Example sentences of "britain 's [adj] [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Germany , Italy and the Benelux countries are particularly critical of Britain 's apparent lack of enthusiasm for such a tax . |
| 2 | Daresbury Laboratory , near Runcorn , Cheshire , has Europe 's largest and Britain 's only source of synchrotron radiation ( SRS ) — vital to the study of protein crystals and the development of drugs to combat diseases such as Aids . |
| 3 | The Holiday Care Service is Britain 's central source of holiday information for people with special needs . |
| 4 | Without them , and without record companies and publishers to disseminate their work , Britain 's rich heritage of church music would be considerably diminished . |
| 5 | To celebrate Britain 's rich heritage of mazes , 1991 has been designated Year of the Maze — a venture backed by the English Tourist Board and the Maze Society . |
| 6 | Ministers may decide to extend the dumps to take the masses of rubble that will be produced when Britain 's first generation of Magnox power stations are demolished in the 1990s . |
| 7 | This is particularly important because we are now moving into an era when many of Britain 's first wave of home-owners will be bequeathing homes to relations , many of whom will be home-owners themselves . |
| 8 | Britain 's first Professor of Petroleum Policy and Economics has been appointed to a new BP Chair at Dundee University . |
| 9 | If the London Bureau can only provide circumstantial evidence , let us head north of the border to Edinburgh University and the chair of Britain 's first Professor of Parapsychology . |
| 10 | The task of maintaining and improving Britain 's crumbling system of sewers and water mains is gargantuan . |
| 11 | The exact significance for Britain 's economic development of the surpluses generated out of the triangular trade and Britain 's imperial domination of India and Africa will no doubt continue to be debated . |
| 12 | Move to amend Britain 's archaic law of Treasure Trove |
| 13 | Sir Wyn Roberts hangs on as Britain 's longest-serving minister of state because he is the only Tory MP who writes poetry in Welsh . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Britain 's current-account deficit of £20 billion ( $31 billion , or 3.6% of GDP ) in 1989 fell to an annual rate of only £4.1 billion in the six months to February , and the odd monthly surplus may soon appear . |
| 15 | Britain 's weak balance of payments was not , however , a statistical delusion or the result of a reaction to one . |
| 16 | In our own project we have seen no alternative but to see local people as part of the working-class , exploited more than many of their fellows elsewhere by their social , economic and cultural environment in the centre of a large city , whose economy is shaky and uncertain in Britain 's present stage of development . |
| 17 | ‘ There are no Portuguese first-class or second-class citizens , ’ said Manuel de Silva , Macao 's Secretary for Administration and Justice , alluding to Britain 's progressive downgrading of Hong Kong people 's nationality status . |
| 18 | Between them , Britain 's vast number of markets , second-hand , nearly new and charity shops cater to every whim and can achieve any look . |
| 19 | But Britain 's political culture of rulers and ruled , insiders and outsiders , monarch and subjects has no place for active citizens or civic morality . ’ |
| 20 | The Heseltine affair was , on the face of it , about Government involvement in the financial restructuring of Westland , Britain 's sole manufacturer of helicopters . |
| 21 | Nine hundred jobs have been axed at Britain 's largest maker of trains , ABB Transportation in Derby , York and Crewe . |
| 22 | Birdwatchers are more likely to catch sight of Britain 's largest bird of prey , the white-tailed sea eagle , following its most successful breeding season since being reintroduced in 1975 . |
| 23 | , The white-tailed sea eagle , Britain 's largest bird of prey , has had its most successful breeding season since its reintroduction in 1975 . |
| 24 | Britain 's largest exporter of cars . |
| 25 | Evans Halshaw , which runs Britain 's largest chain of Ford dealerships in addition to selling a broad range of other marques , yesterday added another marque to its portfolio when Toyota granted the group a franchise at Stavordale Garages in the Wirral , Cheshire , after Evans bought the operation for £355,000 in cash . |
| 26 | BRITAIN 'S next generation of buy-in managers will be experienced managing directors seeking greater job satisfaction and prepared to invest around £100,000 , according to new research carried out by investment capital group 3i . |
| 27 | BRITAIN 'S next generation of buy-in managers will be experienced managing directors seeking greater job satisfaction and who are prepared to invest around £100,000 , according to research by investment capital group 3i . |
| 28 | He was nonetheless a key figure in setting up Britain 's statutory system of buildings conservation , when he helped to create that invaluable archive the National Buildings Record ( now shortly to be banished to Swindon from its present sensible location next to English Heritage ) , which he joined as deputy director in 1941 . |
| 29 | They form part of Britain 's continuing provision of aid and technical assistance to developing countries . |
| 30 | Britain 's pre-war rate of divorce had quadrupled from 8,000 to 32,000 . |