Example sentences of "[to-vb] britain [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Major 's taking a break from the hard grind of political life here to sell Britain to the Japanese . |
| 2 | UEFA bosses are expected to visit Britain at the end of this season to look at possible host stadiums . |
| 3 | At the Conservative Party conference in October 1988 Mrs Thatcher stated : ‘ We have n't worked all these years to free Britain from the paralysis of socialism only to see it creep in through the back door of central control and bureaucracy from Brussels ’ . |
| 4 | Mr Smith scorned Mr Major 's claims to put Britain at the heart of Europe . |
| 5 | Having accepted that previous attempts to build a comprehensive Western Europe had failed through the efforts to incorporate Britain into the design , there was now a widespread conviction that a multi-purpose unit could be fashioned by the little Europe of the Six . |
| 6 | THE LONG and winding road that Jo Durie 's career has followed over the past 10 years , took another nasty twist yesterday when she missed the chance to keep Britain in the Federation Cup . |
| 7 | We must recognize this policy for what it is , to turn Britain into the sweatshop of Europe . |
| 8 | To represent Britain in the way I 'm doing , to me that 's just as good as fighting in the war . |
| 9 | They also embarked on an ambitious national scheme that was designed to place Britain at the forefront of the postwar civil aviation market . |
| 10 | It is becoming hard to avoid the conclusion that the Government made an error of judgment when it decided to take Britain into the ERM in October 1990 , just as Germany was entering an economic crisis . |
| 11 | It is no coincidence or mistake that it was the Conservative party that applied to take Britain into the Community , and which took Britain in . |
| 12 | This formed part of a defence line erected to defend Britain in the event of a German establishment of a beach head in Cornwall . |
| 13 | Thanks to American backing , they no longer had to worry about the small size of the British market , the limitations of the native cinematic culture or their responsibility to show Britain on the screen . |