Example sentences of "england [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can indeed be argued that the strict Calvinists who controlled England during this period were attempting by such means to bring about a cultural revolution ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 2 | Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd and other companies were also active in South-west England during this period . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , very little evidence bears on Oswiu 's standing in southern England during these years . |
| 4 | Round hands As has been suggested in the last section , secretary and humanistic italic , both cursive hands , were being used at the same time in England for all kinds of general and vernacular purposes . |
| 5 | The historical year , now in general use in England for all everyday purposes and many official and ecclesiastical , begins on 1 January , and thus coincides with the Roman civil year which was widely used until at least the seventh century . |
| 6 | The Scottish castles of Berwick-on-Tweed and Roxburgh , hitherto only occupied by the English , were now ceded to England for all time coming . |
| 7 | I can , I have , I , I sort of are really quite dumbfounded by these er these sort of these motions , starting off with lets close down the whole of the South East England for all air travel in the future , I mean it 's it 's it 's absolutely |
| 8 | Firstly , it is a family archive covering the period since the thirteenth century ; secondly , the dukes of Norfolk have been Earls Marshal and Hereditary Marshals of England for many centuries ; and finally , as the family has adhered to the old religion , many documents have an important bearing on English ( Roman ) Catholic history . |
| 9 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
| 10 | As ‘ Lilla ’ has been kept in the South of England for many years its trip to Bala gives Northern fans of these locos a chance to see this one of two in British preservation . |
| 11 | Although this form of contempt is an easy target for criticism , it has not been used in England for many years . |
| 12 | Till then I had felt I was beginning to get his measure ; first of all , his English , though excellent , was somehow not contemporary , more that of someone who had n't been in England for many years ; and then his whole appearance was foreign . |
| 13 | During Richard II 's two Irish expeditions ( 1394–5 and 1399 ) , he served as attorney in England for many leading participants . |
| 14 | ‘ My new life as a sailor will keep me away from England for many years , ’ he said . |
| 15 | She preferred the hazards of local naval hospitals to leaving her husband and returning to England for each birth , but the strain of pregnancy in hot climates and the diversion of her own children made her willing to billet the older two on their aunt whenever it was convenient . |
| 16 | It was sad to think that they had waited so long in England for this invasion of their homeland and after a few hours ashore so many of them had been killed or wounded , the dead now lying in a temporary grave in the corner of a Normandy orchard . |
| 17 | Relatives of the four airmen had been traced by air historian , 14 travelling from England for this special occasion . |
| 18 | Wales is being given a quite different quota to England and because Cornwall is being included in England for this purpose we are being unfairly treated by Wales ' being generously treated . |
| 19 | The visiting players have been in England for some days , and all four are becoming understandable twitchy as the time to make the first moves approaches . |
| 20 | I 'm sure he 's going to carry on showing the same brand of outstanding leadership he has shown with England for some years . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Then you must send to England for some , ’ Ludovico replied reasonably , returning to his newspaper . |
| 22 | It was not until after the 1914 war and nearly five years with the French army — although domiciled in England for some thirty years he never at any time entertained the idea of becoming a naturalized British subject , considering it highly improper for a Frenchman to renounce his country — and following the failure of his London decorating business , which before the war had been successful , that Boulestin turned to cookery writing . |
| 23 | ‘ No , I am American , from the East Coast , but I have been living in England for some time . ’ |
| 24 | Where there 's muck , there 's brass , as the saying goes — and there was plenty of brass around during the early years of the Industrial Revolution in England for those with the skills and the enterprise to go looking for it . |
| 25 | PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THE AGENCIES OR PUBLICATIONS MENTIONED HERE ARE KNOWN TO AGE CONCERN ENGLAND , INCLUSION IN THIS FACTSHEET DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A RECOMMENDATION BY AGE CONCERN ENGLAND FOR ANY PARTICULAR AGENCY OR PUBLICATION . |
| 26 | PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THE AGENCIES OR PUBLICATIONS MENTIONED HERE ARE KNOWN TO AGE CONCERN ENGLAND , INCLUSION IN THIS FACT SHEET DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A RECOMMENDATION BY AGE CONCERN ENGLAND FOR ANY PARTICULAR AGENCY OR PUBLICATION . |
| 27 | There is undoubtedly some truth in this ; the nobility frequently sent proxies to parliament in these years ; they were too preoccupied with war to have any reason for opposing the king in parliament , and their independent campaigns on the continent took some of them away from England for several years at a time . |
| 28 | Odessa has a visa allowing her to stay in England for several months . |
| 29 | Cornhill Insurance have agreed to extend their contract to sponsor Test cricket in England for another two years to 1994 at a cost of £3.2 million . |
| 30 | As it turned out , Leslie 's baby was destined to be born in England after all , for Lee was transferred back after three months . |