Example sentences of "british [noun sg] has [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that since the decision by the Secretary of State on the channel tunnel route to London , British Rail has appointed consultants to advise on the possibility of building the Eurostation above ground , rather than building it underground as proposed in the Bill ? |
| 2 | It would help other hon. Members to know whether British Rail has asked consultants to advise on whether it would be possible to build a satisfactory station above ground rather than underground , as proposed in the Bill . |
| 3 | British Rail has accepted responsibility for the accident and will be starting its own internal inquiry tomorrow . |
| 4 | DSG estimates that the cost of creating as core Berne Gauge route across Britain could be as little as 210m although British Rail has estimated costs of £500m to reach London and £2,000m to reach Scotland . |
| 5 | British Rail has ordered channel tunnel day-and-night trains which will run on the west coast main line . |
| 6 | British Aerospace has to reach world standards of productivity and efficiency , as it made clear in its press release . |
| 7 | The chairman of a company like British Aerospace has to anticipate change on a global scale . |
| 8 | The announcement that British Aerospace has agreed terms for repaying more than £40m in ‘ sweeteners ’ offered by the Government to encourage it buy the Rover car company in 1988 took the wind out of BAe , which lost 4p to 321p . |
| 9 | BRITISH Aerospace has agreed terms for repaying more than £40m in ‘ sweeteners ’ offered by the Government to encourage it to buy the Rover car company in 1988 , it has been announced . |
| 10 | The Confederation of British Industry has warned companies to be on the lookout for letters from overseas publishers inviting them to submit entries in fax , telex and trademark directories . |
| 11 | AFTER a week mulling over Budget proposals for offshore tax reform , British Petroleum has given support to the Chancellor 's moves to encourage more efficient oil and gas production . |
| 12 | The British Museum has acquired Britain 's most important piece of Romano-British silver , an elaborately decorated fourth-century tray called the Risley Park lanx . |
| 13 | British Steel has trebled productivity since 1979 . |
| 14 | For example , the British Cabinet has to pay attention to the process of getting its proposed legislation through both houses of Parliament ; this means considering the views and anxieties of its supporters in both houses . |
| 15 | DEDICATED service to British Gas has earned Thomas William Jones an MBE . |
| 16 | The British Army has provided troops for the UN all over the world . |
| 17 | The British government has made market mechanisms a central theme of its strategy to improve environmental performance . |
| 18 | The British government has announced measures to control the digging up of hedgerows by farmers , which has been a major focus of concern for conservationists for many years . |
| 19 | The British government has spent £1.2 million in 1982 to promote information technology and overlooked its essential base-words . |
| 20 | Point of Ayr A spokeswoman for British Coal has denied union claims that redundancies at the pit were actually compulsory rather than voluntary because of a lack of options . |
| 21 | Green boasts that British Coal has reduced prices by 30 per cent in real terms over the past six years and predicts the trend will continue ‘ not just by closing marginal capacity , but by ensuring existing capacity will be more efficient ’ . |
| 22 | In Northern Ireland , the British system has reinforced tribalism , so denying the reasonable Unionists representation and by under-representing the moderate Nationalist minority . |