Example sentences of "[noun sg] at british " in BNC.
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1 | A fourth major strand in the intrigue is provided by Cliff Burnett 's hard-nosed Ridley , while Bob Wisdom revels in the part of Wates , the inevitable American agent , overloaded with gadgetry and confusion at British social customs . |
2 | THE road transport department at British Aerospace in Broughton has fought off competition from contractors to save jobs . |
3 | Kamlesh was a legal adviser at British Steel and Texaco before joining Data Logic . |
4 | Only one contributor , a human resources director , expressed herself as entirely anti-headhunting , during a two-hour interview at British Airways ' Heathrow-based central office , and she may be seen as principally involved in lower-level recruitment . |
5 | Now each employee at British Steel needs only 4.8 hours to do the same job . |
6 | The board says it needs such a store in any case in the 1990s because there may be a shortage of reprocessing capacity at British Nuclear Fuels ' Sellafield plant ( New Scientist , 3 February , p 289 ) . |
7 | So because we 'll be able to have lunch at British Home Stores . |
8 | He does not deny that some scientists and engineers in British industry are doing world-class research — the signal and image processing work at British Telecom 's labs is an example , says Sir Eric — but he would argue that there are no world-class labs as such in the UK , nowhere that has attained the kind of critical mass in R&D that Bell Labs has in the US or Hitachi and NEC in Japan . |
9 | I do not believe that the current management at British Rail is capable of building the project , although I believe that it needs building . |
10 | The project was focused on improving fault-finding expertise in part of a largely automated , hot strip mill at British Steel . |
11 | In a way this job at British Coal is a particularly gruelling one . |
12 | Suddenly it was n't just fun any more , and his parents were not so content to encourage hi , He had a job as an engineer at British Aerospace , he had security , prospects . |
13 | Sporadic outbreaks of lawlessness at British ports — which have already included an attack on a Russian trawler at Peterhead — are likely to intensify as fishermen step up their protests against the imports they blame for prices plummeting at the quayside . |
14 | Geoff , a quality assurance group leader at British Aerospace in Lostock near Bolton , explained : ‘ After a series of extremely expensive phone calls to the Society 's Chairman , Mr Joe Carroll , in Ireland , last month , I was so bitten by the bug I wanted to do everything I can to help from my armchair here in Wigan , so to speak . |
15 | First half profit before tax at British Telecom fell by 36% to £1.03bn . |
16 | This R&D effort was proposed by a group of electronics experts , headed by John Alvey , technology director at British Telecom . |
17 | A concrete chimney is to be demolished in a controlled explosion at British Steel 's Pellet plant at 10am . |
18 | They told me that sexual examination is a routine part of the entry certificate procedure at British Diplomatic missions in the Indian subcontinent . |
19 | LABOUR 'S Barry Jones protested in the Commons last night at British Aerospace 's decision to sell Corporate Jets , of Broughton . |
20 | Lord King has handed over executive authority at British Airways to his deputy , Sir Colin Marshall . |
21 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that general anger was expressed in the House last week at British Steel 's decision to close Ravenscraig ? |
22 | Lynda Philamore , head of assessment and recruitment at British Airways — ranked 26 in The Times 1000 and employer of 44000 — was exceptional in this survey in expressing almost entirely negative views about the executive search industry , despite the publicity surrounding the success of headhunted chief executive Colin Marshall . |
23 | When asked to identify specific savings made through better company negotiating , a Purchasing manager at British Telecom said ‘ Within two weeks of attending the Effective Negotiating seminar , I had already saved the company the equivalent of double my salary . ’ |
24 | The Works Manager at British Rail Maintenance was also delighted , and wrote in a letter to Danny , ‘ All emerging comments have been favourable and your services have been greatly appreciated by all concerned . |
25 | Hoare Govett was identified as an early buyer , pointing the finger at British Aerospace , one of the stockbroking firm 's corporate clients . |
26 | Mr Hill , a former supervisor at British Nuclear Fuels in Preston , Lancs , will be presented with his cheque in London today by Arthur Daley actor George Cole . |
27 | A former supervisor at British Nuclear Fuels in Preston , he will be presented with his cheque in London today by Arthur Daley actor George Cole . |
28 | The workforce at British Leather Company were told on Monday of plans to cut the workforce to 35 from 332 at its two factories in Birkenhead and Litherland . |
29 | Andy Halliday was acting as Best Man at British canoeist Jim Overton 's wedding to Diane Jewell , held on Bean Hollow Beach in California . |
30 | China fury at British base move |