Example sentences of "britain and [noun prp] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When much of Britain and Europe was covered with forest , tree worship was prevalent and it was customary to go in spring or early summer into the woods , cut down a tree and bring it , together with the blessings bestowed by the tree spirit , into the village where it was re-erected . |
| 2 | In 1984 Britain and Germany were quaking under the American nuclear umbrella . |
| 3 | In particular , they felt that enterprises in both Britain and Germany were having to cater for increasingly small market niches rather than for homogeneous mass markets . |
| 4 | Reading Lucas 's article from this side of the Atlantic at a time when unemployment in Britain seems about to hit a post-war high , one is tempted to conclude that there may , after all , be a grain of truth in the mischievous quip attributed to Oscar Wilde : Britain and America are united by a common culture but separated by a common language . |
| 5 | Emphasising that the aid weapon helped to encourage liberalisation in Kenya , Britain and America are pushing for tough action in Paris to mellow Malawi 's life president , Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda . |
| 6 | Nothing illegal about being gun-runners — Britain and America are hotching with them . |
| 7 | That 's a rise of 2.37pc at a time when many newspapers in Britain and Ireland are showing declining sales in the recession . |
| 8 | Great Britain and Ireland were represented at the Eisenhower Trophy in Vancouver , Canada , by Ireland 's Raymond Burns ( Banbridge ) , Wales ' Bradley Dredge ( Bryn Meadows ) , Scotland 's Dean Robertson ( Cochrane Castle ) and England 's Mathew Stanford ( Saltford ) . |
| 9 | The United States , Britain and France are preparing a strongly worded warning to Iraq to ground its aircraft and pull back anti-aircraft missile batteries that have been moved to the north , where allied patrol aircraft protect the Kurds . |
| 10 | Britain and France are forced to maintain real interest rates of six or seven per cent at a time when domestic conditions call for rates of one or two per cent . |
| 11 | Differences between Britain and France were highlighted in 1948–9 in discussions leading to the foundation of the Council of Europe . |
| 12 | But their best opportunity for independence came , and went , soon after the first world war , when Britain and France were carving up the defunct Ottoman empire . |
| 13 | The revival of interest in a Channel fixed link in Britain and France was matched by growing interest at European Community level although here the emphasis was on the role of Europe in providing financial support for improvements in transport infrastructure . |
| 14 | Britain and Italy are seeking cost reductions in the European Fighter Aircraft project following Germany 's withdrawal . |
| 15 | Britain and Italy were left as dominant Olympus partners . |
| 16 | A team of researchers from Britain and Peru are attempting to transfer a gene from cowpeas into sweet potatoes . |