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

British Government in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: british
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 33.1 words

Words in this phrase

british government

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • british can mean: The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain. Common word
  • government can mean: The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

after the british government stopped the 1× by the british government and european 1× did the british government to grant 1× for the british government on the 1× in the british government to talk 1× occupation the british government sent harry 1× of the british government in each 1× of the british government who acted 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after the british 1× as part of 1× british tourists standred 1× but despite ross 1× complicating the process 1× england occupied greek 1×

Common sentence endings:

and european authorities 1× and put away 1× beyond portuguese jurisdiction 1× commissioner in fiji 1× former british colony 1× identify as irish 1×

Context words

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

hong 3× portuguese 3× ireland 3× european 3× high 2× general 2× appointed 2× representatives 2× gibraltar 2× spanish 2× asked 2× grant 2×

Related phrases

scottish government british columbia provincial government delhi government government officials federal government nigerian government syrian government government spending government bonds

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around british:

british prime 11× british airways 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

british fleet british english british empire british columbia british citizen british airways

Just after it in the phrase index:

british museum british pound british prime british royal broad daylight broad range

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

british columbia british english british prime british empire british fleet british airways

Same ending:

scottish government provincial government delhi government federal government nigerian government syrian government

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "british government" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 33.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after the british government stopped the, by the british government and european, hong, portuguese and ireland stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with scottish government, british columbia, provincial government, british prime and british airways, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with british government

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

Short example sentences

England occupied Greek territory, and, with the exception of British Philhellenes, the British government never supported the Greek revolutionaries. (19 words)

The British asked for a report for the British government on the islands, and Vernet asked for British protection should they return. (22 words)

Complicating the process of the British withdrawal from the European Union is a joint measure taken by the British government and European authorities. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

He was approached on behalf of the British Government with the suggestion that if he would become a British subject the Government would be pleased to give him an important executive post and with the hint that if he succeeded a title might await him. (45 words)

The Provisional IRA's strategy was to use force to cause the collapse of the government of Northern Ireland and to inflict such casualties on the British forces that the British government would be forced by public opinion to withdraw from Ireland. (42 words)

Given the mood in the British Government to talk-up the Commonwealth as it prepares to take Britain out of the EU amid growing doubts about its wisdom, Commonwealth trade will undoubtedly be trumpeted by British representatives in whatever guise. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

As part of cost-cutting measures across the British Foreign Service, the British Government closed the British High Commission in Nuku alofa in March 2006, transferring representation of British interests to the High Commissioner in Fiji.

Until the 1920s, governors-general were British subjects, appointed on the advice of the British government, who acted as agents of the British government in each Dominion, as well as being representatives of the monarch.

Gibraltar: British or Spanish?, pg. 8. As in the early years of the British period, during the Siege the British Government considered to exchange Gibraltar for some Spanish possession.

The British asked for a report for the British government on the islands, and Vernet asked for British protection should they return.

The British government's attempt to stem the exodus led to the instigation of the British Nationality Selection Scheme to grant full British citizenship to some Hong Kongers.

He was approached on behalf of the British Government with the suggestion that if he would become a British subject the Government would be pleased to give him an important executive post and with the hint that if he succeeded a title might await him.

The Portuguese government was also interested in the area so, to prevent Portuguese occupation, the British government sent Harry Johnston as British consul with instructions to make treaties with local rulers beyond Portuguese jurisdiction.

The Provisional IRA's strategy was to use force to cause the collapse of the government of Northern Ireland and to inflict such casualties on the British forces that the British government would be forced by public opinion to withdraw from Ireland.

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Responsible government The Rebellions of 1837 brought about great changes to the role of the governor general, prompting, as they did, the British government to grant responsible government to the Canadian provinces.

But despite Ross’s outrage the British Government, seemingly unconcerned by such an ‘anti-British’ move, nodded the change through and the brass plaques of Londonderry City Council were unscrewed and put away.

England occupied Greek territory, and, with the exception of British Philhellenes, the British government never supported the Greek revolutionaries.

British tourists standred here, however, are about to get a reprieve, the British government is making arrangement to fly them out of the island nation.

Rogers urged the British government to impose immediate targeted Magnitsky sanctions against Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam, as well as other Hong Kong and Chinese officials accused of human rights abuses in the former British colony.

Ireland is to press the British government to review domestic laws on citizenship in after a UK court ruled that people born in the region are legally British citizens even if they identify as Irish.

On Thursday, the new British government said that for now, Royal Navy warships would British-flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz; the first such was carried out overnight Wednesday.

Complicating the process of the British withdrawal from the European Union is a joint measure taken by the British government and European authorities.

Given the mood in the British Government to talk-up the Commonwealth as it prepares to take Britain out of the EU amid growing doubts about its wisdom, Commonwealth trade will undoubtedly be trumpeted by British representatives in whatever guise.

However, it’s the British government that may have made the biggest move in terms of this discussion, as British Prime Minister Theresa May has just appointed the country’s – and possibly the world’s – first-ever Minister of Loneliness.

The head of British Airways is urging the British government to tackle the long delays faced by non-European passengers at Europe's busiest airport — London's Heathrow — or risk discouraging them from coming to its shores.

After the British Government stopped the British subsidiary of the American Emerson Electric Co. from shipping the components to Pakistan, he describes his frustration with a supplier from Germany as: "That man from the German team was unethical.

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