Example sentences of "britain [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am grateful to my colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Britain for the help and opportunities they have given me in the preparation of this book . |
| 2 | Before 1869 , there was no Institution in England and Wales ( nor for that matter , in Scotland ) where deaf children of Roman Catholics could be educated in their own faith , and when a Belgian priest , Monsignore de Haerne , a deputy in the Belgian Senate , learnt of this , he came to Britain for the purpose of establishing one . |
| 3 | Fifty Russian orphans have arrived in Britain for the trip of a lifetime . |
| 4 | I am pleased that through the good settlement that I was able to give to the Arts Council of Great Britain for the year ahead and , through it , the Welsh Arts Council , the Welsh National Opera 's overall income from the two arts councils will rise by about 7 per cent . |
| 5 | They 're escaping the fog and frost of Britain for the winter warmth of California where conditions are almost ideal for free fall training . |
| 6 | Thus a secret US State Department memorandum could refer explicitly to " a special relationship " ( Acheson was reputed to have forbidden any such admission of this kind on paper ) which should exist with Britain for the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 7 | Edinburgh 's remarkable collection of libraries , including the copyright National Library of Scotland , makes it one of the best-provided cities in Britain for the study of history , while its archival resources and architectural heritage leave it unrivalled for the pursuit of Scottish history . |
| 8 | The University of Edinburgh is one of the main centres in Britain for the study of the languages and cultures of Asia . |
| 9 | If Canada joined Britain for the war , as she most certainly would , which unit of the service would I be joining ? |
| 10 | Yesterday , the Soviet Union blamed Britain for the cancellation of a visit by a human rights delegation , saying British officials insisted on sending Mr Michael Bourdeaux of Keston College — someone they knew would not be given a Soviet visa . |
| 11 | The latest move comes a day after Ke Zaishuo , the senior Peking representative to the Joint Liaison Group — the Anglo-Chinese body overseeing Hong Kong 's return to mainland sovereignty in 1997 — blamed Britain for the crisis of confidence in the territory after the Chinese army assault on Tiananmen Square . |
| 12 | With respect to strategy Japanese enterprise groups tend not to adopt the conglomerate model which is more common to large firms in the United States or Britain as the locus of their strategic initiative , preferring instead the keiretsu form . |
| 13 | The selection of Britain as the venture 's base is a matter of prestige , says managing director Andy Szeliga , 36 ‘ In hi-fi , UK companies have a worldwide reputation . |
| 14 | Scott undertook the translation of Dove 's famous book Das Gesetz der Stürme , which was published in Britain as The Law of Storms ( 1862 ) . |
| 15 | Obviously , he sees Britain as the sweatshop of the world — he almost said as much — and , if we are unlucky enough to find him in office for more than a few more months , we may find ourselves taking the place previously occupied by the Soviet Union , as Upper Volta with rockets . |
| 16 | They actually take pride in promoting Britain as the sweatshop of Europe . |
| 17 | Like most migrants , she still thought of Scotland as home and Britain as the homeland , although she knew she would never see her native country again . |
| 18 | There was nothing capricious about Mendoros ' choice of Britain as the place to set up shop . |
| 19 | Even Jean Monnet , the mover of much that was to occur in the future , saw Britain as the nucleus of a European Community . |
| 20 | Further problems may arise again on return to Britain as the pressure for places in the more popular independent or state schools makes it increasingly difficult for the expatriate to find suitable educational facilities for children . |
| 21 | The International Board have always recognised Great Britain as the World Cup entrant since the tournament 's inception in 1954 with only one exception when England and Wales were entered in 1975 . ’ |
| 22 | This month 's tit-for-tat with Britain about the sale of landing slots at London 's Heathrow airport , which provoked American officials into banning low-price fares across the Atlantic , is one perverse result . |
| 23 | In fact , some members of the Six had been more positive than Britain about the potential of WEU . |
| 24 | Between 1972 and 1984 the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) provided financial assistance to industry for mineral exploration in Great Britain through the Mineral Exploration and Investment Grants Act 1972 ( MEG ) . |
| 25 | Yet by the time George VI and his wife had guided Britain through the war and their daughter had come to the throne , the monarchy seemed stronger than ever . |
| 26 | The use of an outsider to observe what happens in a school has a long history in Britain through the process of formal school inspection . |
| 27 | Of course , this Government will not be responsible for Britain during the presidency — they will be watching from the Opposition Front Bench . |
| 28 | Its spirit was reminiscent of that which ( temporarily ) demolished the social barricades in Britain during the Blitz . |
| 29 | FINISHED cattle marketings fell by 16 per cent in Great Britain during the week commencing May 31 . |
| 30 | The public were urged to think of him as a man whose ‘ gibes and sneers in Nazi propaganda broadcasts against Britain during the war disgusted the British people . ’ |