Example sentences of "[adv] the british [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually the British Standards Institution became the official English editorial body ; the publication of the full English edition , which was long overdue , began with the fourth edition in 1943 . |
| 2 | Multico have taken on the British marketing rights for the Delta range of machinery . |
| 3 | Today Oxfordshire 's Steve Redgrave carries on the British rowing tradition . |
| 4 | They must be daft to take on the British Empire . |
| 5 | Furthermore the British people might begin to clamour for drastic changes in foreign policy if they were asked to undergo yet more austerity . |
| 6 | It 's getting back to a sensible level again , and the music — especially the British music — is really pushing forward . ’ |
| 7 | The distinction has been more in the minds of the negotiators ( especially the British negotiators ) than it has been a reality or , more important , likely to be given much credence by the Court of Justice if and when it comes to adjudicate on the basis of the Treaty . |
| 8 | especially the British ones |
| 9 | To the public , especially the British public , fed by its rabid tabloid press , it seemed an absurd technicality ; further , given the power of Ferrari within the sporting authorities , there was a widespread belief that there was a plot against Master James and to hand the championship to Lauda , who was awarded the race while Hunt was disqualified . |
| 10 | To push down the British price to that of the cheapest one quoted by any ‘ fly-by-night ’ would have a catastrophic effect on business worldwide . |
| 11 | There may , however , be some short-term aims that are worth pursuing ; perhaps the British Academy can be enlisted to help . |
| 12 | Perhaps the British Museum , for all the constraints of public ownership , might try to push for more of the same balance . |
| 13 | Theorists tell us it ought to look more like a symphony orchestra or a hospital or perhaps the British Raj . |
| 14 | And so the British Government decided that Britain would remain independent unless there was a genuine change of heart in Washington that would allow the passage of a formal treaty through Congress . |
| 15 | So the British Government was required to introduce legislation to regulate the circumstances in which the power to tap may be used , but no guidance was given as to what should be the content of the legislation . |
| 16 | Is it not time that the Government stood up and were counted by telling the Turkish Government to remove their troops from occupied Cyprus and saying that if they do not do so the British Government will veto any attempt by Turkey to join the EC ? |
| 17 | FOR THE last 10 years or so the British insurance community has attracted an enormous amount of takeover activity . |
| 18 | So the British ban on advertising will not affect them . |
| 19 | Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in . |
| 20 | Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in . |
| 21 | It is n't only the British Sanpro industry that needs to be challenged , but the whole basis of industrialisation , our economic system and our notions of ’ development ’ . |
| 22 | Only the British Consul , Henry Veitch , was allowed on board while the ship was in Madeira . |
| 23 | Whether your students are planning to attend holiday courses in Britain , or are merely curious about the lifestyle , customs , and civilization of the British , When in Britain is designed to encourage them to think about not only the British way of life , but also about their own . |
| 24 | Field Marshal Montgomery 's trophy sweep includes first in British , first in European , first in Scottish , first in World and now first in Cowal , leaving only the British Championship to clinch . |
| 25 | Only the British Gas sale , which attracted 4.5million applications from small investors , and BAA with 2.5million applications , attracted more interest from members of the public . |
| 26 | All this could be different if only the British people were allowed a real stake in the EC . |
| 27 | It 's only the British people who are kept in the dark . ’ |
| 28 | They lump together the British miners , the American teamsters and Japanese ‘ company ’ unions . |
| 29 | Nevertheless the British government refused to assign its Polaris submarines permanently and unambiguously to Nato , or to include them in any of the current multinational or multilateral ( MLF ) schemes being floated by the Americans . |
| 30 | Nevertheless the British embassy did not believe that Britain was being written off as a " negligible " force , nor had the common Anglo-Saxon heritage been totally forgotten . |