Example sentences of "[noun prp] kingdom as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To view the constitution of the United Kingdom as concerning only Parliament , the Crown and the courts is , however , to take altogether too narrow a view and to focus too closely upon the centre . |
| 2 | The Report observes : ‘ It is now 25 years since Mitbestimmung ( Co-determination ) was introduced in the Federal Republic of Germany ’ ; and again : ‘ As long ago as 1972 the EEC published draft proposals for a Fifth Directive on Company law , proposing employee representation on the supervisory boards of all companies in the Community with over 500 employees ’ — a rhetorical presentation that pictures the United Kingdom as dragging its reluctant feet well in the rear of a party marching briskly along the path towards a bright new future entrusted not wholly but largely to trade unions . |
| 3 | we regard the United Kingdom as comprising England , Scotland , Wales , Northern Ireland , the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands . |
| 4 | we regard the United Kingdom as comprising England , Scotland , Wales , Northern Ireland , the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands . |
| 5 | This , in theory , is what was supposed to happen in the United Kingdom as regards what are called the ‘ Cinderella services ’ . |