Example sentences of "[prep] the british [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Referring to the ILP and the Socialist League , he wrote in November : Fortunately for the British working class movement , such organisations , with no mass connections or mass influence , or record of mass struggles in any part of the country , are of little significance at the present time .
2 When buying a deadlock , look for the British Standard kite mark .
3 racing for the British Modern Pentathlon championship this weekend are two Gloucestershire rivals …
4 Tom , who worked for the British Caprotti poppet valve-gear manufacturers , Associated Locomotive Equipment Ltd , was instrumental , not only in the original design of 71000 , but also in the rebuilt carried out by the Trust .
5 She was a leading worker for the British Red Cross Society and was a vice president for the North Yorkshire branch .
6 Greg 's medal came in 1990 , when he achieved the distinction of being selected for the British senior world championship eight in the same year .
7 What future for the British naive art museum ?
8 FOR MOST of the '70s and all of the '80s , this monumental folly-cum- tour de force was universally derided as the cypher standing for all that was preposterous about the British progressive rock movement .
9 This may mean providing income for certain groups of people , as through the British social security system .
10 CHRIS LILLYWHITE of the British professional Banana team recovered from a crash to regain the yellow jersey of race leader as the Milk Race ended its longest stage of 125 miles from Birmingham to Llandudno yesterday .
11 He was also chairman of the British Equitable Assurance Company .
12 CB already claims 2 per cent of the British fixed-rate mortgage market .
13 It claims GPG 's adoption in its last set of accounts of the British Financial Reporting Exposure Draft 1 has inflated earnings , overvaluing the company by more than 50 p.c .
14 Paul Newman , Director of the British Flat Roofing Council , describes the Council 's major research project which will contribute to the development of European Standards
15 Such has been the success of the British Flat Roofing Council since its formation in February 1982 that today it is universally respected as the advisory body for the industry .
16 Over the past 12 years , a series of large scale surveys of the British mechanical engineering industry have been carried out at CURDS .
17 The movement could never be separated from political questions whatever its leaders wanted , for the question of non-conforming raised the question of establishment , itself a political question dating to the anti-church rate campaigns of the 1830s and the creation of the British Anti-State Church Society by Edward Miall in 1844 .
18 Speaking about the trip , David Keating , Chairman of the British Romanian Law Association and Council Member of the Law Society , said today : ‘ We are determined to repeat the success of this trip with further workshops , particularly in provincial centres , and also with initiatives with Romanian law students .
19 Nineteen-year-old Law student Tracy Gates lifted the bronze medal at Lake Windermere on Saturday in a meet which attracted the cream of the British long-distance swimming scene .
20 Mr Anthony Galsworthy , the leader of the British Joint Liaison Group ( JLG ) delegation , said that the four-day meeting ‘ certainly marks a return to business , but not necessarily as normal ’ .
21 The first BDA Week began with the publication of The British Deaf Association Manifesto .
22 YORK HOUSE 2 October : The Duke of Kent , as Vice Chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board , today left Royal Air Force Northolt for a visit to Sweden and Finland .
23 The Duke of Kent , Vice Chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board , visits Reckitt and Colman , Norwich , Norfolk .
24 YORK HOUSE 13 October : The Duke of Kent , as Vice Chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board , this morning visited Colman 's of Norwich and , later , visited Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education , Norfolk .
25 Sir David Hornby , chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board , joins hundreds of business people in a campaign to convince investors Swindon is the most desirable business site in the world .
26 I do not believe that Summerchild and his Director were discussing the financial structure of the Marmite company , or the competitiveness of the British savoury spread industry .
27 It accounts for 25% of the British ceramic tableware industry 's output and for 25% of its exports .
28 An early book on techniques in geomorphology ( King , 1966 ) covered the range then available , specific manuals have been produced such as the US Geological Survey Techniques of Water Resources Investigations and the Technical Bulletins of the British Geomorphological Research Group , and an edited manual of geomorphological techniques ( Goudie , 1981a ) embraces the earlier developments .
29 As a contributor to a recent survey on ‘ comparability in social research ’ , published under the auspices of the British Social Science Research Council , sagely observes : ‘ a great deal can go wrong at the recording stage which may make subsequent analysis difficult or even impossible ’ .
30 For the last ten years or so , feminist commentators on social policy have remarked upon two particular features of the British social security system : first , that it is based on clear and consistent views about the nature of marriage and the economic and social relationship between husbands and wives ( Land and Parker , 1978 ; O'Donovan , 1979 ) ; and secondly , despite considerable changes in the position of women in society since the principles of the modern social security system were laid out in the Beveridge Report ( Beveridge , 1942 ) and consolidated in post-war legislation , the system itself and its principles have remained obstinately impervious to change ( Land , 1975 ) .
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