Example sentences of "that britain [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued that Britain ought to use its veto and ‘ draw a line in the sand ’ . |
| 2 | Eisenhower feared both American identification with British " colonialism " and the use that Britain would make of any incautious American expressions of support . |
| 3 | ‘ During the critical 48 hours which preceded 11 a.m. on 3 September 1939 , ’ wrote Joyce , ‘ not one of the people whom I met in Berlin could conceive that Britain would go to war with Germany . |
| 4 | In such a case , it seems inconceivable and well nigh insane to imagine that Britain would stand out . |
| 5 | ‘ We hoped all along that Britain would lead the international commitment vigorously , rather than half-heartedly . |
| 6 | The rise triggered warnings by environmentalists that Britain would fail to meet its target of freezing carbon dioxide emissions by 2005 unless the government acted quickly to introduce tight controls on the burning of coal , gas and oil . |
| 7 | And so the British Government decided that Britain would remain independent unless there was a genuine change of heart in Washington that would allow the passage of a formal treaty through Congress . |
| 8 | Not even American hostility to the British Empire as then constituted — and so resolutely defended by him — seriously disturbed his belief that Britain would find her main security in a transatlantic relationship . |
| 9 | A Foreign Office spokesman said it was too early to consider sanctions against North Korea but added that Britain would consider what steps to take with other signatory states . |
| 10 | The escalation of the row came as the European Commissioner and former Cabinet member , Sir Leon Brittan , intervened in the debate to give warning that Britain would cause disruption throughout Europe and suffer substantial economic harm unless it ratified the Maastricht treaty . |
| 11 | IN YESTERDAY 'S parliamentary sketch ( page 5 ) , Mr Tim Janman MP ( Conservative , Thurrock ) was reported as saying that Britain would take even one refugee from Hong Kong ‘ over my dead body . ’ |
| 12 | In July 1961 , therefore , the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan announced that Britain would apply to join the EEC and a Cabinet minister , Edward Heath , was sent to handle the entry negotiations in Brussels . |
| 13 | The chance that Britain would work with the French on the new air-launched nuclear missile they have developed is on again , after Mrs Thatcher had all but made up her mind to buy American . |
| 14 | Chancellor Kohl wants this process finished by 1991 , which could mean that Britain would have to choose between agreeing on a new treaty for a supranational monetary union or risk being left behind by the rest of the EC months before the next British general election . |
| 15 | Chancellor Kohl wants this process finished by 1991 , which could mean that Britain would have to choose between agreeing on a new treaty for monetary union or risk being left behind months before the next British general election . |
| 16 | Previously , Chris Patten had promised EC Environment Minister Carlo Ripa di Meana that Britain would have almost all its supplies cleaned up by 1995 . |
| 17 | However , it is highly dubious that Britain would have adopted a stance different to that it took in response to Schuman 's public declaration . |
| 18 | However , although it is very likely that the British industrial revolution would have occurred without these funds , it is difficult to imagine that Britain would have achieved the kind of scale and pace of industrial development that it did without access to these funds and to the markets provided by the colonies . |
| 19 | Was that because it could mean that Britain would have to increase the amount that we spend on overseas aid and development to match the contributions of other European countries ? |
| 20 | With Bevin he also believed that Britain would have much less influence in Washington without some nuclear capability of her own . |
| 21 | De Gaulle 's assumption in June 1940 was precisely the opposite : that Britain would survive and that sooner or later Germany would be defeated . |
| 22 | Pleven hoped that Britain would join the project : indeed , much of the French support for the EDC was predicated upon the necessity of British participation . |
| 23 | Even the worst dummies , according to Bracken and Bob Boothby , were quietly confident that Britain would win a brief , efficient war . |
| 24 | Rumours that Britain would ask for anti-apartheid sanctions to be relaxed were quashed , although the Prime Minister offered some encouragement by calling the release ‘ a major step in the right direction ’ . |
| 25 | Nor could he ignore American enthusiasm for British membership of the EEC , in part to ensure a better balance among the states of Western Europe , but also in the hope that Britain would strengthen those in the Community who favoured more liberal and outward looking economic policies . |
| 26 | Mr Delors claimed Mr Major had gone back on his word that Britain would help fund the EC-backed High Definition TV , being developed by France and Holland . |
| 27 | From the 1850s sexuality , particularly in the wide area of venereal disease and prostitution ( allied to fears that Britain would follow Rome into imperial decline ) enters the heart of Parliamentary debate . |
| 28 | ‘ My hope is that Britain may become a sort of housing laboratory , like we were the welfare state laboratory , ’ he says . |
| 29 | At the same time , it was accepted that all the talks , petitions , donations and arguments had been brought about by the imminence of the Commonwealth Conference , where the Secretary-General , Sonny Ramphal , has warned that Britain may find itself in a minority of one over South Africa . |
| 30 | Another reason for the relatively slow acceptance of the term counterurbanization in Britain may be the fact that Britain may have been one of the last developed countries to experience the phenomenon . |