Example sentences of "of british [noun] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Indeed there is some evidence that only with the Argentine invasion of the Falklands and the deaths of British servicemen did the ‘ Fortress Falklands ’ policy emerge .
2 The sanitized , simplified , view of the world offered in films like this anticipates later television styles , and mark the beginning of the closedown of any willingness on the part of British filmmakers to confront the difficulties of contemporary life .
3 She was a founder member , the only woman from another Swiss woman artist , Mary Moser , of the Royal Academy which was established in 1768 in order to advance the professional careers and inspire the ambition of British artists to emulate the Italian artists of the Renaissance in the recreation of the Grand Style .
4 Public attention was galvanized by a publicity gambit from the American distributors of The Phantom of the Opera , who persuaded a brigade of British soldiers to escort the print from Southampton to London .
5 However , I have been informed that some , even most , regions of British Telecom disregard the instruction .
6 To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he next plans to meet the chairman of British Rail to discuss the Chelmsford-Liverpool Street line .
7 To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will meet the chairman of British Rail to discuss the western region .
8 THE STORY of British incompetence wasting the flower of ANZAC youth on a Dardanelles beach , this was one of two great war flicks to come out of the late '70s/early '80s Australian movie boom ( the ‘ Nam-set The Odd Angry Shot was the other ) .
9 THIS MAY or may not turn out to be the winter when serious numbers of British skiiers forsake the Alps for the Rockies .
10 BMC national officer Roger Payne explained that the policy at the BMC is to try and give funding to experienced groups of British climbers attempting the sort of peaks which provide a strong technical challenge but are unlikely to get commercial sponsorship , simply because no-one apart from climbers has ever heard of them .
11 In his book Gotcha ! — The Media , The Government And The Falklands Crisis , Robert Harris noted the dismay of Ministry of Defence officials at the readiness of British tv to report the enemy 's view of the war , even using Argentine footage .
12 My belief is that our good practice has evolved over a period of more than 50 years and that it has developed in classrooms through the dedicated expertise of British teachers enjoying the relative freedom traditionally allowed within our education system .
13 In Burmah Oil Co. v Lord Advocate [ 1965 ] AC 75 , HL , the company was successful in its claim for compensation against the Crown for the destruction of its installations in Burma during the Second World War , the destruction having been ordered by the commander of British forces to prevent the installations falling into the hands of the advancing Japanese forces .
14 The evolution of British law governing the moral and physical welfare of children exemplifies this confusion .
15 The regulation of British Gas followed the general principles laid down for BT two years earlier , so it will suffice to concentrate on the latter .
16 The Council 's longstanding interest in the Scottish Steel Industry was given a higher priority by the decision of British Steel to close the hot strip mill at Ravenscraig in early 1991 and the indications were that the rest of Ravenscraig would cease operations in 1994 .
17 Critics also drew attention to the failure of British films to exploit the potential of British life .
18 Three quarters of British people believe the quality of the nation 's education is declining .
19 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will meet representatives of British airlines to discuss the consequences for the British aircraft engineering industry of their recent decisions on purchasing aircraft and engines .
20 Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to meet in the near future the chairman of British Coal to discuss the state of the Welsh coalfield .
21 The centre ground of British politics remained the same uncertain terrain it had been ever since 1918 .
22 The latest survey of manufacturers by the Confederation of British Industry shows the biggest increase in optimism for ten years .
23 However , on Friday the Confederation of British Industry accused the financial markets of ‘ hysterical over-reaction ’ and said there was ‘ plenty of good news ’ on the real economy .
24 And this is how the Confederation of British Industry released the news to the press …
25 We can witness all these in Worsley 's book in which he demonstrates that architectural draughtsmanship reached a point of perfection by 1837 , after which it degenerated into mere technical proficiency , when even bodies such as the Institute of British Architects condemned the use of colour and supplementary foreground activities that had previously made competition perspectives more attractive .
26 Thus in the same building as the photographs of SS officers selecting the Jews on the ramps of Birkenau are news pictures of British paratroopers ordering the concentration camp survivors away from postwar Palestine .
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