Example sentences of "for england " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not by plane , we 'll catch the train and then the ferry like before , almost nostalgically since when the tunnel is open , there 'll be no more frontiers to cross : the sea , I think again , has already ceased to exist for England . |
| 2 | SIMON PARKE , whose selection for England in the World Championships was dogged by controversy , began to repay the selectors ' faith as he beat the Canadian No. 1 , Sabir Butt , and the effects of influenza here yesterday , writes Richard Eaton from Kuala Lumpur . |
| 3 | Until yesterday the favourite to partner McMahon had been the 22-year-old Michael Thomas of Arsenal , who has only made one appearance for England : a disappointing debut in Saudi Arabia late last year . |
| 4 | The other youngster controversially chosen for England , Jason Nicolle , kept the selectors more on edge . |
| 5 | Tennant , a former Scottish international , created a stir four years ago when she switched allegiance and opted to play for England in international competition . |
| 6 | ‘ You have to play for England to get the records . ’ |
| 7 | Rupert Murdoch did not say that his Sky company and its associate Eurosport channel were ready yet to go head-to-head in rights fights with BBC when he announced a joint contract with them for England 's Test series in the West Indies this winter . |
| 8 | John Barnes and Gary Gillespie are misssing from Liverpool 's squad to play Wigan in the Littlewoods Cup tonight , putting their participation for England and Scotland in World Cup qualifying games next week in doubt . |
| 9 | Manchester United .. 0 Portsmouth ......... 0 ( United win 3-2 on agg ) THE NEWS for England is excellent . |
| 10 | Afterwards Alex Ferguson had some heartening words for England manager Bobby Robson on the availability of his captain . |
| 11 | Ferguson said : ‘ I 'd be happy to let him go because it is important for England and I do n't want to seem obstructive . ’ |
| 12 | Sansom , capped 86 times for England , was still talking to friends in the players ' bar at Stockport County last night when the rest of the squad left on the team bus after their 2-1 aggregate victory . |
| 13 | His reputation as a right-hand batsman , a strong on-side player , and deceptive medium-pace bowler was such that he was early earmarked for advancement by both his county and country , being twelfth man twice for England in 1938 , appearing as Hammond 's vice-captain in the 1946-47 tour of Australia before succeeding to the England captaincy in 1947 , then succeeding Brian Sellers as Yorkshire 's captain the following year . |
| 14 | For England he had to compete against Bradman and the mighty 1948 Australians while the West Indies , in 1950 , stunned cricket by producing , from nowhere , two world-class spinners in Ramadhin and Valentine . |
| 15 | Football : ‘ Jacki ’ is proving to be a video nicety : Celtic 's Polish import sounds the alarm bells for England as that crucial World Cup encounter in Chorzow beckons : David Livingstone reports on the Scottish liberation of a footballer who has enlivened the Parkhead terraces |
| 16 | The result was a 2-1 win for England , who went on to take the silver medal , losing in an exciting final to Australia . |
| 17 | Today at Kenilworth Road , Luton , Argentina will again provide the opposition for England in the Four Nations Lada Classic . |
| 18 | Nick Thompson , with his first goal for England in the 17th minute after a good move down the right by Steve Batchelor , started England off . |
| 19 | When Warner Bros , the company with which she had signed an exclusive long-term contract , squandered her potential during the Thirties in a series of amusing but , for her , unfulfilling potboilers ( eg Fashions of 1934 , The Big Shakedown , Jimmy the Gent , Fog over Frisco ) , she took the unprecedented step of departing for England , where she could continue working outside of American jurisdiction . |
| 20 | Another troublesome shoulder , that belonging to Dean Richards , will be X-rayed within the next 10 days to determine whether the Leicester No. 8 has any chance of playing for England against Fiji on 4 November . |
| 21 | Val Robinson , who first played for England back in 1966 , was named player of the match in Great Harwood 's 1-1 draw at Orpington . |
| 22 | Wayne Larkins , who last represented his country eight years ago , scored a century then Angus Fraser , playing his first one-day game for England , took four for 21 . |
| 23 | Rob Andrew has , as he himself admits , only recently begun to display his Wasps form for England — and this after 26 caps , an English record in the stand-off half position . |
| 24 | Dusty Hare , true , played as well for England as he did for his club , and deserved to win even more than his 25 caps . |
| 25 | Bath players of recent years have never appeared as convincing for England as they regularly do for Bath ; while if they are part of one of those curious South-West sides their form goes down yet another notch . |
| 26 | Finally , in some frustration , in 1988 the rating system was abolished for England and Wales and a community charge introduced , to take effect in 1990 — 1 ( introduced a year earlier in Scotland ) . |
| 27 | He used to be a keen sportsman in his younger days and rowed for England . |
| 28 | But Cotton has no complaints about the order for England 's group matches . |
| 29 | But Cotton has no complaints about the order for England 's group matches . |
| 30 | ‘ Separate country agencies for England , Scotland , and Wales , with their limited responsibilities and sectional place , could not carry ‘ sufficient clout . ’ |