Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [adj] british [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a reliance on free capital enterprise is foreign to the present British scene ; but it could be suggested that without it , any community development is likely to fail . |
| 2 | Suicide in more conventional forms shows up prominently in the later records of the Kindertransporte , when the work of the RCM had been merged with that of the Central British Fund ( CB F ) . |
| 3 | His seeming determination to be confused with the distinguished British artist is evident in the recent press release advertising an exhibition of his work in which he refers to his emphasis on non-commissioned portrait drawings which ‘ entail months , even years , of work with the sitter , while very little peripheral material such as smaller studies , sculpture , and etchings is allowed to emerge from the studio ’ . |
| 4 | In Great Britain the ear becomes accustomed to the native British voice handling the classical text , but this really should not hinder American actors ; they need not become totally ‘ accentless ’ in order to play classical verse . |
| 5 | Many of the small British information technology firms began life as importers and distributors of American-made systems . |
| 6 | The single , ‘ Connected ’ , is released on September 7 , prior to the ground-breaking British rap outfit 's third album , also titled ‘ Connected ’ on October 5 . |
| 7 | The requirements , which are mandatory , were published the previous December by the NHBC , and include measures to treat any timber which has to be cut during construction ; however , their main aim is to ensure that the timber frame is kept dry in the moist British climate . |
| 8 | Yet the 1986 figures from the Department of Health and Social Security suggest that almost 9 million , a sixth of the total British population are living on a wage which is on or below the SB poverty line . |
| 9 | The other method was developed by one of the other British nut dealers , and this one I can vouch for . |
| 10 | However , whereas GEC/Siemens had originally proposed that their joint bid would result in a series of joint ventures between them , it became increasingly clear subsequently that the bid was , according to Sir John Clark , Plessey 's Chairman , ‘ no more or less than a simple old-fashioned attempt to carve up one of the leading British electronics companies ’ between GEC and Siemens ' . |
| 11 | Thornton , West & Co. were one of the leading British merchant houses in the eastern seas . |
| 12 | One of the crack British Army regiment 's most fervent critics has joined up ! |
| 13 | However , the concourse will be enlarged and the facilities will be compatible with the new British Rail station , which will be able to handle many more passengers . |
| 14 | Inevitably , policy failures were attributed to the government and its officials , when the blame lay more widely with the whole of the community and in particular with the strong British dislike both for rethinking an entire situation and for the radical changes that might have to follow from such a reconsideration . |
| 15 | The pernicious influence of sponsorship on content may have been a fact in the States but was irrelevant to the proposed British system . |
| 16 | The German explanation that the risky Scandinavian operation had been made necessary by the planned British landing and breach of neutrality had , therefore , the ring of plausibility and seems to have been largely accepted by the German population . |