Example sentences of "britain set " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also resisted the wishes of senior ministers for Britain to set a date for entry to the EMS . |
| 2 | The Commission normally takes two months to investigate charges , after which it could either instruct Britain to set its VAT rates in conformity with European legislation or proceed to put into effect the long awaited 7th Directive on fiscal matters . |
| 3 | International : Britain set for clash on £600m Euro-TV |
| 4 | In 1793 Britain set up a Board of Agriculture to promote the growing of potatoes to counter Napoleon 's threat to starve this country into submission . |
| 5 | Britain set the pattern with three classes of travel and the concomitant gradation of station facilities . |
| 6 | Britain set the pace in the first half of the nineteenth century . |