982 British Everest Expedition , and shortly before he left Leysin he wrote for the Parents ' Association Newsletter an account of his schooldays , affectionately remembered :
9 I am s one that has just been recently appointed to one of these er regional ecumenical teams and at a meeting that was held for the three presbytery areas in the sort of west coast of Scotland , around the Greenoch area , erm it was , it became apparent that all these people who are being appointed er through their , their churches are in the main clergy and the convenor of the local committee himself a ruling elder of the Church of Scotland expressed concern about this , that there is no real er and I would just put it to the , to the assembly , there is there is no need for these members to be members of the clergy , in fact it would be good if presbyteries remembered when making a nomination eh that it , er it need n't be , it could be a , a an elder or indeed er a lay person holding no particular office within the church .
10 I felt honoured by the kindness of one or two of your congregation , who happen to be members of the committee , in having written to assure me that I would receive a speedy and unanimous Call , if I would only consent to accept it .
11 After 1948 all workers had to be members of the national scheme and pay a fixed ‘ contribution ’ .
12 By virtue of the transfer of cattle the woman 's biological offspring are ordinarily deemed to be members of the descent group of the husband rather than that of the woman 's father ; payment of the cattle makes the children legitimate ; cohabitation alone does not .
13 For example , will you instigate an investigation and action to change the Short money as a result of the hon. Members for Liverpool , Broadgreen ( Mr. Fields ) and for Coventry , South-East ( Mr. Nellist ) ceasing to be members of the Labour party ?
14 I can certainly confirm on the specific point that the hon. Gentleman raised that those workers who work at the Ministry of Defence can continue to be members of the union of their choice .
15 It is envisaged that , if the Friends are willing to help in this way , properly trained volunteers , who would have to be members of the Friends organisation and who would have their approval , could help with special events and special projects , where existing staff do not have sufficient time to carry out the work .
16 A general election was held in May 1987 , in which all candidates were required to be members of the Malawi Congress Party , although voters had a choice of candidate in 69 constituencies .
17 Those arrested were reported , like Aref , to be members of the Afar community from northern Djibouti .
18 A general election was last held in May 1987 , when voters had a choice of candidates in 69 constituencies , but all candidates were required to be members of the Malawi Congress Party .
19 Those detained in Navarre and said to be members of the Vizcaya commando included two leading members of the local branch of HB , Juan Carlos Pérez Ojuel and Rosa Mari Echave Díaz .
20 On Dec. 10 the independent station Radio Galaxy was reported to have been ransacked and its director Félix Lamy kidnapped by heavily armed individuals claiming to be members of the armed forces .
21 According to the police , right-wing students , thought to be members of the AWB , were responsible for the attack .
22 The 300 or so rebels , who were thought to be members of the " Free Democratic Lao National Salvation Force " , launched simultaneous attacks on the three positions .
23 All were said to be members of the Jihad group behind the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981 .
24 The systems development team will include the chief analyst and the database administrator who are both likely to be members of the systems planning team .
25 Candidates will normally be expected to be members of the professions allied to medicine .
26 ‘ I now declare you to be members of the Elect to be initiated into the Sacred Ministries at the next Easter Vigil ’
27 They , they are entitled , if they elect to do so , to continue to be members of the local government 's evaluation schemes , so they are eligible and have applied for membership on it .
28 Both the transferor and Target can then be sold to Newco so as to avoid a charge by virtue of s178(2) or 179(2) , which provide that where two or more " associated companies " cease to be members of the group at the same time there is no deemed disposal and re-acquisition of the assets transferred between them .
29 The defendants , said in court to be members of the Animal Liberation Front , also face charges in connection with three arson attacks .
30 Thoughts on being Members of the same SERA Teacher Research Group
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