Example sentences of "[conj] members [prep] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Solicitors may set up a corporate practice to practice solely outside England and Wales provided that ( a ) this is permitted by local law , ( b ) all the directors and shareholders are solicitors , lawyers of another jurisdiction or members of the Bar of England and Wales acting in accordance with the Overseas Practice Rules of the Bar and ( c ) the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ; but such a company could not practice in England and Wales . |
| 2 | The obligation to make a mandatory offer attaches to the principal member or members of the group of persons who are acting in concert and who obtain or consolidate control ; it does not attach to the company itself . |
| 3 | The so-called Columbian school maintain that syphilis was endemic to North America and that members of the crew of Columbus 's first expedition acquired the infection and brought it back to Barcelona in 1493 . |
| 4 | The Founding Fathers declared that an ‘ enumeration ’ should take place every ten years so that members of the House of Representatives can be fairly apportioned among the states . |
| 5 | This stems from the fact that members of the House of Lords make up the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council . |
| 6 | ( 1986 ) , from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development , showed that members of the cohort of London youth being studied were more likely to commit offences when out of work than when employed . |
| 7 | This means that members in the Republic of Ireland who are over twenty five years of age and have more than a three year no claim bonus have had no increase in premium for over three years and for all other policyholder there has been no increase for over two years . |
| 8 | The Congress on March 13 , 1990 , approved the creation of the post of President of the USSR , with extensive executive powers including the appointment of a new consultative Presidential Council and ( subject to ratification by the Congress ) of the Chairman and members of the Council of Ministers ; a new consultative Council of the Federation , headed by the President , comprises the Presidents of the union republics . |
| 9 | This was the most recent of several corruption scandals in 1991 , involving ministers , presidential aides , and members of the family of Menem 's estranged wife . |
| 10 | This includes : making written submissions to public bodies ; lobbying MPs and Members of the House of Lords when legislation on anything connected with music , like copyright , is being enacted ; representing musicians ' interests in national and international forums on issues such as the collection and payment of royalties on behalf of performers and composers . |
| 11 | In 1963 the Peerage Bill became law and members of the House of Lords could now renounce their titles and preserve their political careers in the Commons . |
| 12 | However , Poor Law Boards were often controlled by the local squire , and members of the House of Lords and their families played important political and financial roles throughout the whole century . |
| 13 | Under the established system for electing members to the House of Commons , each elector has only one vote in a general election ; each constituency returns only one Member of Parliament ; and Members of the House of Commons are elected on a first-past-the-post ( winner takes all ) system whereby the candidate with the most votes wins the seat whether or not he or she has an overall majority of all the votes cast in the constituency . |
| 14 | My Lords and Members of the House of Commons I look forward to visiting Australia in February , the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and Malta next May , France in June and Germany in October . |
| 15 | My Lords and Members of the House of Commons My Government will pursue , within the framework of the Exchange Rate Mechanism , firm financial policies designed to reduce inflation further and maintain the conditions necessary for sustained growth . |
| 16 | My Lords and Members of the House of Commons I pray that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon your counsels . |
| 17 | If members of the chamber of commerce disagree about that , I am sure that they will be in touch with me . |
| 18 | The President is elected for four years , but members of the House of Representatives have to face election every two years , while a senator is elected for six years . |
| 19 | The President , Vice-Presidents and the Senate are elected nationally while members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by constituencies under a system of proportional representation . |
| 20 | While we are on the subject of ’ joining the union of your choice ’ , will he ensure that the security guards who are presently members of the Transport and General Workers Union and the General , Municipal , Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union , employed by the Ministry of Defence , are allowed to continue as members of the union of their choice and are not ordered into another — |
| 21 | The main clearing banks all have disaster recovery plans and , as members of the Association of Payment Clearing Services ( APACS ) , are required to test contingency facilities each year . |
| 22 | They , as members of the kingdom of Heaven , must be ready for the sudden arrival of Jesus at the parousia . |
| 23 | As members of the Party of European Socialists , we are taking the lead in that campaign . |
| 24 | They intend eventually to introduce their own currencies but all five had agreed , as members of the Commonwealth of Independent States , to keep the rouble for the time being . |
| 25 | Members in Northern Ireland are not taking advantage of the savings available on Homecover to anything like the same extent as members in the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain . |