Example sentences of "british [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was found on a Romano — British settlement at Kettering during development from 1903 . |
| 2 | And every so often erm the British look at this with a rather interested eye , and you 'll find that erm Parliamentary committees erm there was one on the British Civil Service about two years , three years ago , nineteen seventy-seven , they went over to France to have a look at how the French did this to see if they could learn anything from the French experience , but in fact it 's very difficult to transport somebody else 's experience , lock , stock and barrel , into the British situation , and they quite sensibly concluded this would n't be a good idea . |
| 3 | Since making their British debut at Brighton Festival in ‘ 88 , Ballet Du Nord has emerged as one of the most polished and exuberant classical companies in Europe . |
| 4 | Fourteen points put Master James eighth in the championship and Hesketh made of him a public figure , a British hope at a time when Graham Hill , Mike Hailwood and others were fading from the scene and Jackie Stewart was about to retire . |
| 5 | The explosion came 20 minutes after a coded warning to British Rail at Waterloo , which sent police to the wrong location outside the Stock Exchange . |
| 6 | Although the Bury to Heywood line has been disused since 1980 , the majority of track remains in place thanks to the persuasive powers that Rochdale Council exerted on British Rail at the time . |
| 7 | This also included Class 25 diesel/electric locomotive D7672 ‘ Tamworth Castle ’ recently purchased from British Rail at Leeds ' Holbeck depot , and Class 08 shunter D3420 , both engines in green livery , the former in two-tone colours . |
| 8 | British Rail at Bescot were thanked for their kind co-operation and loan of the freight sectored Class 58 to the SVR . |
| 9 | I 'd forgone breakfast because I had n't got to bed till four in the morning , lunch because I had a hangover and anyway I was late for the train , and due to the fact that it was — according to British Rail at any rate — still part of the extended Festive Period , there had been no buffet trolley on the train . |
| 10 | I should be happy to visit Southend-on-Sea travelling by British Rail at the earliest opportunity . |
| 11 | I have frequent meetings with the chairman of British Rail at which various safety-related topics are discussed . |
| 12 | Surely , if only 13 of the 100 crossings are unsafe , it is not unreasonable for British Rail at least to propose alternative crossings at some of those points . |
| 13 | After the band split up , Tex became a railway clerk for British Rail at Garston freight depot . |
| 14 | Landowners in Worcestershire , Herefordshire and Gloucestershire have been warned that the travellers may seek other pre-historic sites , like British Camp at Malvern . |
| 15 | Although there is no necessary logical inconsistency between generality and complexity , in the British case at least the results of macroeconomic policies have not been impressive . |
| 16 | British case at least , the problem of national or ethnic difference was masked for a long period by development occurring in the peripheries at the same rate and in similar ways to development in industrial England . |
| 17 | That role , more than likely , will be filled by Brannen , the leading contender for the British trial at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on Friday and Saturday . |
| 18 | Thereafter the important British base at Suez came under guerrilla attack . |
| 19 | The films had a sense of urgency that the rest of mainstream British cinema at the time largely lacked , but their directors did n't have enough personal contact with the lives of their characters to offer visions that rang true . |
| 20 | For nearly thirty years that crusade has been regarded as one of his least successful , whereas a later British Crusade at Earls Court in London in 1966 has always been seen as a triumph . |
| 21 | There also appeared to be less dissension on state aid and subsidies , a subject given added poignancy by the recent revelations about the UK Government 's ‘ sweeteners ’ to British Aerospace at the time of the takeover of Rover . |
| 22 | British Aerospace at Stevenage will be responsible for a larger weapon , with twice the range , to fit on armoured vehicles . |
| 23 | BRITISH AEROSPACE at Woodford are nearing the end of their restoration to flying condition of Acro XIX ( Anson ) G–AHKX . |
| 24 | Following the Commission 's order of June 28 , 1990 , that the £42,900,000 in " sweeteners " paid to British Aerospace at the time of its purchase of the Rover motor group should be repaid , the UK government announced that it was suing British Aerospace for the return of the money , and Rover for another £1,500,000 [ see pp. 37582-83 ] . |
| 25 | CLOSE is a limit order system which allows investors to leave orders which are then publicised in the market , e.g. if an investor wanted British Aerospace at £5.00 when the market price was £5.08 the limit order could be left with the investors ' broker , and other brokers could see it . |
| 26 | Peter Boardman , who had been at School between 1956 and 1969 , was one of the best-known names in British mountaineering at this period . |
| 27 | He and Diana had just returned from an exhausting tour of America , plugging Britain and British industry at every turn . |
| 28 | ‘ But , ’ Mark continued , transport costs are only one of the factors which have placed British industry at a disadvantage in recent years . ’ |
| 29 | Mr Howard Davies , 41 , controller of the Audit Commission , was yesterday confirmed as the next director-general of the Confederation of British Industry at a starting salary of around £175,000 . |
| 30 | HOWARD Davies , 41 , controller of the Audit Commission , was swiftly presented with an ‘ agenda ’ yesterday after being confirmed as the next director-general of the Confederation of British Industry at a performance-related salary estimated to be starting at £175,000 . |