Below you will find example sentences with "british columbia". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

British Columbia in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: columbia
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 47
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.2 words

Words in this phrase

british columbia

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • british can mean: The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain. Common word
  • columbia can mean: America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a british columbia provincial court 1× a british columbia woman who 1× board and british columbia investment management 1× british acquiring british columbia and the 1× british columbia evolved from 1× british columbia government is 1× british columbia or the 1× british columbia rowing phenom 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a british columbia 2× a file photo 1× a firefighter from 1× a firefighting helicopter 1× a labour researcher 1× aitken creek is 1×

Common sentence endings:

20 continuous years 1× billion cubic feet 1× british columbia bc 1× british columbia press 1× british columbians need 1× columbia by 1871 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

vancouver 4× party 3× colony 3× court 3× 1871 2× rowing 2× university 2× notaries 2× self 2× public 2× government 2× need 2×

Related phrases

columbia police british english columbia wolo british government british prime british empire british fleet british airways british citizen british museum

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around columbia:

columbia police 14× columbia wolo 12×

Just before it in the phrase index:

british citizen british airways brings people bringing together brilliant goal bright spot

Just after it in the phrase index:

british empire british english british fleet british government british museum british pound

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

british english british government british prime british empire british fleet british airways

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "british columbia" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 23.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a british columbia provincial court, a british columbia woman who, vancouver, party and colony stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with columbia police, british english, columbia wolo, columbia police and columbia wolo, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with british columbia

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

British Columbia or the District of Columbia? (7 words)

Vancouver, British Columbia: The University of British Columbia Press. (9 words)

A file photo of a British Columbia court building. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

Notaries are appointed for life by the Supreme Court of British Columbia and as a self-regulating profession, the Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia is the regulatory body overseeing and setting standards to maintain public confidence. (38 words)

A British Columbia woman who lost nearly a dozen family members in the devastating earthquake in Turkey has returned to Vancouver after a trip to her hometown, and said the region remains desperately in need of help. (37 words)

A firefighter from an Alaska smoke jumper unit uses a drip torch to set a planned ignition on a fire burning near a highway in northern British Columbia, Canada on July 11, 2023. (33 words)

Question examples

British Columbia or the District of Columbia? (7 words)

Example sentences (20)

Prior to the rise of the Liberal Party, British Columbia's main political party was the British Columbia Social Credit Party which ruled British Columbia for 20 continuous years.

British Columbia evolved from British possessions that were established in what is now British Columbia by 1871.

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Rowing phenom Sally Jones has been welcomed to the University of British Columbia (UBC) rowing team with open arms.

Rebel is incorporated under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) with its registered and head office in Vancouver, British Columbia.

In 1866, the Colony of British Columbia and the Colony of Vancouver Island merged into a single Colony of British Columbia ; it joined the Canadian Confederation in 1871.

Notaries are appointed for life by the Supreme Court of British Columbia and as a self-regulating profession, the Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia is the regulatory body overseeing and setting standards to maintain public confidence.

Vancouver, British Columbia: The University of British Columbia Press.

British Columbia or the District of Columbia?

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Course The Columbia begins its convert journey in the southern Rocky Mountain Trench in British Columbia (BC).

British Columbia government is launching a new, four-part surgical strategy aimed at reducing wait times for the health care British Columbians need.

The parties compromised, ending the war threat, by splitting the area down the middle at the 49th parallel, with the British acquiring British Columbia and the Americans accepting Washington and Oregon.

A British Columbia provincial court judge has found a Tofino man guilty of illegally killing a black bear and her cub, despite arguing he only shot one bear in self-defence.

A British Columbia woman who lost nearly a dozen family members in the devastating earthquake in Turkey has returned to Vancouver after a trip to her hometown, and said the region remains desperately in need of help.

A file photo of a British Columbia court building.

A firefighter from an Alaska smoke jumper unit uses a drip torch to set a planned ignition on a fire burning near a highway in northern British Columbia, Canada on July 11, 2023.

A firefighting helicopter flew past homes in the Wilden neighborhood of Kelowna, British Columbia, on Friday.

Aitken Creek is the only underground natural gas storage facility in British Columbia with a total working gas capacity of 77 billion cubic feet.

A labour researcher says he hopes the federal government doesn't rush to intervene in British Columbia's port dispute, even if union members reject a tentative deal with employers Friday.

Andy Buck chatted with people interested in leaving British Columbia to start their policing careers.

A number of other investors are also participating in the deal, including Glencore, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and British Columbia Investment Management.

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