Example sentences of "[prep] the british [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He failed to win the Volvo Masters , finishing second to Ronan Rafferty , but nevertheless it was a season of stunning success for the British golfer . |
| 2 | , looks like Pam , oh no she 's not on it , she 's not doing quoits , I tell you a lie , but somebody here is for the British Polio Linda S five |
| 3 | He ended his hour-long presentation with the words , ‘ We are on our way toward making the division one of the best goddamned outfits in overseas operations , and I just want to be given the chance to prove that the plan which I have outlined to you today is the right one for the British operation , for Europe and for the Corporation . ’ |
| 4 | This new hobby developed during an interesting period for the British press . |
| 5 | THERE are times when you have to stand up to be counted and that time is here for the British Press . |
| 6 | Mister C is something of a godsend for the British press . |
| 7 | IT IS something of a public statement of Carter 's record company 's faith that they are prepared to spend £20,000 of unrecoupable readies on a major aerodynamic lig for the British press ( faith that is vindicated , one could argue , by the band 's confirmed Biggest Ever Hit ‘ The Only Living Boy In New Cross ’ — Number Eight last week and rising ) . |
| 8 | The new generation of producers that subsequently emerged came to believe it was possible for the British film industry to ‘ take on ’ the Americans , although this grand ambition had more to do with a desire to efface their inferiority complex than any serious resolve to face reality . |
| 9 | But if sound set back filmmaking style by several years , it offered a great boom for the British film industry . |
| 10 | And Michael Balcon , now convinced that making big-budget films to please the Americans was a sure way for the British film industry to commit suicide , began a campaign through the Cinematograph Films Council to draw attention to the amount of control Rank , with his dangerous policies , now had over the film industry . |
| 11 | Even as American investment slumped from £100 million annually at its peak to around £30 million at the beginning or the 1970s , the US companies were still doing a lot more for the British film industry than the British seemed able to do for themselves . |
| 12 | SKY announced a multi-million pound boost for the British film industry yesterday with a major new mini-series . |
| 13 | British Film Commissioner Sidney Samuelson said : ‘ This is a great day for the British film industry . |
| 14 | Channel 4 's support for the British film industry will also continue . |
| 15 | Last year your film correspondent , William Parente , suggested that the last real subject left for the British film industry to tackle was the Highland Clearances , a subject of relevance to the Gaels , their current political context , and to many thousands of Scots around the world . |
| 16 | Unfortunately for the British Museum , the first examples of that reality experienced by the viewer on leaving the exhibition are the rooms containing its Roman collection . |
| 17 | The tramway remained in operation for forty years , during which time the Haytor quarries also supplied granite for the British Museum and many other famous buildings . |
| 18 | The early British sites were neglected as relics of unimagined savagery while attention focused on the scramble for antiquities in the Near East and the securing of the best prizes , like the Rosetta Stone , for the British Museum . |
| 19 | The allocations for the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum are increasing by 1.75% and 1.85% in real terms respectively . |
| 20 | If proven that it constitutes Treasure Trove ( i.e. it was buried with the intention of later removal , rather than as part of a funerary burial ) , it is most likely to be retained by the Crown for the British Museum and the finder paid a sum equal to the market value of what is retained . |
| 21 | Much the same goes for the British Museum . |
| 22 | There is no record of the history of this manuscript before it was bought for the British Museum in 1836 , but it appears possible that the Jouglet it contains could be one text forming a bridge between the French fabliaux and the Anglo-Norman . |
| 23 | Earlier , Mr Richard du Cann , QC , for the British Board of Film Classification , defined blasphemy as an intention to outrage ‘ because of the contemptuous tone , style and spirit of the material ’ . |
| 24 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that any proposal to double the European Community structural funds will inevitably result in higher tax bills for the British taxpayer ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The answer to that question , and the implications of it for the British polity of the 1980s , will form the basis of the final chapter . |
| 27 | They are the way forward now for the British mining industry erm they 've been coming in very steadily and now they are at virtually every pit in the country . |
| 28 | Jimmy smashed the previous British melon record by nearly eight pounds , but he wo n't be tucking into his prize exhibit — he has already raffled the mouth-watering treat to raise money for the British Heart Foundation . |
| 29 | Mayor 's draw : Coun Stephen Smailes , Mayor of Stockton , will make the draw next Friday at North Tees General Hospital , for the British Heart Foundation Stockton and District branch 's leisure and pleasure draw , at 3.30 pm . |
| 30 | The twenty sixth of January seventeen eighty eight the British established a small prison community at Sydney Cove on the east coast of Australia villain read the declaration and hoisted the Union Jack claiming the east coast of the entire Australian continent for the British crown . |