Example sentences of "[prep] the great british [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the great British biologist/mathematician J.B.S. Haldane commented , human beings would be hard pressed , however long natural selection acted upon them , to sprout the wings of an angel ; we just do not have the genes that would even begin to provide the appropriate structures , and past selection has never acted to provide us with these structures . |
| 2 | The great British banger … an essential part of the great British breakfast . |
| 3 | This leaflet is produced by the Health Education Council in conjunction with the organisers of The Great British Bike Ride , an annual sponsored bike ride from Land 's End to John o' Groats organised by Bike Events and sponsored this year , once again , for Friends of the Earth . |
| 4 | Stage two in the construction of the great British writer . |
| 5 | Now , I 'm all for the members of the Great British Public knowing a great deal more about the nostrums they consume , and having the information needed to help them share in deciding which are worth having and when , and which are best left to the birds . |
| 6 | Tonight , BBC1 , 6.15pm CHRIS Tarrant brings more fun and frolics from the living rooms of the Great British Public . |
| 7 | Routes here provide some of the best climbs at their standard in Britain ; Sassenach , Centurion , The Bat , Titan 's Wall , Agrippa — names that represent the essence of the great British climbing adventure . |
| 8 | Fans of the great British sausage have formed an appreciation society to protect what they say is a healthy and nutritious food . |
| 9 | A search through hundreds of Egyptian cemeteries has revealed that the workers who built the pyramids at Giza punctuated their day in a habit not unlike the Great British tea-break . |
| 10 | Produced in association with The Great British Bike Ride © |
| 11 | Part of the answer is that the vast majority of service personnel who answer telephones , serve in shops and deal with the great British public are female . |
| 12 | PASSENGERS on the 7.00 am Paris-Brussels express experienced something of a gastronomic shock yesterday when they were confronted with the Great British Breakfast . |
| 13 | Winter is the time to lie back and sink into the great British bath . |
| 14 | The country 's leading organisers of mass cycling extravaganzas and cycling holidays including The Great British Bike Ride , and The London to Brighton Ride . |
| 15 | ‘ Thank God that I am not answerable to any higher authority ; but were I in the position of having to justify myself before the great British public , even I would find it difficult to defend your priorities . ’ |
| 16 | Church-going was being abandoned in favour of the new religion of DIY and other time-consuming pursuits , and research showed that only 3 per cent of the population still indulged in the great British institution of the Sunday lie-in , paper included . |
| 17 | Still to come ; what 's really inside the great British banger ? |
| 18 | They were compiling information for a guide to the Great British pub-goer . |
| 19 | Both of these places are within walking distance of Docklands but I did not go to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 20 | But I did not go to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 21 | We have a new Committee organising events after the AGM , but one future event I can tell you about is the trip to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 22 | An American TV cameraman filming in Oxford Street said : ‘ We are doing a piece on the great British spirit . ’ |