Example sentences of "britain [vb -s] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain has ratified the Maastricht Treaty just hours after Lord Rees-Mogg withdrew his legal challenge in the light of the turmoil on the European money markets . |
| 2 | It may be that Britain has overemphasised the potential benefits of free trade ; that she has actually benefited from the protectionist philosophy which permeates the EEC ; that being a member of a cohesive new power bloc is what has counted ; that the ‘ fight ’ with the Americans over agricultural matters is a case in point ; that had she been on her own , Britain would have been trampled over by her cousins on the other side of the Atlantic . |
| 3 | Britain has led the world in helping the reforms in the former Soviet Union . |
| 4 | Britain has led the way in building up relations with the republics of the new Commonwealth of Independent States . |
| 5 | Lord Young declined to comment on the revelations contained in the memorandum or the confirmation by Sir Peter Gregson , permanent secretary at the DTI , that Britain has kept the deal secret because ‘ it would severely damage our relations with the European Commission ’ . |
| 6 | Does the recent rash of serious accidents affecting people jammed together in small spaces mean that Britain has become the glass jaw , as well as , allegedly , the dirty man of Europe ? |
| 7 | BRITAIN has become the ‘ dustbin of the world ’ and the ‘ environmental leper ’ of Europe , John Prescott told delegates . |
| 8 | While Britain has borne the brunt of the economic crisis , Northern Ireland has been cushioned from the worst effects . |
| 9 | Britain has chosen the second option . |
| 10 | Britain has spent the last 100 years fighting against the facts of German power : indeed our modern national identity has to a great extent been forged in the fires of the great conflict with Germany while our sense of our moral worth rests in part on our role in the defeat of Nazism . |
| 11 | Britain has attracted the biggest concentration of investment from Japan , and the Japanese feel comfortable with the Conservatives , even if they reserve their deepest admiration for Mrs Thatcher . |
| 12 | Britain has signed the European Convention on the Environment , promising our best efforts to limit and reduce emissions , and to exchange information in collaborative work . |
| 13 | The work of Kempe in the United States and of the NSPCC in Britain has shown the extent to which therapy can be provided in such cases for both parent and child . |
| 14 | Britain has set the European Community on a course that I wholly applaud — an ever closer union of nation states . |
| 15 | It seems that scarcely one Black artist in Britain has had the benefits of an extended professional career : a dealer , regular exhibitions , interested critics , sales and the support of one 's peers . |