Example sentences of "at a british " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must wait months , if not years , for an interview with an Entry Clearance Officer at a British diplomatic mission on the Indian subcontinent , go through endless interrogations about such subjects as the colour of the family 's goat or the number of rooms in the house she lives in or how many guests there were at the wedding and what happened on the wedding night . |
| 2 | Earlier this month Mr Cossiga publicly hurled the epithet ‘ son of a … ’ at a British journalist who described Italy 's military contribution to the Gulf war as a ‘ token force ’ . |
| 3 | Her sensual , teasing routine would have been unlikely to get a ‘ 15 ’ certificate at a British cinema . |
| 4 | Nothing so momentous — or dangerous — has ever before been offered by serious parties at a British election . |
| 5 | It was the first time that such a precaution had had to be taken at a British nuclear power station . |
| 6 | A NEW technology developed at a British university , which relieves the symptoms acquired immune deficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) the fatal condition rife among American homosexuals — may languish for lack of extra funds . |
| 7 | At a British Factory meeting in 1808 it was agreed to ask the British Consul-General to arrange a suitable piece of land for building a British Protestant church . |
| 8 | TWO Argentinian airmen who fought in the Falklands died yesterday when their plane crashed at a British airport . |
| 9 | THE ORPHAN smuggled out of war-torn Bosnia by TV newsman Michael Nicholson spoke of her first days at a British school yesterday and declared : ‘ It is good . ’ |
| 10 | The terrorists know that by hitting commercial buildings and their insurers they are also hitting at a British Government faced with potentially huge underwriting costs even as it is desperate to find ways of bringing down the public sector borrowing requirement . |
| 11 | The Jokers proved to be Winner 's first hit film , although he had received favourable American reviews for The System , a story of young hooligans at a British seaside resort , which also starred Oliver Reed . |
| 12 | only two weeks ago , I actually saw er elephants chained up by their legs , in a marquee at a British circus . |
| 13 | Former staff at a British Rail engineering works are leading a national campaign against Government plans to take charge of railworkers ' pensions . |
| 14 | The Government argued before the commission last Friday that the killings were lawful — a view already expressed at a British inquest into the deaths . |
| 15 | A security guard at a British Gas depot in Wakefield , West Yorkshire , was kidnapped by a gunman and made to drive him about 40 miles , it was disclosed . |
| 16 | The princess ' poppy attracts a pupil at a British school in Seoul |