Example sentences of "they [be] member of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The terrorists who are holding thirteen-year-old Liam Shakespeare hostage in his home in Shelley Grove have announced that they are members of Free People , the left-wing revolutionary group that aims to ‘ break the tyranny of the blood tie and abolish the out-dated family unit . '' ’ |
| 2 | They are members of the community being denied civil rights . |
| 3 | So neither the UK parent nor any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries qualify as small companies in their own right as they are members of an ineligible group . |
| 4 | Under s 54 , banks , building societies and insurance companies can go ahead and offer probate services provided they are members of a probate complaints scheme . |
| 5 | They are members of the Moroccan Royal family and were renowned for their playboy antics in the Sixties . |
| 6 | Like their prey , they are members of the segmented group of animals , though the degree to which they have retained divisions in their bodies varies considerably . |
| 7 | ‘ ( 1 ) In this Act a ‘ self-regulating organisation ’ means a body ( whether a body corporate or an unincorporated association ) which regulates the carrying on of investment business of any kind by enforcing rules which are binding on persons carrying on business of that kind either because they are members of that body or because they are otherwise subject to its control . |
| 8 | ‘ ( 1 ) In this Act a ‘ self-regulating organisation ’ means a body ( whether a body corporate or an unincorporated association ) which regulates the carrying on of investment business of any kind by enforcing rules which are binding on persons carrying on business of that kind either because they are members of that body or because they are otherwise subject to its control . |
| 9 | Parliament must be well aware of the great burden that is imposed on senior ministers , who not only take charge of their departments but also speak for them in Parliament , attend meetings of the Cabinet and its committees , and see to their constituency affairs if they are members of the House of Commons . |
| 10 | Members of parliament are not , therefore , individually responsible to the electorate since they are members of a party team that is collectively and directly responsible to the electorate as a whole . |
| 11 | Oh they have er , we can join the cricket club , like er B M K workers pay in so much and they are members of the cricket club . |
| 12 | Dogs , like men , can look very different but when it comes to sex they all know that they are members of one species and they are not culturally inhibited from taking appropriate action . |
| 13 | ‘ They are members of the University , Prebendary , ’ she muttered , covering her nudity . |
| 14 | Surely it is better that new members feel that they are members of an organization which deals with them in a more personal basis and are not just another number . |
| 15 | They are members of groups , associations , cultures and subcultures , families , neighbourhoods , work groups , organisations , and have many other affiliations . |
| 16 | In so far as these people share the interests of and are engaged in the practices of the global capitalist system they are members of the transnational capitalist class . |
| 17 | They are members of a most valuable organisation which has two main tasks — to care for the poor and visit the lonely . |
| 18 | Because of the complicated nature of this exemption , and the relaxed regime introduced for non-private customers , it would seem advisable in practice to treat all prospective market counterparties as non-private customers unless they are members of SFA . |
| 19 | He says they are members of the gang . |
| 20 | They 're members of Wendy Jeffery 's tap dancing class , and they just ca n't kick the habit . |
| 21 | They 're members of the Taylor Woodrow team and part of the consortium which is designing and constructing the largest underseas transport system in the world . |
| 22 | yes , under the Building Society Protection Act , if the society fails , you 're protected up to twenty thousand , and you 'll get eighteen thousand back , there 's a ninety percent protection , provided they 're members of the Building Society Association , which all are , er virtually , even down to things like the Clay Cross and the Staffordshire Railway , they 're all members of the Building Society Association , so they 're all covered . |
| 23 | They 're members of a riding school , and I shall guide them over the route . ’ |
| 24 | They 're members of the Tolkien Society , fans of the man who wrote Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit . |
| 25 | They have erm what 's called the players ' theatre , I do n't know whether you 've heard of it at all erm they belong , they 're members of it . |
| 26 | These , in turn recruited and controlled others who believed that they were members of a genuine loyalist secret organisation . |
| 27 | They said that they were members of the MRF and that the Thompson had been issued to them by the RUC 's own Special Branch at Castlereagh , Belfast . |
| 28 | The IDA 's Mr Linehan said the men said they were members of the RRA and that there could be 300 people blocking the site within two minutes . |
| 29 | TOP judges face an investigation over claims that they were members of a secret gay sex ring . |
| 30 | Fr Richard Aladics , a prison chaplain and chaplain to the East Leeds District Council of the SVP , said they were members of the SVP , the National Association of Prison Visitors and the Bourne Trust , the Catholic body concerned with the welfare of prisoners and their families . |