Example sentences of "british [noun] has [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past 15 years , Social Trends reports , British Rail has cut the number of its carriages by a quarter . |
| 2 | British Rail has given a figure of £1.4 billion for the construction of the station complex . |
| 3 | The company is no longer going to run freight trains in Western Scotland because British Rail has increased the transport rates by 50 to 80 per cent to cover fixed costs from an ever decreasing user base . |
| 4 | But now British Rail has turned the clock back — temporarily offering steam rides from Henley-on-Thames . |
| 5 | BRITISH Rail has introduced a £20m package of improvements to North-East services aimed at attracting more travellers on to local trains . |
| 6 | ‘ Let's pretend our train has got 25 loads on it , let's pretend British Rail has got a locomotive which can actually pull 25 loads over Shap Fell and let's assume it is 100 per cent full , ’ he continued . |
| 7 | I do not want to delay progress , but someone must say that he is not entirely happy about the way in which British Rail has promoted the Bill and about the contents of some of the clauses . |
| 8 | BRITISH RAIL has modified the bolts on the axles of its much-troubled advanced passenger train ( APT ) . |
| 9 | BRITISH Rail has launched a winter sale , with cut-price deals on long-distance Saver tickets . |
| 10 | British Rail has launched an inquiry , but a spokesman said the alarm bells and gates appeared to be working properly . |
| 11 | BRITISH Rail has launched an investigation to discover how a herd of cows came to be wandering down the Saltburn-Darlington line last week . |
| 12 | BRITISH Aerospace has won a £300 million contract to build 13 RAF Harriers , it was announced yesterday . |
| 13 | The Association of British Insurers has published a draft code of practice for long-term care insurance . |
| 14 | The Confederation of British Industry has put the cost of congestion on Britain 's roads at an annual figure of £15 billion . |
| 15 | A report by the Department of the Environment admits that the practice of planting large stands of conifers on British uplands has worsened the effects of acid rain , resulting in the deaths of salmon , trout and frogs , and the pollution of upland streams . |
| 16 | A British judge has nailed the spectre in unequivocal terms . |
| 17 | BRITISH Telecom has begun an exercise to stamp out overcharging amid reports that telephone bills may have been inflated by tens of millions of pounds a year , a company spokesman said yesterday . |
| 18 | There are over a million fax users in the UK , and British Telecom has published a directory of UK users . |
| 19 | The British banger has taken a bit of a grilling today . |
| 20 | One could argue that British inhibition has played a part in the poverty of British scripts . |
| 21 | We are pleased to report that Alastair Channing , Deputy Managing Director of Associated British Ports has accepted an invitation to join the TPC and was officially welcomed on the committee in November . |
| 22 | British Steel has launched an inquiry after a spillage of molten steel at the Lackenby plant on Teesside late on Monday night . |
| 23 | Not for the first time , the British voter has confounded the pundits and returned a shrewd , sensible verdict which should renew our respect for his discernment . |
| 24 | For centuries the British physician has told the patient not to bother about his health . |
| 25 | Luis Vargas , an Archuar Indian , said that Indians no longer wanted British Gas on their land and were no longer prepared to negotiate with the company , " British Gas has done a lot of damage in our forest " he said . |
| 26 | British Gas has announced a price freeze from April the First . |
| 27 | By law a company like British Gas has to hold a meeting of its shareholders once a year . |
| 28 | British Gas has dubbed the project Armada but one group of partners has named their discoveries after Elizabethan heroes Drake , Hawkins and Howard — hardly the favourites of the original invasion fleet . |
| 29 | Conference , I was pleased to read that British Gas has implemented an employee harassment policy and procedure scheme , to help employers deal with this issue . |
| 30 | British Gas has admitted the meter reading mix up … blaming it on a clerical error . |