Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the british " in BNC.
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| 1 | In London last night , a French Embassy spokesman said : ‘ This is a decision for the British Government . |
| 2 | Similarly dismal conclusions come from a study for the British government by ERL , an environmental consultancy , which calculated that meeting the government 's official goal of recycling half the reusable waste in household bins could cost roughly £50 ( $10 ) a household — or twice as much as ordinary rubbish collection . |
| 3 | A landfill tax may encourage recycling , but not necessarily : a study for the British government by Coopers & Lybrand , a consultancy , recently argued that the main effect of a levy would be to encourage incineration . |
| 4 | Mister C is something of a godsend for the British press . |
| 5 | Does the agreement by EEC states , albeit belated and as yet incomplete , to a series of apparently liberal Directives on competition and trade add up to a victory for the British view of what the Single Market should be about ? |
| 6 | In the end , West Germany , constitutionally prevented from deploying its forces outside Europe , agreed to provide additional naval cover in the West European arena as a replacement for the British and French ships sent to patrol in the Persian Gulf . |
| 7 | There was a role for the British in the Middle East , but he hoped that they could be dissuaded from actions which would alienate Arab opinion . |
| 8 | Now 800 doctors have signed a petition for the British section of the World Federation Of Doctors Who Respect Human Life . |
| 9 | A spokesman for the British Army of the Rhine would not confirm or deny whether the documents were genuine , saying yesterday : ‘ We do not comment about these matters . ’ |
| 10 | A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) . |
| 11 | A spokesman for the British Bankers ' Association said : ‘ It is a little premature for us to take a view on it . |
| 12 | A spokesman for the British Medical Association had said that doctors were bound by the law , which prohibits the deliberate taking of human life . |
| 13 | A spokesman for the British UN forces in Vitez said the men gave themselves up into their protection after making their way from Travnik , where they had been held . |
| 14 | But as Robin Graham-Brown , a spokesman for the British Association of Dermatology , explains : ‘ Actually some solaria do emit UVB rays , and UVA rays are not without risk . |
| 15 | One of the German pilots saw the state of their clothes and offered to fly over to Mudros with a message for the British to bring some of their personal belongings over to the camp . |
| 16 | As long ago as 1869 , W. S. Jevons prepared a memorandum for the British Treasury , estimating that the tax rate was 10.1 per cent for a family with expenditure of 40 per annum compared with 9.0 per cent for a family with 500 ( Roseveare , 1973 ) . |
| 17 | If the 1959 Act had proved itself suitable only for the control of sexual depictions or descriptions where the question was one of manners rather than morals , then the recommendation of the Commission might have been acceptable , since sex between consenting adults in private was no longer a matter for the British criminal law . |
| 18 | ‘ The timing of the Maastricht legislation is a matter for the British Government , ’ a No 10 source declared last night . |
| 19 | But Mr Major told the Commons yesterday : ‘ The passage of the Maastricht Bill is a matter for the British Parliament and for the British Government . ’ |
| 20 | Mr Major told the Commons yesterday : ‘ The passage of the Maastricht Bill is a matter for the British Parliament and the Government . ’ |
| 21 | Bulloch was knocked out after 53 seconds of the second round , in a challenge for the British cruiserweight title , by the champion , Johnny Nelson of Sheffield . |
| 22 | Yeah right oh well , now then now I 'm afraid erm I 'm doing a project for the British National Corpus which involves er trying to record everyday conversations so I 've , I 've got a microphone on , I hope you do n't mind . |
| 23 | From 1985 onwards , ‘ law and order ’ became a watchword for the British left , too . |
| 24 | THERE will be those who portray the report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration on the Barlow Clowes Affair as a triumph for the British system of financial regulation . |
| 25 | Least of all was it a triumph for the British Prime Minister . |
| 26 | The point I think that has to be understood about EuroDisney , which perhaps has n't been properly perceived yet by the public is that it is very much a destination for the British public . |
| 27 | Mr Tutton blamed it on a type of narrow laser beam used in early operations and said it had not been a problem for the British patients . |
| 28 | Last night , a spokeswoman for the British Embassy in Bangkok said Mounsey had refused to pass on details about his Liverpool family . |
| 29 | CHURCH leaders have withdrawn an invitation for the British National Party 's candidate to take part in a debate with his political rivals . |