How To Use Brit In A Sentence

In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys. The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
There’s a town on the central coast of British Columbia called Bella Coola, B.C. that could probably use a little attention right now. Blogging Batholiths Part 2 - The Panda's Thumb
So weeding out potential jurors with unchangeable views on guilt or innocence has the elaborateness of celebrity trials like that of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted at the same courthouse in 1995. Jackson jury Q&A tests media's grip
On arriving in Britain she found herself to be a virtual slave to Dunlop, who exhibited her to curious Europeans who were eager to view Baartman's steatopygous buttocks and genitalia. ANC Daily News Briefing

Britain has a window of opportunity to bring her coastline alive again. Times, Sunday Times
These "Observations" were the first of a series of volumes by Gilpin on the scenery of Great Britain, composed in a poetic and somewhat over-luxuriant style, illustrated by drawings in aquatinta, and all described on the title page as "Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
Commissioned in 1963 to make a film about America's first successful quintuplet birth, Leacock and Joyce Chopra captured the quints' mother's anxiety at her sudden celebrity and the surrounding South Dakota community's eagerness to cash in on it. The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America
Some archaeologists have been championing the culture of pre-Roman Britain for some time and the Shropshire road may confirm that traders were bringing back continental innovations to add to existing native achievements in art and engineering. Letters: Native culture of pre-Roman Britain
Surely one of the agonizing attributes of our post – September 11 age is the unending need to reaffirm realities that have been proved, and proved again, but just as doggedly denied by those in power, forcing us to live trapped between two narratives of present history, the one gaining life and color and vigor as more facts become known, the other growing ever paler, brittler, more desiccated, barely sustained by the life support of official power. 'The Moment Has Come to Get Rid of Saddam'
Research carried out by the British Scientific Dining Association reveals that crapulence has bad effects on the memory and makes people slow-witted.
When asked to name their favourite dish, most shoppers opted for the traditional British favourite fish and chips over pizza, paella, or frankfurters.
Britain's worst jail riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy.
The gossip columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.
The decade following saw the first railway train arrive from the East, the first C.P.R. steamship anchored in port, the Klondike "boom," and the great mining industries of British Columbia well under way. Canadian Cities of Romance
Millions of passengers fly British Airways every year.
David Dimbleby is being lined up to lead the coverage from Britain, with the 6pm BBC news presenter, Huw Edwards, anchoring a special programme from New York.
A temporary export ban was imposed to allow time for a British buyer to match the price, but the attempt failed. Times, Sunday Times
They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.
Do you think the Academy is really hip to how great Gosford Park is, or do they just like it's patina of British upper-crust respectability?
These days Britain's race laws are configured in Brussels.
That's why I contend, with just a soupçon of exaggeration, that Britain's big choice will be made on May 29.
Britain is no longer green and pleasant. The Sun
These cattle are one of the purest breeds in Britain.
One effortlessly got saturation coverage, the other struggled to get noticed, despite the mandatory presence of a celebrity, a suitably weighty one too.
If there was one thing everyday Americans didn't want to hear, it was self-involved celebrities trashing the president.
Would Britain be better off as a theme park?
The most storied place to find Gaucho boots is Casa Fagliano, a hole-in-the-wall bootmaker in Hurlingham, which is a British suburb of Buenos Aires. 20 Odd Questions: Stephanie Phair
In Britain, one in every three marriages now ends in divorce.
These new forces have synchronized with the conscious policy of a certain sector of Canadian opinion which has persistently sought to detach us from that quarter of the world's orbit and the world's people comprised in the British federacy. Whither Canada
Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first woman prime minister in 1979.
The "fruitily perfumed pineapple weed" that came to Britain from Oregon in the late 19th century and then began to spread throughout the countryside, Mr. Mabey says, "exactly tracked the adoption of the treaded motor tyre, to which its ribbed seeds clung" as if the treads were the soles of climbing boots. Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling
A British fleet defeated the French at Trafalgar.
Such a cynosure, at least in aspect, and something such too in nature, though with important variations made apparent as the story proceeds, was welkin-eyed Billy Budd, or Baby Budd, as more familiarly under circumstances hereafter to be given he at last came to be called, aged twenty-one, a foretopman of the British fleet toward the close of the last decade of the eighteenth century. Billy Budd
On the evening of 24 May 1941, British lieutenant commander Malcolm Wanklyn, in command of the submarine Upholder, sighted an enemy troop convoy strongly escorted by destroyers off Sicily.
The only realistic way is to raise Britain's laggard productivity performance.
His sister Anaumed went over to Armorica in 490, and upon her arrival was married to Budic, king of the Armorican Britons. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
Tyson pays his respects to the last guy who beat him and Britain's undisputed world heavyweight champion.
MacFadzean plays Richie Excellent, the young funster who wields unearned celebrity.
British postal workers lag behind their continental counterparts. Times, Sunday Times
The country was administered by the British until very recently.
We will actively support Britain's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games in Manchester.
The devaluation of the pound will make British goods more competitive abroad.
in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy
The unposed, rather awkward-looking, front-on shots remind us that fashion is not all about celebrity and stylists.
The cover picture, the story and all the hoopla that surrounded it made me a celebrity. Times, Sunday Times
A 35-year-old Briton languishing in a Bangkok jail under sentence of death for a crime he says he did not commit is planning to protest his innocence by refusing to plead for a royal pardon.
The government cannot ignore Britain's chronic productivity and housing woes. Times, Sunday Times
Celebrity steeplejack Fred Dibnah was supposed to end his days of felling factory chimneys with the demolition of the 175-ft Park Mill chimney in Royton yesterday.
Despite the apparent commonness of blonde hair, which accounts for a third of British women, Tobin said only about 3% were naturally blonde.
MI5, Britain's internal security and counter-espionage agency, is to play a greater role in informing the UK public about terror alerts.
British companies are subject to international laws and the same applies to companies in Europe.
What Montgomery conceived was a one-two punch, a British blow followed by an American crack.
California founded the celebrity culture, and as publicity stunts go, running for governor is on the cheap and easy side of the spectrum.
The first two British charter jets picked up 413 refugees last night. The Sun
The British set up dedicated warning nets to detect the incoming V1s and then sent out interceptors.
If the government wants to regionalise Britain, which I have doubts about, they should say so.
Number Ten Downing Street is the British prime minister's official residence.
By 1939, it had 30 British bakeries and introduced low-price tea biscuits, previously a luxury only afforded by the middle classes.
Whereas the British want to see children's faces light up with joy, those foreign johnnies prefer to scare the living daylights out of them.
An alliance with Britain would offer no guarantees with regard to territorial integrity of the Netherlands in Europe.
In Britain, the experience of the revolution had a liberating effect on people's minds.
He is also considering exporting to Britain and developing own label products for the British multiples.
Cash will be the vital ingredient as celebrity chefs cook up a special fundraising treat for charity.
Some of Britain's biggest coffee shop chains have signed up to a scheme to boost recycling of takeaway cups. Times, Sunday Times
Founded by the British in1781, it was called Stabroek while it was controlled by the Dutch and was renamed Georgetown in1812. Population, 78, 500.
Spain blockaded Gibraltar for most of the last third of the 20th century (they gave up in 1984) and when the Blair government in Britain negotiated a co-dominium with Spain in 2002, but the locals had to be consulted, and the referendum rejected the proposal by 17,900 to 187. Eric Lurio: Thoughts on a Gibraltar Street Fair
But then, the Tea Council represents the trade and 93 per cent of British cuppas nowadays come from bags.
Today, pink wine sales are increasing in France and the United States, as well as in Britain.
The handle on the German “potato-masher” hand grenade enabled it to be thrown far further than its British or American counterparts. Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy
BRITAIN'S winter sports stars have been promised a funding boost after their joint record medal haul in Sochi. The Sun
Speaking to camera, the masked man accused the hostages of being spies for the British government and claimed that they had been abandoned. Times, Sunday Times
From the late nineteenth century Britain and other European powers began to gain control of parts of the Ottoman Empire.
Also, if Shilpa is subjected to more teasing from Jade's crew, she may well go postal and slash all the Celebrity Big Brother housemates' throats open with a breadknife. Big Brother Celebrity Hijack Betting Odds: Double Eviction, Emilia Out?
The relay offers an opportunity for millions of people to be directly involved in the games and celebrate the Queen's 50 years as British sovereign.
The land forces are organised into British, Austrian and French divisions, all of which contain recreations of the original infantry, cavalry and artillery regiments that fought during the Napoleonic wars.
By 1781, British General Lord Charles Cornwallis was ordered to march into Virginia to await resupply near Chesapeake Bay.
To counter the offensive the British authorities began to recruit a special force for deployment in Ireland.
It was in recognition of such distinguished services in the industry that Mr. Patel was awarded the ‘Order of the British Empire’.
Within seconds, the celebrity and his famous partner were named across social media. The Sun
For many the sacrifice of British sovereign power was too great a price to pay. Times, Sunday Times
All the other countries signed the agreement, leaving Britain out on a limb.
Tuition fees can't continue to rise in British Columbia without our eventually shooting ourselves in the foot.
Hospitals were told to charge patients who were found not to be resident in Britain or from countries with reciprocal arrangements. Times, Sunday Times
Hospital case notes are more voluminous than traditional British general practice paper records, which are normally maintained on small cards, named after the politician who introduced them more than 90 years ago.
British air accident investigators were being sent to help with the inquiry. Times, Sunday Times
For library/funk fans, this one is a cool, funky disco groover featuring tracks which have been used in classic 70s Brit shows such as The Sweeney and The Benny Hill Show besides countless others. Archive 2010-01-01
Previous workers have attributed these differences to changes in rheology, i.e. brittle faulting in sandstones v. more ductile folding and faulting in dolostones.
A British company with a history of taking on larger rivals says it owns six patents affecting software downloads.
Staff have been told that the workload is unlikely to ease in the near future as there are 1,700 prison jobs across Britain that remain unfilled. Times, Sunday Times
one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy
Britain's water companies are planning to meter water consumption.
A famous bearer of the name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian, a 2nd-century Roman emperor who built a wall across northern Britain. Neth Space
Details of how British electronic components have been found in roadside bombs were given to David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, when he visited British troops at their military compound at Lashkagar, in Helmand province, earlier this week. Religion News Roundup — Islam: Music, Chess, and Sin
Traditionally young Asians in Britain have gravitated towards medicine, law and engineering.
There is a great sense of team spirit among the British Olympic squad.
Disguised first as a horse dealer and later as a holy man, he successfully blarneyed his way through regions, which were not a part of British-held India at the time.
A move to the relative anonymity of Los Angeles, where AA meetings turn into celebrity hang-outs, became inevitable.
These issues are being played out in Britain because it has become the focus of this incendiary global conflict.
According to Arfaan Khan, a British Pakistani linguist, a number of Hindi words such as chuddies are currently being imported from the Indian subcontinent.
BBC | Solar plane flies into the night O Zephyr, protótipo de UAV da Quinetiq a versão britânica da DARPA, bateu um recorde aeronáutico, não oficialmente, ao voar mais de 54 horas continuamente. Leituras
Or did you snore your way through the biggest quake to hit Britain in 24 years? The Sun
The pictures were collected after the staff wrote to a number of celebrities asking for donations.
British summers mean we get rain, wind, sun, snow and frost all in the same week but our winters are just so glum, no blizzards just unrelenting dankness.
This continued until war broke out and when war broke out, General Hertzog, again with his strong feeling of South Africanism, said, "While we do not wish to be disassociated from the British Empire, while we are willing to remain with the British Empire on the same footing as heretofore, we do not see why we should declare war now, why we should not maintain neutrality and the status quo, even though Great Britain go into war. Racial Relations in the Union of South Africa
The British Biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake introduced the concepts of Morphic Fields and Morphic Resonance in his revolutionary 1981 book A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Formative Causation.
Britain is facing a bungalow crisis as the demand for single-storey homes outstrips supply. Times, Sunday Times
Those attending range from software bosses, heads of government, business moguls, and even film stars and other celebrities.
Britain is heavily dependent on imports for its raw materials.
It is enough to give the hardened British holidaymaker a complex. Times, Sunday Times
As a means of solving the problem British philosopher Karl Popper proposed the principle of falsifiability - if a theory is falsifiable, then it is scientific; if it is not falsifiable, then it is not science.
Possession of these books allowed British ships or personnel placed ashore to read the signals being relayed by the semaphore stations, which frequently included operational tasking to French fleet units.
It's just that none of those festivals claims to be untarnished by commerce, unsmitten by celebrity, etc., etc. GreenCine Daily: Park City, 2/1.
The now not-so-young British artist is best known for his macabre installations, business savvy and yobbish personality. Damien Hirst's Birthday: June 7 (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
In reality the record suggests that it is rare for knowingly false accusations to be made against British troops. Times, Sunday Times
Britain should improve its infrastructure to position itself for economic takeoff when growth finally does return. Times, Sunday Times
There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of any of the British peer-to-peer lending platforms. Times, Sunday Times
He offered ten major paintings to start a national gallery of modern British art.
In 1939, the yardangs in southwestern Egypt were termed ‘mud-lions’ by British explorer Ralph Bagnold.
Moreover, I can't think of any other 'minority' of which this is remotely true, unless it were to be the other minority from which I can claim descent: people of British or Anglophile provenance. Christopher Hitchens: Reinstate Rick Sanchez!
Not all the speakers have couched their sentiments in complimentary language, indeed, it is a fact which we citizens of the Empire would be foolish to ignore that important sections of opinion among our American friends and elsewhere are rather suspicious of the British Empire. The Empire In These Days
Britain has many admirers around the world, but who actually owns our green and pleasant land? The Sun
They arrived in Britain not long ago/recently.
The quality of the loose-leaf tea is critical to the success of the British tea party. Times, Sunday Times
In its heyday, its clientele included celebrities and royalty. Times, Sunday Times
Four British warplanes would also return to eastern Europe this year in an air policing role. Times, Sunday Times
In November 1875, Sir Frederick Evans, newly appointed hydrographer of the British Navy, ordered 123 doubtful islands banished from Admiralty Chart 2683 of the Pacific Ocean. A Furnace Afloat
The locals will have to stay resolute in the face of the invading British hordes, but it's hard to imagine they would ever be willing to swap chorizo and fino for burgers and beer.
The Brits, with their propensity for schoolboy humour and scatology, deal with the subject by uproarious laughter.
The Polar Race, which will last between 30 and 40 days, has been organised by two of Britain's leading modern day adventurers.
When there is news of a show, fans will find out where the band is staying and try to book rooms in the hotel in the hope they can at least get a glimpse of the celebrity, talk to them or get their autograph.
Ambassador Liu congratulated Baroness Warsi on her being a member of the British Cabinet as the first Muslim woman.
Upon these interjections, placable flicks of the lionly tail addressed to Britannia the Ruler, who expected him in some mildish way to lash terga cauda in retiring, Sir Willoughby Patterne passed from a land of alien manners; and ever after he spoke of America respectfully and pensively, with a tail tucked in, as it were. The Egoist
Downing Street last night refused to discuss any British involvement. The Sun
Britain has an age-old tradition of Euro scepticism that goes back to well before the Second World War.
And now some of the biggest banks on Britain's high street were under pressure. Times, Sunday Times
He walked his audience through a litany of invaders: Mongol khans, Turkish beys, Swedish feudal lords, Polish and Lithuanian gentry, British and French capitalists, Japanese barons.
For the British, however, it has all turned to dust, surrendered by the pusillanimous politicians.
It is known that over 5,000 Sarmatians from this area came to Britain after the Marcomannic wars in AD 175; but it is unlikely that the people at Brougham were Sarmatians, as the latter inhumed their dead.
German saboteurs plotted a wartime bombing campaign in Britain using exploding cans of processed peas, according to secret files made public for the first time today.
Doctoral dissertation: " Secularisation and Christianity in Contemporary Britain".
These hare-brained beliefs are hardly found only in the minds of the British upper-class.
Increased Irish emigration to Britain during the 1940s supplied navvies, nurses, clerks, policemen and munition workers.
After an exile of ten years her uncle returned to Britain.
This loss in yearly disposable income would occur if Britain adapted a trading agreement which involved the loss of preferential trade links with the EU. Times, Sunday Times
His reward for services rendered is to have been nominated as the new British ambassador to the US.
The fourth class (officers of the British Empire and Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order) and fifth class (members of the British Empire and Royal Victorian Order) wear their respective badges on medal ribands or bows (women).
We would urge celebrities and icons not to support energy dense foods and to make sure it is a genuinely healthy product they promote.
Plus you will be amazed to see a scene stolen by a British Bourbon biscuit. Times, Sunday Times
Britain's only indigenous hare, the animals grow a white coat in winter to improve their camouflage in the snow. Times, Sunday Times
The disclosures last night provoked renewed condemnation of Britain's multibillion-pound arms industry for selling to both sides in the escalating Kashmir crisis.
I have something of a soft spot for early 1970s British bubblegum, and this is one of the best examples.
It is up to you to decide whether sparkling stop-motion animation, catchy music, and a hearty dose of dry British humor is enough to overcome an uninvolving allegorical plot.
They are not about celebrity, but of everydayness and how that can be special. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, they would be under British operational control during wartime.
(Bush and Dr Cheney legacy), not just lock it up in cupboards. another inspiration for my writing is this innovative musician and activist fighting racism, Islamo-phobia and injustice head on through his "Rhythm and beats". although his documentaries and DIY cook book music genre are termed irreverence bordering treason against queen and country and glorifying terrorism among the Pakistani and Muslim youth of Britain, But it is merely exposing the truth about the sentiments of equality, discrimination, integration and assimilation. Pak Tea House
From a flurry of delighted children sledging down a snowswept street in Bath to policemen joining in with group of teenagers having a snowball fight in Poole - your pics are helping us capture Britain as it is swept by snow.
In July he was arguing that the British should use their influence to make the Poles more amenable to German demands.
I liked more her old style, now she looks like a clon of Beyonce with Britney. Shakira & Gordon Brown Fix Everyone’s Problems
James Joyce's view that the Irish view the British through the ‘cracked looking glass of a servant’ no longer pertains.
Here was a beautiful British roadster offering huge performance. Times, Sunday Times
This is an unprofitable business and it is not confined to Britain's biggest supermarket chain.
Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega has said that relations between Britain and Spain "are those of allies and friendly nations", but she said Spain considered the visit "inopportune". Well, diddums
The commentators were discussing defensive match-ups while the camera was panning over the crowd, occasionally stopping on a celebrity.
No other athlete in Britain has undergone such an exhaustive, globetrotting search for success. Times, Sunday Times
Great Britain finalised their preparations at Salford and will have today off in readiness for tomorrow's sell-out clash.
The numbers of those on the waiting lists for housing has grown rapidly, as have the numbers of homeless in Britain.
Programming will be controlled by the US and British military, but may include rebroadcasts from independent news outlets in both countries, the White House said.
He was the last person in Britain sentenced to be publicly hanged, drawn and quartered.
Americans tried to take part of British Canada in December 1775, when forces led by Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery unsuccessfully attacked Quebec.
The ledge was brittle, and would be easily broken.
British influence, with wooden jalousies, wide porches, and patterned railings and fretwork, dominated urban architecture in the colonial period.
Celebrity doesn't place any demands on a person; it requires nothing but itself.
Golf superstar Tiger Woods and TV celebrity Jesse James have seen their lives unravel amid revelations of cheating on their spouses, in part by arranging liaisons via text messages.
Spain is to move its clocks back one hour to be in time with Britain in a change that could sound the death knell for the siesta. Times, Sunday Times
It seems likely to do just that as a social barometer of genuine historical value that records everything from the British public's reactions to regional accents to the history of sudoku.
The Derby winner Generous will be put to stud in Britain at the end of the season.
There is a shortage of Olympic-size pools and most of these are run on commercial lines, so British swimming cannot afford priority access.
European diplomats and Croatian officials also claim Britain is doing Washington's bidding.
Most visibly, it has transformed the British day out - you can't visit even the most two-bit town these days without tripping over its spangly new heritage centre or interactive museum.
In Britain for the foreseeable future the ultimate purchaser of 80% or more of health care will continue to be the Treasury.
They were added to a red list of endangered British birds last year. The Sun
The organic materials in grounds, gilding, paint films, and varnishes become embrittled with age and can no longer flex to accommodate movement in the support.
In a series of calls, he made clear that Britain would retain the referendum option and that he did not want to prejudice next week's crisis talks at a Brussels summit.
He put in a brilliant performance in the British Grand Prix.
Has celebrity chefdom made you image-conscious? Times, Sunday Times
As Britain's largest country sports organisation, BASC is committed to providing training in the safe use of guns to young people interested in taking up the sport of shooting.
Debenhams, a British department store that has consistently combatted various techniques employed by the media, banned airbrushing in its 2010 swim and lingerie campaigns. Marissa Lepor: Natural Beauty: A Lost Art?
Other British athletes had missed two tests. Times, Sunday Times
In Ireland and Great Britain, sacred wells derive their distant origins from megalithic and Celtic times.
This is far from being a work of mere trainspotting; in fact, in a strange way, it catalogues the architectural, social and economic history of modern Britain.
The next morning Britt woke me up and told me she had already finished my packing since I had everything already laid out for it.
Viv was British rugby's pre-eminent full-back through the 1930s, last line and top dog for Wales and the Lions, an Oxford double blue, a Glamorgan cricketer and, conspicuously, the first full-back ever to score a try in a Five Nations match – against Ireland in 1934. Tons of reasons to support the monarchs of sport | Frank Keating
With the exception of Jonathan Edwards, Britain had no chance of striking gold on track and field.
The British saxophonist still leads the pack. Times, Sunday Times
I'm going for the British bulldog. The Sun
Every second is stuffed with bright, brittle melodies that make you feel as if you've done too many turns on a fairground waltzer.
As for the impact of popular culture, Kay says that the evidence isn't so much that TV levels out language, but that strong regional accents from all over Britain seem to be thriving.
Britain emerged from this struggle in triumph, for the first time clearly dominant over her continental rivals. WHEN SCOTLAND RULED THE WORLD: The Story of the Golden Age of Genius, Creativity and Exploration
There it was, finally, complete with the slate-gray lighting, blaring hippish soundtrack and chirpy “greeters” — Britney, Mariah, Amber, Becky, Megan, you know the type — just inside the double doors, anxious as all get-out to welcome you to your next dining experience. Lil Patty Grows Up : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation

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