Example sentences of "england [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Certainly in England some judges appear to have been unaware of the shift in emphasis which had taken place in the law . |
2 | According to the RSPB , peripheral upland blocks have tended to lose their bird species first ; in SW England some areas have lost , or almost lost , one-time vigorous Merlin , Red Grouse , Black Grouse , Ring Ouzel and Golden Plover populations . |
3 | When Henry Yevele designed the west gate at Canterbury in 1378 , he included round gunports on the drum towers , gunports having been introduced into England some years earlier . |
4 | But even in England these courts early lost much of their democratic character . |
5 | Perhaps people realise that in England these women are ultimately powerless , so they feel there is no point in helping them , or perhaps they think that the sons are to a certain extent justified , or may be it is just a matter of people not having the time or energy to do anything about it . |
6 | Where the town in 1440 has 13 churches , in 1840 it has 7 , all new-built , for in nineteenth century England more churches were erected than in any other century since the middle ages . |
7 | I understand that ribbon-wearing to symbolise support for troops was a practice employed in England several centuries ago . |