Days before her nomination she came under criticism because of her longtime membership in an exclusive club that had no black members.

They chose Nicholas because of their membership in a merchants brotherood, which was dedicated to that saint.

The ultimate question for the jury is whether the defendant took the actions at issue because of the plaintiff's membership in a protected class.

The distance, chemical composition, and age of Teide 1 could be established because of its membership in the young Pleiades star cluster.

In this sense, the set of rights which individuals-as-group-members have is expanded because of their membership in a group.

The studies in Benešov ended in 1910 by a consilium abeundi because of his membership in a secret student club.

He found that the clubs were Jewish only because of their membership and nothing about Jewish history or about Palestine was being taught.

It is because of our membership of the EU that we can work together in order to seek solutions.

It remains, and will remain aggressively strong because of its dedicated membership, a hard-working board of directors and a professional headquarters staff.