Example sentences of "[adv] as britain " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as Britain remained the leading industrial force , it was relatively easy to reconcile moral purpose with the defence of British power . |
| 2 | The commission could agree to forget about the argument over the date at which the directive applied , so long as Britain removes all the ‘ excessive discretion . ’ |
| 3 | It will without much doubt remain true , however , that so long as Britain attaches paramount importance to tying her currency in with the Deutschmark and to the other European currencies , her governments will be inhibited from acting in the direct interest of British citizens . |
| 4 | Volcanic effects have been even more sudden and disastrous , ranging from the explosion of the island of Krakatoa , between Java and Sumatra , in 1883 to the even more catastrophic eruption of Santorini ( or Thira ) in the Aegean about 1470 B.C. This eruption , or series of eruptions , which resulted in the huge collapsed caldera in the sea beside the present island , must have been the greatest catastrophe ever witnessed by man and may well have been heard as far away as Britain . |
| 5 | Just as Britain pumped the proceeds of North Sea Oil into the US economy , the Dutch in the 1960s and 1970s were investing the proceeds of North Sea gas . |
| 6 | Just as Britain tried to ‘ deal with ’ water pollution with longer pipes and the principle of dilute and disperse , its reliance on exactly the same policy has drawn it into conflicts over air pollution . |
| 7 | Just as Britain and France had fought repeatedly to prevent German competition from developing , so Germany in its turn tried to restrict Polish economic growth and rivalry . |
| 8 | The one-off increase will be triggered by the tumbling value of the pound on farm prices just as Britain enters the single European market . |
| 9 | The largest amount of technical co-operation for Asia comes from Japan ( $115m in 1991 ) and , just as Britain and France give priority in aid to the Commonwealth and former French overseas territories for historical , political and economic reasons , Japan has placed priority on Asia . |
| 10 | DESPERATE John Major pressed the panic button yesterday as Britain 's economy plunged into deeper crisis . |
| 11 | SEAN KERLY was close to tears here yesterday as Britain lost their Olympic crown . |
| 12 | Bumbling John Major dropped one clanger after another yesterday as Britain 's economy took yet another hammering and last night he was reeling as two new opinion polls showed Labour verging ahead to a five point lead , enough to put them into Westminster with an overall majority . |
| 13 | They were pushing at a partially open door as far as Britain was concerned . |
| 14 | As far as Britain was concerned , the failure showed the limits not only of British power , but also of the Anglo-American special relationship . |
| 15 | My objections were originally on the grounds of freedom , rather than efficiency , although in the event , so far as Britain was concerned , socialism led more to stagnation than to tyranny . |
| 16 | IT MAY be creeping up the ratings but as far as Britain 's teenagers are concerned , Eldorado is the pits . |
| 17 | For extra-Community trade , so far as Britain is concerned , the DNH has worked out how the two systems are to be meshed together , as the UK categories and monetary limits , although similar to those of the EC , are not identical . |
| 18 | But of course as far as Britain was concerned , this could only be intervention against France . |
| 19 | THE CIVIL WAR IS NOT OVER YET — at least as far as Britain 's beer duty collectors are concerned . |
| 20 | Erm we asked the question about the aircraft 's reduced operational capabilities as far as Britain is concerned , we were told that there was no reduction , erm there was no percentage figure that could be produced but w now what about the other countries , I mean , which countries are asking for what to be omitted and by how much is the percentage , in percentage terms er is the performance of the aircraft reduced in those cases and further on from that , picking up something that that Wing Com er Group Captain Granville White has just mentioned which i is the question of sales . |
| 21 | The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation had become very well established and the United States of America continued to be committed to it , as well as Britain , Canada , France , the Benelux Countries , Greece , Denmark , Norway , Ireland , Portugal and Turkey . |
| 22 | Now , £100 000 from the Department of Industry has enabled him to set up a full-time commercial unit to analyse samples sent from Europe as well as Britain . |
| 23 | The cruise missiles will operate from Italy , Germany , Belgium and possibly Holland as well as Britain . |
| 24 | Price cutting is rife in Italy as well as Britain . |
| 25 | Recent students have come from the United States , Canada , Uganda , Nigeria , Iran , Ireland , Spain , Mexico , Greece , and Germany , as well as Britain . |
| 26 | The Pentagon was interested in the role of certain Commonwealth countries as well as Britain herself , nor did it rule out separate arrangements with the more important of them if necessary . |
| 27 | As well as Britain we now sell to Scandanavia . |
| 28 | He plans to release it all over the Far East as well as Britain , and said : ‘ It will sell like hot cakes . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We know our feeling of revulsion is shared by the overwhelming majority of the people in Ireland , as well as Britain , who bear no responsibility for such outrageous acts perpetrated by a very small faction , ’ they said . |
| 30 | IF ANYTHING is falling apart as fast as Britain 's Victorian infrastructure it is Britain 's post-war infrastructure . |