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

British Museum in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: museum
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.5 words

Words in this phrase

british museum

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • british can mean: The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain. Common word
  • museum can mean: A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

at the british museum 1× at the british museum hailed the 1× at the british museum returned to 1× burn the british museum book of 1× by the british museum press london 1× from the british museum 1× in the british museum 1× in the british museum compiled between 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the british museum 2× after an archaeology 1× after the defeat 1× an amphora that 1× burn the british 1× in 2012 the 1×

Common sentence endings:

the british museum 4× 204 5 h 1× and many others 1× at no charge 1× british satirical prints 1× building in nigeria 1×

Context words

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

london 4× nigeria 4× louvre 3× art 3× press 3× national 3× egyptian 2× berlin 2× catalogue 2× collection 2× sculptures 2× part 2×

Related phrases

british columbia national museum british english art museum british government british prime british empire aviation museum british fleet british airways

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

british government british fleet british english british empire british columbia british citizen

Just after it in the phrase index:

british pound british prime british royal broad daylight broad range broad spectrum

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

british columbia british english british government british prime british empire british fleet

Same ending:

national museum art museum aviation museum metropolitan museum

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "british museum" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as at the british museum, at the british museum hailed the, london, nigeria and louvre stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with british columbia, national museum and british english, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with british museum

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

Short example sentences

Burn, The British Museum book of Greek and Roman art (London, The British Museum Press, 1991), pp. 204–5 *H. (20 words)

L. King, Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum: Supplement I, British Museum, 1914 *W. (21 words)

Lissant Bolton, keeper of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the British Museum, hailed the partnership with the Manhyia Palace Museum. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

The great eleven volume Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum compiled between 1870 and 1954 is the definitive reference work for the study of British Satirical prints. (39 words)

Nigeria to build new museum for looted art (Yesterday) - … of Benin, in modern-day Nigeria — are at the British Museum … returned to Benin City in Nigeria’s southern Edo state and … hopes that the building in Nigeria. (37 words)

After the defeat of the French forces under Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1801, the Egyptian antiquities collected were confiscated by the British army and presented to the British Museum in 1803. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Today, such artifacts fill entire wings of the British Museum, the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Egyptian Museum in Berlin.

Such as: the Hermitage, the Louvre, the British Museum, the Berlin Museum, the Moscow State Museum of fine arts and many others.

Burn, The British Museum book of Greek and Roman art (London, The British Museum Press, 1991), pp. 204–5 *H.

L. King, Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum: Supplement I, British Museum, 1914 *W.

See John Prag and Richard Neave's report in Making Faces: Using Forensic and Archaeological Evidence, published for the Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press, London: 1997.

The British Museum became increasingly popular during the 19th century, amongst all age groups and social classes who visited the British Museum, especially on public holidays.

The British Museum has steadfastly refused to return the sculptures, citation and successive British governments have been unwilling to force the Museum to do so (which would require legislation).

An amphora that is part of the Panagyurishte Treasure from the National Historical Museum, Bulgaria, displayed in Luxury & Power: Persia to Greece at the British Museum.

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In 2012, the Scottish Government called for the 82 pieces which are in the British Museum to be brought to the National Museum of Scotland have the full set reunited in Scotland.

Lissant Bolton, keeper of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the British Museum, hailed the partnership with the Manhyia Palace Museum.

Museum trustee Chris Gosden said the British Museum Act 1963 was not an 'impediment' to other loan arrangements in the future.

Nigeria to build new museum for looted art (Yesterday) - … of Benin, in modern-day Nigeria — are at the British Museum … returned to Benin City in Nigeria’s southern Edo state and … hopes that the building in Nigeria.

Though most of them were destroyed, one remains in the Acropolis Museum, one in the Louvre and 14 are in the British Museum, forming part of Lord Elgin's haul.

In London, you can visit some of their top sites including the British Museum, Natural History Museum, National Gallery, and the Tate Modern at no charge.

London: The British Museum Press, p. 270 In 1962 the Duveen Gallery was finally restored and the Parthenon Sculptures were moved back into it, once again at the heart of the museum.

These were bought from the Turkish ruler of Greece in the early 1800s by a British ambassador, Lord Elgin, and later placed in the British Museum.

After the defeat of the French forces under Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1801, the Egyptian antiquities collected were confiscated by the British army and presented to the British Museum in 1803.

In the same year the Act of Parliament establishing the British Library was passed, separating the collection of manuscripts and printed books from the British Museum.

The great eleven volume Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum compiled between 1870 and 1954 is the definitive reference work for the study of British Satirical prints.

After an archaeology career which saw her travel the world, Mrs Marten was awarded an OBE in 1980 and made a trustee of the British Museum.

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