Example sentences of "of the board [prep] guardians [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | A resolution from Biggleswade , that the transference of the functions of the Board of Guardians to the County Councils would be detrimental to the poor and to the ratepayers , was strongly supported , as was another from elsewhere ; the newly elected government was to be asked to postpone the operation of the Local Government Act of 1929 . |
2 | The effects of the error were not rectified until 1888 , when the Commissioners agreed that the vacant appointment should be filled by a nominee from " the Magistrates for Lancashire meeting at Manchester and qualified as ex officio Poor Law Guardians of the Board of Guardians for the Union of Stockport . " |
3 | For example , the Chairman of the Board of Guardians for St Giles in East London considered that widows must be held in part responsible for their own condition : ‘ After the lapse of a certain number of years , when a widow has had the opportunity of showing providence on her own account , I think you may separate her from her late husband , but not immediately after his death ’ . |
4 | The last meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Bedford Union was held on 29th March 1930 . |
5 | 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 . |