Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [prep] british " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a significant divide between Cavalcanti 's surrealism and Powell 's romantic mysticism but , within their bizarre plot , the Powell-Pressburger team also show us how land girls were being absorbed into the rural workforce , and the sort of connections that were being formed between British and American soldiers . |
| 2 | THE development of Britain 's atomic power programme could be resurrected under plans being considered by British Nuclear Fuels which is looking at the feasibility of establishing itself as a major player in the post-privatisation electricity market . |
| 3 | ON being mistreated by British Rail most passengers probably prefer to forget the experience , get on with their lives and make a mental note to take night classes in the ridiculously complicated ticket system . |
| 4 | The Abingdon factory was to close as part of cutbacks being made by British Leyland . |
| 5 | The 24-inch diameter pipes are being transferred from British Pipe Coaters , of Leith in Scotland , for Irish utility company Bord Gais in Dublin to be used on the Irish Sea natural gas interconnector project . |
| 6 | The research examines to what extent this is the case and what , ( if any ) strategies are being adopted by British clothing manufacturers to restore or maintain international competitiveness . |
| 7 | You spent a week in the countryside being lectured on British business practices , company law how to address a Duke … all sorts of things like that . |
| 8 | LOW-COST European weekend breaks are being offered by British Airways Holidays . |
| 9 | We are continually being told by British Rail that how it spends its money depends on priorities . |
| 10 | By July 1917 over one-third of the seamen on US merchant vessels were British and many of the British seamen concerned were being prosecuted in British courts for desertion . |
| 11 | The appeal is being sponsored by British Gas and further details can be obtained from The Royal Life Saving Society UK at Mountbatten House , Studley , Warwickshire B80 7NN . |
| 12 | For the first time in her professional career as a soloist she is forsaking the large concert venues to take her music to some of the remoter parts of Scotland in a tour being sponsored by British Telecom . |
| 13 | Simultaneously a dozen Greek newspapers were being financed by British money , which was also used in the same year to set up a pro-British magazine in Japan . |
| 14 | Will he give the House more information on the Priority Japan campaign which is being run with British industry ? |
| 15 | It also has the basic shape of the big continental breeds which are so eagerly being imported by British farmers . |
| 16 | It is important and urgent because the work force , with an average age of between 32 and 33 , are being blackmailed by British Coal . |
| 17 | They will suffer still more communication deprivation if ‘ uneconomical ’ public telephones are withdrawn from villages ; yet , sadly , in the early 1980s many rural public telephone boxes are being removed by British Telecommunications , in spite of campaigns to retain them , because they are not felt to be economically viable . |
| 18 | ‘ The incident is being investigated by British Transport Police and Cleveland Police to ascertain circumstances surrounding the accident , ’ she added . |
| 19 | Last night they were being comforted by British friends at the resort . |
| 20 | Metrocast already needs frequency-agile paging to cope with the fragmented US market , and this is now being extended for British businessmen who travel to the States . |
| 21 | Concern is being expressed in British architectural conservation circles that this may open the floodgates for the network of ‘ seek and find ’ agents for Japanese buyers to divest Scotland and Wales in particular of many important monuments . |
| 22 | Manchester 's attempts to stage the 1996 Olympic Games are being hindered by British sport 's two-faced approach to South Africa , said Sam Ramsamy , chairman of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee , at a civic reception in Manchester yesterday , writes Michael Morris . |
| 23 | LIVE sex shows — broadcast via the latest hi-tech videophones — are being planned for British subscribers , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 24 | However , the sort of routine farces and imitations of earlier successes being handled by British Lion were hardly a match for spectacular films like El Cid ( 1961 ) , Dr No ( 1962 ) , The Longest Day ( 1962 ) and Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ) that were now coming down the line from American companies , with a ‘ British ’ tag on them . |
| 25 | Mr McGuinness said : ‘ In view of the ongoing conflict , with people being killed by British state forces , the IRA and loyalist death squads , there is a heavy responsibility on those in our society who have influence to sit down and discuss how this conflict can be brought to an end . ’ |
| 26 | Talks are also being held with British Rail to explore the possibility of installing Cashline terminals at selected main line stations . |