Example sentences of "to a member [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Major Kirkwood of Woodbrook , according to a member of the family , always sent for the bone-healer and the vet whenever a horse became lame .
2 Almost half of the respondents expected their farms to go to a member of the next generation .
3 The Ness Co-operative have moved , in nine months , from an attitude of , ‘ They should do it ’ to a conviction of , ‘ We must do it ourselves ’ , and have established a vegetable co-operative , bought a combine harvester , leased an unused schoolhouse garden which they will sponsor as a Job Creation Scheme to be prepared for use as a nursery and demonstration area for horticulture , and intend leasing an entire croft belonging to a member of the Community Association .
4 This concluded that the maximum tolerable risk of death to a member of the public from a modern industrial process should be about one chance in 10,000 per annum .
5 So far it has been seen that a manager may help the advisers cope with pressure by encouraging social policy work in order to remove persistent client problems ; by training directed at problem management or interview management or by assigning a support role to a member of the team .
6 Maladministration is not defined , but it is usually taken to mean administrative action ( or inaction ) which has led to unfairness to a member of the public .
7 But Philip still did not trust the loyalty of Champagne and allowed the office of sénéchal ( steward of the royal household ) , which was customarily awarded to a member of the count of Champagne 's family , to lapse .
8 It is thought to have once belonged to a member of the castle 's guard , and soldiers treat the little dog with much respect , refraining from swearing within its earshot .
9 In 1688 Charles , sixth Duke of Somerset , began to rebuild an untidy country mansion he had acquired through his marriage to a member of the Percy family , the Earls of Northumberland .
10 Donnelly also denied assaulting Janice Bernadette Brothers , mother of the baby , between January 1 and January 5 , and on January 4 damaging a door belonging to a member of the Brothers family .
11 However , when telling his experience to a member of the High Wycombe Station staff he found that his experience was certainly not unprecedented .
12 YOU are married to a member of the British Royal Family .
13 In this case , however , since the post itself was unattractive , it appears that Sim decided against accepting a place which might have necessitated his abandoning his other and more profitable place of procurator-fiscal , for in the end the Duke of Montrose had to give the commission to a member of the burgh council , although subject to recall in the event of any difficulty .
14 For the clinical and educational professions ( and the lay notions which derive their values from them ) , their very practice makes it clear what fact it is that you ‘ come to terms ’ with : you have not given birth to a member of the human species as we define it , and to which we allocate certain rights and social roles , but to an object of pathology — a ‘ monster ’ , to use a technical term employed in medical anatomy .
15 allocating the change to a member of the Computer Group , scheduling the work , and monitoring the progress of approved changes .
16 Each reported problem will be passed by a Test Manager or the Computer Group Manager to a member of the Computer Group for resolution .
17 According to a member of the Speaker 's staff , the Democrats felt that they should ‘ recognize the cataclysmic nature of the 1980 election results .
18 In a letter to a member of the group on crime who had expressed an interest in foreign affairs , Heath replied :
19 Minor complaints such as uncivility to a member of the public can be dealt with by a system of informal resolution .
20 The judge can not say them to a member of the family over breakfast , or in a country where the death penalty has been abolished .
21 In every case , the chair of the committee or subcommittee will go to a member of the majority party ; since the chair has very substantial power in directing how the business is conducted , occupancy of committee and subcommittee chairs is among the most significant roles within Congress .
22 Thus it is common ground in the present case that if a manufacturer negligently makes and markets defective goods , for instance a car with defective brakes , or a soothing syrup for babies which is negligently contaminated with corrosive acid , and the defective goods are put on the market and sold to a member of the public , and the predictable accident follows and a young baby is injured , for instance if the baby is a passenger in the car when the brakes fail and the car crashes , or is given the syrup , it is no defence to an action for damages , by or on behalf of the baby , for the manufacturer to prove that the baby was only born after the defective goods had left the manufacturer 's premises or even had passed to the member of the public by purchase from the retailer .
23 That is the position that we have now brought in , as opposed to the original one in the Bill where it would be assessed on the cost to a member of the public .
24 According to a member of the United States delegation , a spirit of economic warfare permeated the conference .
25 Everything that is done must be subordinate to some official who reports up to a member of the administrative class , who is under an assistant secretary who then puts the matter to the permanent secretary , he being the adviser to the minister .
26 Her medal of honour was the first awarded to a member of the administrative staff .
27 In addition there will be tax advantages where it may prove possible , for example , for the sub-contractor to offset against income tax telephone charges , rates , heating and lighting , car or van expenses and the payment , say , to a member of the family for the preparation of accounts .
28 Of course , it would be naive to claim that all gifts are made with no thought of any benefit that might accrue to the individual or his or her family at some future time , or to deny that gifts are often a reflection of gratitude for past services rendered to a member of the family or the donor him or herself .
29 In 1891 he gained the first Whitworth exhibition awarded to a member of the Horwich Mechanics ' Institute .
30 If you are a hospital patient , or are going into hospital , you should speak to a member of the nursing staff , about the arrangements for you going home .
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