Example sentences of "[noun pl] for british " in BNC.
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| 1 | However there were many reasons for British reticence regarding European co-operation . |
| 2 | Sir Nicholas has also been in trouble with the Board of Deputies for British Jews for describing the Band Aid organiser and singer Bob Geldof as ‘ a self-advertising Jew ’ . |
| 3 | Prof Wilkie has been involved in constructing several widely-used indices and tables , and was personally responsible for constructing the series of fixed interest indices for British government stocks , index-linked stocks and company debentures . |
| 4 | Is n't this further evidence that this government has the right policies for British business and the British people . |
| 5 | Company chief David Ellwood said yesterday that his firm made nooses for British hangmen until 1964 — but had now dropped the trade . |
| 6 | Plans for British police forces to test the batons were cancelled by the Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , after American police used them on Rodney King during the videotaped attack which sparked the Los Angeles riots . |
| 7 | Plans for British cities were hardly affected by the radical experiments and literature of some other countries . |
| 8 | The contract is a kick in the teeth for British workers at Westinghouse Signal , which expected to clinch the £100 million deal . |
| 9 | With plenty of contracts for British firms . |
| 10 | An intimation of trade concessions , contracts for British firms . |
| 11 | Between September 1986 and April 1988 work took place to restore Llanthony Warehouse in which to house the National Waterways Museum and offices for British Waterways . |
| 12 | So poorly known were the timbers in West Africa , that at the beginning of the century the houses and offices for British colonial civil servants were built from imported coniferous timber . |
| 13 | ‘ The Holbein case ’ has undoubtedly taken the focus off the Canaletto and Zoffany , which are arguably also strong candidates for British national collections . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , with BTG required by ministers to look to short-term profitability , sources of ready funds for British biotechnology have all but dried up . |
| 15 | They are Forte , which has retained 25 per cent and CINVen , which controls pension funds for British Coal , Barclays Bank and British Rail . |
| 16 | As the subject of funds for British Rail has been mentioned , will my right hon. and learned Friend have a look at two points quickly — |
| 17 | Chang Takes The Sting Out Of The Power Debate LLOYD 'S SLATER GOALS FOR BRITISH TENNIS |
| 18 | ‘ North America presents a great source of opportunities for British food and drink companies as American consumers seek out more ‘ European flavours ’ , ’ said Tony Matthews * , FFB 's North America director . |
| 19 | We will continue to campaign within the EC for further liberalisation , particularly of cabotage , so that there are more commercial opportunities for British companies . |
| 20 | Does he agree that the use of greater marketing expertise could open up still further opportunities for British exporters ? |
| 21 | ‘ I have done all that I reasonably could , consistent with economic realities and legal constraints , to increase the opportunities for British Coal . ’ |
| 22 | REVOLTING COCKS are American deca-dance hedonists who take far too many drugs to be considered proper role models for British youth . |
| 23 | The universities there seemed models for British ones , and gradually the feeling gained ground that Germany was the intellectual centre of Europe — in science , in philosophy , in classical studies , in theology and in history Germans were making the running . |
| 24 | It has used these in its work on open cast sites for British Coal , but it also operates under licence some small , deep mines of its own . |
| 25 | European volunteer workers : recruiting refugees for British industries , 1946-1951 |
| 26 | Investigators for British Gas Scotland said tests had revealed that a section of nearby gas main was not gas tight . |
| 27 | That is why Cable & Wireless 's subsidiary , Mercury , has recently sent forty payphones for British Forces to use at bases in Saudi Arabia . |
| 28 | But although these were indeed dog days for British film production , film producers were emerging who understood the need for modern styles of production , bigger budgets and more ambitious showmanship . |
| 29 | John Harlow directed a series of films for British National , but probably his biggest success was While I Live which featured the very popular music the Dream of . |
| 30 | Modernist innovation and the revolution that was Ulysses , far from being ignored , continue to expand the range of possibilities for British writers , encouraging new forms and combinations to sophisticate and diversify conventional resources . |