Example sentences of "[noun sg] for british " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the band split up , Tex became a railway clerk for British Rail at Garston freight depot . |
| 2 | Its programme included the raising of the conscription age to fifty , the closing of German-owned businesses , the internment of enemy aliens , conscription for Ireland , a guaran-teed price for home-grown cereals , protection for British industry and counter air raids against German towns . |
| 3 | Sheep farmers from all over France are protesting at cheap imports from eastern Europe , Ireland and Britain , they want government help , and until they get it , incidents like this will no doubt continue despite British appeals for police protection for British livestock drivers . |
| 4 | When the promised sprinters were not delivered on time , when the fares increased in proportion to the decline in reliability , when children are stranded because trains have broken down , when Conservative-controlled Suffolk county council subsidises the late night train , and when central Government grant for British Rail goes up , yet the service is still like a lottery , I despaired , I despair , and I will continue to despair until we give individuals , travellers , employees and taxpayers a real incentive to make it work — the freedom to succeed in the private sector . |
| 5 | Mountain bike enthusiast , Martin Richmond gave up his job as an environmental scientist for British Coal at Stoke Orchard in Gloucestershire to make the world record attempt . |
| 6 | Sir Nicholas Goodison , chairman of the National Art Collection Fund , said : ‘ This sale is a lost opportunity for British public collections , but I am glad that it is staying in the country . |
| 7 | London architect Peter Ullathorne said : ‘ This is a showcase job and a prime opportunity for British architects . |
| 8 | Had we relied on public sector finance , it would have been another century before we had such an opportunity for British industry , with all the infrastructure back-up that will flow from it . |
| 9 | A great sense of frustration is building up because many hon. Members feel that the Bill represents a lost opportunity for British Rail . |
| 10 | Gardner Merchant retained its £25 million catering contract for British Aerospace , despite competition from both the UK and the Continent . |
| 11 | The case for British bases in the Middle East was strengthened by such calculations , but the doubts of Attlee and others were not finally overcome until June 1947 . |
| 12 | The treaty of October 1954 included temporary provision for British re-use of the base in an East–West crisis . |
| 13 | Brunel , no less committed than Hitchcock to an ‘ artistic ’ direction for British films , was later unstinting in his praise of a man who ‘ by his faith and support set the pace at a time when we most needed it ’ and credited him with contributing ‘ very considerably to the renaissance of the British film production industry . ’ |
| 14 | Only 49 of the 229 Labour Members felt any sympathy for British miners and voted against the Bill . |
| 15 | In the USA Time magazine , for instance , expressed sympathy for British policies in — of all places — the Mediterranean ( the source of numerous American wartime complaints that British strategy was based as much on selfish imperialism as on winning the war ) . |
| 16 | Today 's news will come as a blow for British Agriculture minister John Gummer , who is just back from the US where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks . |
| 17 | Today 's news will come as a blow for British Agriculture minister John Gummer , who is just back from the US where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks . |
| 18 | Today , with funding for British Universities squeezed ever tighter by the recession and thirteen years of an unsympathetic Conservative government , the Warburg is being forced to fend for itself in large measure . |
| 19 | Kukkay Sarn and Meera Patel from London — 24-year-old Kukkay works as a buyer for British Airways and her friend Meera is a 22-year-old student at the London College of Fashion . |
| 20 | For example , in Park Royal you get traditional strongholds of trade union movement like Park Royal vehicles , which , together with AECs in Southall , is the centre of bus building for British Leyland . |
| 21 | Nor could he ignore American enthusiasm for British membership of the EEC , in part to ensure a better balance among the states of Western Europe , but also in the hope that Britain would strengthen those in the Community who favoured more liberal and outward looking economic policies . |
| 22 | Lemnos was not a very clever place to choose as a base for British operations . |
| 23 | As in the autumn of 1981 , it seemed to be losing its way , with doubts over government support for British Leyland , ministers attacked over repeated strikes by secondary school teachers , and criticisms also over Britain 's support for President Reagan at the time of bombing raids on Libya . |
| 24 | We will increase our support for British Coal Enterprise which promotes economic regeneration in areas affected by the closure of mines , and has successfully assisted 76,000 people in finding new jobs . |
| 25 | It coincided with the news that she had just signed a new one year shoe contract with the company as part of its ongoing support for British tennis . |
| 26 | Tim Sainsbury , Minister for Trade , announced on 28 January that new terms of support for British companies at overseas trade fairs will be offered from 1 April 1992 . |
| 27 | Some 63 stations have already had their platforms lengthened to take the new longer train — positive evidence of the Government 's support for British Rail 's expansion programme . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend has a characteristically robust way of demanding our continued support for British lamb producers . |
| 29 | They want to be the court of principle and last resort for British press standards . |
| 30 | They want to be the court of principle and last resort for British press standards . |