Example sentences of "the board of [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Williams vaguely indicated the board of keys by the door .
2 Jane Priestman accepted the President 's invitation to chair the Board of Delegates of the RIBA Awards Trust , in succession to the late Courtenay Blackmore .
3 The restriction on the application of the rules to disciplinary hearings involving prisoners was removed by the St. Germain case where the hearing was conducted by the Board of Visitors .
4 Anderson ( N.C. , 1983 ) held that the Board of Visitors should have exercised their discretion to allow legal representation in view of the seriousness of the charges and the potential penalty , the need for fairness between the parties involved and the ability of the prisoners to represent themselves .
5 I think the only reason they gave us time back was because I was going to report the prison doctor to the Board of Visitors .
6 The Board of Visitors were coming round and I was going to tell them , so that 's why they shipped us out to Askham Grange open prison .
7 Prisoners may complain to the prison authorities or they may complain to the Board of Visitors .
8 Thomas Law reported in 1896 that in one Lancashire town the local Council nominated nine men for election to eleven vacancies on the Board of Guardians and all nine were elected .
9 He received from one of those organisations , the Board of Guardians , food , clothing , a little money to tide him over the worst first weeks , and the address of a family who would provide a room and warmth .
10 It was also the meeting place of the Board of Guardians , whose duty it was to look after the poor , and the Patrington Union which was responsible for 27 parishes .
11 It met with some success , and on 19 June 1890 the Kensington Burial Board discussed the possibility of the Guardians of the Poor using such wicker baskets for pauper burials , but the Board of Guardians declined owing to their cost .
12 Interest of £100 per annum and £40 per annum , respectively , was paid regularly until the Board of Guardians took over in 1836 , when the principal was repaid in full .
13 In 1828 George Hurst became a director of the House of Industry and subsequently a member of the Board of Guardians , a position which he held until he was in his nineties .
14 The Board of Guardians gave notice that medical gentlemen willing to furnish medical relief to the paupers resident in the Bedford workhouse , with special arrangements ( fees ) for midwifery , were to send sealed tenders to Mr. Samuel Wing , clerk to the guardians , stating their ‘ terms per case ’ .
15 There was a big turnout at a meeting of the Board of Guardians , which included the Poor Law Commissioner , to consider the matter .
16 On 27th May 1854 while the Board of Guardians was in session a message was passed in to say that two persons from St. Cuthbert with smallpox had just been brought to the workhouse .
17 He was in active practice for twenty-five years , and was elected chairman of the Board of Guardians in 1837 , serving for forty-eight years .
18 The first cases were reported to the Board of Guardians from Renhold , Kempston , Thurleigh , and St. Cuthbert 's in the town .
19 The smallpox hospital was sited between the London Road and the railway , and on November 29th , 1873 , the Town Council sold the building to the Board of Guardians for £100 .
20 It had been built to accommodate sixteen patients and in February of that year was occupied by twenty-one paupers , for whose maintenance the Board of Guardians had been responsible .
21 During the last quarter of the nineteenth century , the needs of the sick and disabled at the workhouse occupied more and more of the time and energies of the officers and the Board of Guardians to whom they were responsible .
22 The Board of Guardians was continuing to subscribe to the Infirmary and Dr. Prior referred a number of his workhouse patients for admission and treatment .
23 As the house committee was unwilling to dismiss the porter , the master asked the Board of Guardians to fine him , to deliver a severe reprimand to the nurse for her conduct , and ‘ give her plainly to understand that I am the Master of this house , and all lawful orders are to be obeyed ’ .
24 The guardians applied , unsuccessfully , to the Public Works Loan Board and it was left to a sub-committee , consisting of the chairman of the Finance Committee , the chairman of the Board of Guardians ( W. T. Lansberry ) and the clerk to arrange the loan elsewhere .
25 The Board of Guardians dealt with the matter in committee , and later issued a statement to the press : the master had been before the Board about certain irregularities , but had nothing to say in response .
26 According to the Bedfordshire Times , he told the Board of Guardians that the duties had taken up too much of his time .
27 For example , in September 1919 , in its account of a meeting of the Board of Guardians , the Bedfordshire Times reported that a member had complained of what he referred to as ‘ an appalling increase of rates ’ .
28 A choir sang Christmas hymns in the various wards , and twelve members of the Board of Guardians assisted with the serving of dinner .
29 Mr. S. Walker left a note for the Board of Guardians expressing thanks for their kind and courteous hearing when his group had been interviewed on the subject of the unemployed marchers , and for the treatment they had received at the institution .
30 The Board of Guardians replied that they did n't have any isolation hospital and were unable to accept liability .
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