Example sentences of "britain and [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A long time member of the Scottish Arts Council , George also served on the Arts Council of Great Britain and on the board of the British Film Institute — his down-to-earth assessments of proposals not always going down well at meetings of these organisations in London . |
| 2 | Irish beef processors are being encouraged to set up finishing plants in Britain and on the Continent . |
| 3 | Because the Girls in Britain and on the Continent hardly saw him , it was a case of absence making the heart beat faster . |
| 4 | He contributed heavily from his family wealth to this Church , and also to many other organisations for deaf children and adults both in Britain and on the continent of Europe ; he had a special interest in the deaf people of Ireland , and was the first President of the National Deaf and Dumb Society , forerunner of the British Deaf Association . |
| 5 | Tough action by police and customs in Britain and on the continent has smashed some of the biggest illicit labs , which can earn up to £250,000 a day . |
| 6 | Like most innovations potatoes met with a certain resistance from the public both in Britain and on the continent of Europe . |
| 7 | The diagram above is a herb garden containing a collection of herbs grown in Britain and on the Continent in medieval times ; they have a variety of uses , and some of them fulfil several functions . |
| 8 | A succession of distinctive graptolite faunas characterized layers of black shale , a succession recognizable elsewhere in Britain and on the Continent . |
| 9 | Coal-carrying was thus from the first , and has remained both in Britain and on the Continent , one of the basic economic functions of the railway . |
| 10 | Because of the impact of Socialism in power in Britain and of the welfare state during Attlee 's post-war government , Maurice attained a celebrity not known since his death eighty years before . |
| 11 | The same manifesto committed a Labour Government to preventing the siting of cruise missiles in Britain and to the removal of any that were then in place . |
| 12 | The Maastricht Treaty was a success both for Britain and for the rest of Europe . |
| 13 | The deeper excavations produced the first complete fossil Bradyodont ( broadtoothed ) Ratfish to be found in Britain and for the fist time it was possible to see how five separately named fossil fragments previously supposed to belong to five different creatures actually fitted together like a jigsaw to form one . |
| 14 | Attlee was ecstatic about the idea of his viceroy staying on , perceiving it as ‘ a great boost for Britain and for the Commonwealth ’ , a sentiment shared by the now fully evolved Commonwealth statesman — he had been perhaps the first to see the possibilities of the role — General Smuts : ‘ This does not look like quitting ’ , he cabled to Attlee on hearing the news . |
| 15 | Not only does this give sufficient length of focus , it happens to match an important break in post-war economic experience , for Britain and for the world at large . |
| 16 | There was a thriving industry in this area once , supplying millstones and grindstones to all parts of Britain and across the world . |
| 17 | Are professionals within our authority in close touch with their colleagues elsewhere , both in Britain and across the Community ? |
| 18 | Since early February oyster-catchers had been arriving back from spending the winter around the big estuaries of mainland Britain and by the end of March were well distributed in coastal areas . |
| 19 | But it 's also erm about discovering the completeness of the ministry of the people of God as we enter through the various commitments that we have to our sister churches in Wales and in Britain and in the world , whether it 's routine or a particular relationship of members or All that 's part of the context of the ways in which we 're talking about and sharing with each other with God . |
| 20 | ‘ It is very hard for me to comprehend what is happening to me at home in Australia let alone here in Britain and around the world . |
| 21 | They should be based primarily on resource materials , which might include samples of language data ( spoken , written , literary , non-literary , standard , non-standard , English and other languages ) and facts and figures about languages in Britain and around the world , and associated activities which are essentially concrete and problem-based , so that the pupils can make their own enquiries , and so that the teacher can learn alongside the pupils . |
| 22 | There can be no doubt that the policy of Republicans must be to ensure that everything is done to make this demand more strong , vigorously organised , widespread , well-expressed and heard not only in the North but in Britain and throughout the world . |
| 23 | ‘ The BBC must therefore have a clear vision if it is to retain its role as the cornerstone of British broadcasting and continue to command respect and admiration in Britain and throughout the world . |
| 24 | Deans of Medical Schools in Britain and throughout the world favour an annual intake of 100–150 students . |
| 25 | As I made clear to the House on 2 July , the numbers of people seeking asylum pose major problems both in Britain and throughout the world . |
| 26 | That is widely accepted by all those involved in health and safety both in Britain and throughout the world . |
| 27 | The BBC must therefore have a clear vision if it is to retain its role as the cornerstone of British broadcasting and continue to command respect and admiration in Britain and throughout the world . |