Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] the british " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the bride was only sixteen and moved in ‘ international circles ’ in Italy , the press had a day-out on the wedding and ‘ Student of the Press ’ noted how the British press ‘ had shown its enterprise and sturdy individuality . |
| 2 | But Dilys Powell could reasonably complain of Jamaica Inn ( 1939 ) that there was ‘ hardly any suspense , hardly any of the building up to a climax which makes the dullest American film tolerable ’ , and enthuse about Carol Reed 's A Girl Must Live ( 1939 ) , saying it showed how the British could make ‘ a comedy which has the speed and glitter and impudence of the best American comedies . ’ |
| 3 | But when he arrived there the British embassy expressed fears that his scarred features would only reinforce anti-involvement sentiments among American parents . |
| 4 | He attacked both the British and the Russians for their " imperialist " policies in Iran and called for a free , independent Iran with a constitutional monarchy . |
| 5 | As none of the guests spoke Spanish ‘ I rang up the British Consul and asked for his help and he provided it . |
| 6 | The Transport Act 1962 broke up the British Transport Commission established under the Transport Act 1947 . |
| 7 | Before turning professional in 1970 he won both the British Youth and English Amateur Championships . |
| 8 | In 1911 he won both the British Open at Sandwich and the German Open . |
| 9 | In the course of a remarkable year , Mhairi , who played off plus-two , won both the British and Belgian Girls ' Championships , the Scottish Girls ' Closed Championship and the Helen Holm Trophy . |
| 10 | Angol , whose sights are set on a tilt at the vacant WBO crown against Yuri Vaulin , recently gave up the British title but is still Commonwealth champion . |
| 11 | And in 1972 Lee 's remarkable shots from around the green snuffed out the British challenge of Tony Jacklin . |
| 12 | In Burma , where he had only the British Colonial Office and colonial administrators to deal with , he was more or less able to have his way . |
| 13 | The original nationalizing Act ( Transport Act 1947 ) had in fact set up the British Transport Commission , of which BR was only one part . |
| 14 | LAWRIE SMITH booked a ticket to Barcelona when he wrapped up the British Olympic selection series for the Soling keelboat place in the French Olympic Classes regatta at Hyeres . |
| 15 | And many films attacked the sort of conservative attitudes which held back the British war effort . |