Example sentences of "britain [is] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain is fast becoming a sweatshop economy based on cheap labour and no investment and the Tories have proved it . |
| 2 | Compared with other large industrialized ( and some developing ) nations , Britain is notably lacking in natural resources . |
| 3 | Tin is the only member of the metals loosely bracketed in the ‘ strategic ’ category in which Britain is even approaching self sufficiency . |
| 4 | The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain is also providing a limited amount of digital map data and DEMs . |
| 5 | A Meetings Industry association poll confirmed fears that Britain is increasingly losing conference business to Europe . |
| 6 | As he knows that the Syrians spent the money that they received for their support during the Gulf war on sophisticated missiles from North Korea — all of which are pointing towards Israel — can he reassure the House that Britain is not getting involved in that arms process ? |
| 7 | Britain is not enjoying its presidency of the European Council . |
| 8 | Britain is not going to let itself be rushed into any costly action , that would have little chance of success , to solve the problem of ‘ acid rain ’ … |
| 9 | At Maastricht , Robertson argues , John Major has ‘ got to nobble that man Mitterrand ’ and inform him bluntly that Britain is not going the sign the treaty as it stands , and that she is fully prepared to take the political consequences , both in Europe and domestically . |
| 10 | Britain is not giving a penny , not even a penny black ! |
| 11 | The recession Britain is now enduring is , above all , the result of a failure to compete internationally , while hardly a day went by during the campaign without some ‘ jitters ’ on the stock or money markets reflecting fears in the international financial community of a Labour victory . |
| 12 | Britain is now experiencing the longest drought on record since 1745 . |
| 13 | I remind the House that Britain is now taking the environmental lead in Europe . |
| 14 | The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain is now investigating methods of accelerating its digitizing programme . |
| 15 | Britain is now wondering whether to copy France and oblige industry to set up a recycling scheme of its own . |
| 16 | The number of total hip replacement operations performed in Britain is now starting to stabilise at about 40000 a year . |
| 17 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman recognises that the increase in unemployment last month was the lowest for almost a year , that it was the third successive fall in the rate of increase and that it shows that the rate of increase in unemployment in Britain is now coming down fast . |
| 18 | But being a pensioner in Britain is gradually getting worse . ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps then Britain is only losing from its delay in moving to ‘ post-Fordism ’ , and creating the flexible small modern factory . |
| 20 | Unfortunately it seems that it has been the agricultural ministry which has won the debate , and Britain is merely tinkering with the problem . |
| 21 | Britain is actively seeking partners to share the cost of a commercial demonstration nuclear reactor . |
| 22 | The event will be held at ‘ The Old Apple Market ’ in Covent Garden , London , and is part of an ongoing campaign to draw attention to Britain 's rapidly disappearing old orchards . |
| 23 | However , as Chapter 4 pointed out , this niche , and the relatively stable two-party system which surrounded it , increasingly came under pressure as Britain 's ever deepening economic crisis began to bite . |