Example sentences of "for the british " in BNC.
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| 1 | This new hobby developed during an interesting period for the British press . |
| 2 | and despite my inbuilt irreverence for all sacred stones of all establishment temples , I too had grown up with an aura of awe for the British and all things British , and London was meant to encompass represent and symbolize the best of the best of it all . |
| 3 | In the following year another problem arose for the British ; the Red Sea cable to India had failed . |
| 4 | Security of these communication pathways meant headaches for the British — some real but more frequently imagined . |
| 5 | Bulloch was knocked out after 53 seconds of the second round , in a challenge for the British cruiserweight title , by the champion , Johnny Nelson of Sheffield . |
| 6 | ‘ That attitude towards the future is not good enough for the British people . |
| 7 | They 're not good enough for the British people . |
| 8 | There was a morsel of consolation for the British team of Durie and Anne Hobbs before they left for home however , when they won the doubles contest against Petra Ritter and Paulus 2-6 , 7-6 , 6-3 , saving three match points in the process . |
| 9 | NEIL KINNOCK yesterday declared himself fit to be Prime Minister , by claiming in an end-of-conference message that he now speaks for the British people . |
| 10 | Mac , who gained her fourth win of the week with Everest Gringo on Saturday afternoon , was chosen earlier that day for the British team that will compete on the American Fall Circuit which begins later this month . |
| 11 | Technology : European boost for the British Technology Group |
| 12 | On arrival at Worcester , Massachusetts , for the match , the earth was still moving for the British side and they lost nine-and-a-half to two-and-a-half , with Boomer winning his foursomes in partnership with his friend Archie Compston , but losing his single . |
| 13 | THE TITLE of America 's wealthiest person bestowed each year by Forbes magazine has passed to John Kluge , a media baron from Virginia less known for his billions than his wife 's passion for the British royal family . |
| 14 | He was responsible for the British Council 's highly successful Byron exhibition in Athens in 1974 , a timely reminder of the long-standing friendship between the two countries . |
| 15 | Smith had Picnic 's full co-operation when winning last week 's leading showjumper of the year title at Wembley , making a timely impression on the selectors who have chosen him for the British team . |
| 16 | Five years later , and after an initial ‘ thrashing ’ by Birmingham for the British nomination , the bid is more substantial than a local headline , £2 million more , the Duke of Westminster and a dozen of Britain 's blue-chip companies and corporations each persuaded by Scott 's vision of a North-west renaissance to dip into their accounts for at least £100,000 . |
| 17 | It remains to be seen how the XM stacks up against traditional executive fare , but the chances are that it will be too exotic for the British palate . |
| 18 | Having spent many years arguing for government support for the British fashion industry — and getting nowhere — she can not be blamed for opting to manufacture and show abroad . |
| 19 | A spokesman for the British Army of the Rhine would not confirm or deny whether the documents were genuine , saying yesterday : ‘ We do not comment about these matters . ’ |
| 20 | On 10 April it was announced that a ‘ task force ’ of 10,000 men would be assembled under the command of Rear-Admiral ‘ Sandy ’ Woodward , to sail into the South Atlantic , whatever the hazards , and recapture the Falklands for the British Commonwealth . |
| 21 | From 1985 onwards , ‘ law and order ’ became a watchword for the British left , too . |
| 22 | In 1917 he could refer Garvin to a speech made in 1905 where he stated his ideal for the British Empire : ‘ we think of a group of states , all independent in their own local concerns , but all united for the defence of their common interests and the defence of a common civilisation , united not in an alliance — for alliances can be made and unmade — but in a permanent organic union' . |
| 23 | This issue was first raised as early as 1941 , and by 1943–4 had become a subject of major concern for the British government , aware that unless rules were laid down in advance , the United States would use its enormous wealth , undamaged industrial capability , and the advantages obtained during the war years to drive Britain and other countries off the international air routes . |
| 24 | The committee reported in February 1943 in very alarming language that there would be nothing left for the British postwar aircraft industry unless something were done at once . |
| 25 | for the British , this meant state-owned airlines flying state-developed aircraft operating on agreed internationally controlled routes and frequencies . |
| 26 | For the British , then , the picture was not ultimately as black as it appeared to be in 1945. for their part , the Americans viewed the British with considerable suspicion , and harboured their traditional fears of being outmanoeuvred . |
| 27 | The Chiefs of Staff focused on the strategic arguments for the British presence in the Middle East . |
| 28 | Unfortunately for the British government , this occupation zone was unexpectedly severed from its traditional sources of food in the east , and being unable to feed itself became reliant on supplies of food from dollar areas . |
| 29 | Its master stroke was its ‘ double cross system ’ , whereby it turned enemy spies into double agents , working for the British and feeding false information back . |
| 30 | ‘ One shot showed a problem with the lever arms on the roll bar , so we had new ones made for the British Grand Prix at Aintree . |