Example sentences of "britain 's [noun] [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's position was further weakened early in 1963 , when the French president , de Gaulle , vetoed the first British attempt to join the EEC , though George Ball later concluded that the veto would have been delivered sooner or later with or without Nassau . |
| 2 | Notes in Winston Churchill 's files suggested that Britain 's options were either to send a " correct " reply to the South , commiserating with him in declining to advise him , or to encourage him along the American line , or to urge him to undertake an all-out campaign against Mossadeq . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , in their aftermaths , Britain 's voice was undoubtedly strengthened in world affairs . |
| 4 | Since France was pro-Egyptian and Britain 's fleets were otherwise engaged , the Sultan had to ask Russia for more than diplomatic assistance . |
| 5 | Britain 's pound was effectively devalued by ten per cent yesterday . |
| 6 | But growing American unease over Britain 's plight was still neutralized by the determination of most of those at the top to try to prevent devaluation or the end of the role East of Suez . |