Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] british [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Prime Minister met the first British woman to reach the top of Mount Everest — and got her name wrong . |
| 2 | Diplomatic relations with the UK were severed in February 1989 following the imposition of a fatwa by the late Ayatollah Khomeini which called on Moslems to kill the Indian-born British writer , Salman Rushdie [ see pp. 36450-51 ] . |
| 3 | The Pakistani today plays the former British champion Geoff Williams for a place in the main draw . |
| 4 | I fear the discerning British skier would not be unreservedly impressed : no skiing above 2,000m , bus rides to and from skiing , a motor-was along one of the valleys at the heart of the lift system . |
| 5 | For example in handling the post-war British economy and establishing the welfare state the Labour government had a considerable achievement . |
| 6 | He played for Shropshire and Herefordshire boys and was in the same team as Sandy Lyle ; many years later they met in the final of the 1987 Suntory World Matchplay Championship and Woosnam became the first British winner . |
| 7 | Lyle , who became the first British winner of the title in 1988 , has been concerned throughout 30-year-old Jolande 's pregancy . |
| 8 | A man of 65 , from Bristol , last week became the first British patient to benefit from the technique , known as rotational angioplasty . |
| 9 | BRIDE Laura Browne , 34 , arrived in Cinderella 's glass coach yesterday as she and fiance Robbie Carter , 38 , from Silsoe , Beds , became the first British couple to marry at Disney World , Florida . |
| 10 | In 1983 Sheila Keech became the first British woman to receive a WFD medal of honour for services to the deaf . |
| 11 | Shortly before 8am on Monday , Ms Stephens , 31 , a journalist from Fulham , west London , became the first British woman to climb Everest . |
| 12 | HOCKEY star Steve Martin yesterday became the first British player sent off in Olympic Games history . |
| 13 | Helen Sharman , 27 , became the first British cosmonaut on May 18 . |
| 14 | Macari signed for Celtic in 1966 , and was an exciting reserve prospect during the Lisbon Lion era , when the club became the first British team to win the coveted European Cup . |
| 15 | There was plenty of praise and some prizes for Ben when he became the All British Champ . |
| 16 | Livingston became the third British athlete after pole vaulter Jeff Gutteridge and shot-putter Neal Brunning to be banned for failing a drugs test . |
| 17 | Shop and office workers who miss out on the best of the day only have their lunch breaks to enjoy the brief British summer . |
| 18 | You are cordially invited to attend the fourth British Gas Annual General Meeting which will be held in the Arena at the national Exhibition Centre ( NEC ) , Birmingham on Thursday 9 August 1990 . |
| 19 | If you only read , say , the Independent and listen to Radio 4 ( and there are some people who do ) , you would think the entire British nation agreed that the National Health Service was Britain 's finest achievement ; was indeed a sacred trust that should not be tampered with in any way , but merely fed with the choicest morsels of public spending and worshipped . |
| 20 | I had done well in my O-levels , but I had already won the Under-16 British squash championships , and I decided to go for broke and turn professional and see how I got on . |
| 21 | DURHAM WASPS ' dream of becoming the first British League team to win a European game abroad ended in a 10-1 defeat here last night after Robert Herckerrath had opened the scoring for Gunco Pandas of Rotterdam in the second minute . |
| 22 | But that is petty cash to the jackpot the Rangers players and the club will earn from becoming the first British side to play under the changed European Cup format . |
| 23 | TOP-of-the-world mountaineer Rebecca Stephens was last night recovering in a snow-swept tent , exhausted but safe , after becoming the first British woman to climb Everest . |
| 24 | NEWS of Rebecca Stephens ' success in becoming the first British woman to reach the summit of Everest was flashed around the world with the help of an Essex-based company from the Marconi group . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , Sally Gunnell yesterday outlined her dream of becoming the first British woman to win a unique ‘ grand slam ’ of major championship gold medals . |
| 26 | The South Wales Cricket Association XI came within a raindrop of becoming the first British team to meet South Africa during their tour of Australia and New Zealand . |
| 27 | When you look at the way our railways are run , we can only be grateful that British Rail no longer owns hotels , particularly when you recall what a wonderful training ground the old British Transport Hotels used to be . |
| 28 | Not since Alexandra Palace in North London has the Great British Beer Festival been at a site with so much style and heritage . |
| 29 | Together , Hunter and McColgan could help achieve the first British team success since the English women 's squad triumphed at Neuchatel , Swotzerland , in 1986 . |
| 30 | The letter stated : ‘ We believe that business people and of course others too should support the party which , since 1979 , has been so active and successful in promoting the new British spirit of enterprise . ’ |