Example sentences of "the british have [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Although Madeira has always been Portuguese , the British have influenced its thinking and development , but less so in recent years , particularly since the 1974 Revolution and the coming of the island s own political autonomy . |
2 | Why ? because this is not your country , because the British have done you a favour by letting you in . |
3 | He believed the offer of passports would ‘ split the community into those who have passports and those who believe that the British have betrayed them . |
4 | The British have to end their predetermined belief that the suspects are guilty , ’ he told Associated Press . |
5 | It is not the first time the British have found themselves in the path of an offensive , it is the first time they 've evacuated , in such numbers and with such urgency . |
6 | Even the British have found it so . |
7 | French state and technocentric-inspired planning have had great successes in both telecommunications and space ; but the British have had their acknowledged successes also — most notably in the broadcasting field , where a traditional consensual policy has been modified step-by-step and channel-by-channel down the decades since 1922 . |