Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] at british " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A group of electronics specialists chaired by John Alvey , the director of technology at British Telecom , said the government should contribute the lion 's share of a £350 million programme over five years to coordinate IT research in universities and industry . |
| 3 | First half profit before tax at British Telecom fell by 36% to £1.03bn . |
| 4 | COMMUTERS stood on tracks disrupting London-bound trains yesterday in protest at British Rail 's ‘ scorched earth ’ policy for eliminating the perennial problem of leaves on the line More than 50 people at Carshalton , Surrey , swapped season tickets for placards to protest at the transformation of leafy tracksides into what one called a ‘ scene from Apocalypse Now ’ , the film about the Vietnam war which showed the effects of mass defoliation with napalm . |
| 5 | Timber from one of the rarest trees on earth is on sale at British timber yards , although trade in it is banned under UK , European and international law . |