Example sentences of "the [noun sg] british " in BNC.
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| 1 | They gave even better against the paramilitary organisations and political groupings of the majority British population which is as instinctively law-abiding as that of any other part of the United Kingdom and probably even quicker to disassociate itself from senseless or politically motivated violence . |
| 2 | Nonetheless the majority British culture does contrast with many others in the relative unimportance of wider kin ties , including arrangements found traditionally elsewhere in Europe . |
| 3 | And he concludes , ‘ of all the warnings that the inner city has to offer for the direction British society is taking , this is perhaps the most sinister ’ . |
| 4 | As for the less active travellers , their steps were now guided by Thomas Cook and the solid guide-books of the period , the pioneer British Murray 's Guides being increasingly overshadowed by those bibles of the tourist , the German Baedekers , now published in several languages . |
| 5 | Erm a reference was made er by the by British Coal to erm er their erm absolute willingness to provide ponds elsewhere . |
| 6 | Look at the mess British Steel got into . |
| 7 | These vegetables were not then , in the 1950s , part of the staple British diet . |
| 8 | I have just learnt have recently achieved a cup double , being winners of the speedway star knockout cup and the B S P A cup , as well as finishing second in the Sunbright British League , their best performance ever . |
| 9 | We do not know how big a slice of the cake British Coal will be able to secure . |
| 10 | He is calm , confident , well-groomed , has charm , style and the confidence British executives are often reluctant to display . |
| 11 | It is interesting to note that bullhead rail is still in evidence some forty years after the infant British Railways adopted flat-bottom rail as standard . |
| 12 | British Aerospace , the lead British contender , may have the backing of the Department of Trade and Industry but it is almost certain to face fierce opposition from the Ministry of Defence . |
| 13 | I was interested in the article British Miner Artists by Philip Vann which appeared in AIM last year . |
| 14 | I was interested in the article British Miner Artists by Philip Vann which appeared in AIM last year . |
| 15 | A project associated with the research activities of the department or one of the geophysical units of the NERC British Geological Survey or with a geophysical exploration company is undertaken during the vacation prior to the final year . |
| 16 | The result was that at the end of the decade British critics of the BFASS , few as they were , tried to draw together once again . |
| 17 | Paul Smith and Jasper Conran are both completely disillusioned with the hollow slap on the back British fashion tries to give itself every year . |
| 18 | Briefly , the organisation British Actors ' Equity exists so that only bona fide members of the profession may apply for work : and those members must abide by the contractual rulings established by the Union in negotiation with managements in theatre , television and film . |
| 19 | In 1943 Macpherson 's career moved westwards , first as head of the wartime British Colonies Supply Mission in Washington , DC , and then in the dual capacity of comptroller for development and welfare in the West Indies and joint British chairman of the Anglo-American Caribbean commission . |
| 20 | A representative sample of the adult British population was asked : ‘ If the company you work for had to move its premises , do you think you would or would not move with it and find a new home if it moved more than 50 miles away and gave you financial help to move ? ’ |
| 21 | We can not , for example , bring into the argument British Polaris boats which , like comparable US and Soviet submarines , deploy strategic weapons . |
| 22 | Dinner guest : Tuesday night saw the annual dinner of the area British Legion Club with members meeting for a meal at the Stanwick Arms . |
| 23 | THE Hopper the Bopper banner will be out again tonight at the ABA British semi-finals at Gateshead Leisure Centre . |
| 24 | THE AI BRITISH SECTION DELEGATION |
| 25 | A FLEETING snapshot , this , of the Douglas Hurd you never see , the minister tormented by doubt , safely if thinly disguised as a fictitious character , in one of the novelist British foreign secretary 's self-revealing stories about a defence secretary forced to justify the sending of British boys to die in a Balkanesque quagmire called ‘ Caucasia ’ . |
| 26 | In this reply and in the report British Labour and Communism submitted to the 1936 Annual Conference , the Labour Party stressed that acceptance of the application would only serve the Communist Party 's ends . |
| 27 | Winners of the Patron 's award ( HRH , The Prince of Wales ) were the employer British Gas Southern , and individuals Ken Smith and Bob Walters/ICI Chemicals and Polymers Teesside . |
| 28 | British Gas holds to the opinion that it will need discoveries from both the Norwegian and UK sectors to meet future demand and that it will need to buy some 12,000 billion cubic feet of new supplies by the end of the century — some one-third of the amount British Gas projected it would sell . |
| 29 | RACKETS : Tonbridge professional David Makey and his erstwhile pupil Jonathan Longley had a hard-fought second round victory in the Lacoste British Open doubles championship at Queen 's Club , when they beat home professional David Johnson and Julian Snow 4–15 , 8–15 , 15–8 , 15–12 , 15–9 , 15–8 . |
| 30 | Certainly there has been a rapid increase in the number of consultancies offering such services , but this is simply a response to the demand created by the draft EC legislation on environmental audits and the draft British Standard on Environmental Management Systems . |