Examples of British in a Sentence
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That includes the King as patron of the Royal British Legion, a charity supporting the military, which his mother supported from 1952 to 2022.
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Mallory Moench, TIME, 4 May 2024
However, in 2023 the British Record Fish Committee reopened the records and set the new bar at 130 pounds, more than a dozen pounds smaller than Reitz’s catch, according to the outlet.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
The preliminary score reported by Boone & Crockett earlier this year pegged the rack’s dry measurement at 439 7/8 inches—an impressive improvement over the existing record of 419 6/8 shot by Rick Bailey in British Columbia in 2015.
—Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 2 May 2024
Just one possible sighting of the species has ever been reported in North America, a report of one in 1997 in British Columbia, but was ultimately rejected by the American Birding Association.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
One of the first things that Brent Seales worked on was a very old copy of Beowulf in Old English that was kept in the British Library.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
However, eruptions have likely happened in British Columbia in the last few thousand years.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2024
The heat wave also ratcheted up fire danger, breaking a slew of fire weather records over a broad area and helping to stoke blazes in British Columbia, California, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Montana.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
In 2003, she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her contributions to acting.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024
Mallory Moench, TIME, 4 May 2024
However, in 2023 the British Record Fish Committee reopened the records and set the new bar at 130 pounds, more than a dozen pounds smaller than Reitz’s catch, according to the outlet.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
The preliminary score reported by Boone & Crockett earlier this year pegged the rack’s dry measurement at 439 7/8 inches—an impressive improvement over the existing record of 419 6/8 shot by Rick Bailey in British Columbia in 2015.
—Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 2 May 2024
Just one possible sighting of the species has ever been reported in North America, a report of one in 1997 in British Columbia, but was ultimately rejected by the American Birding Association.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
One of the first things that Brent Seales worked on was a very old copy of Beowulf in Old English that was kept in the British Library.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
However, eruptions have likely happened in British Columbia in the last few thousand years.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2024
The heat wave also ratcheted up fire danger, breaking a slew of fire weather records over a broad area and helping to stoke blazes in British Columbia, California, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Montana.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
In 2003, she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her contributions to acting.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024
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“British.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/British. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
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