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You might not think it to read the coverage in the British media, but this woman is some kind of hero in the poorest regions of the world. People in the Foreign Office used to laugh at the international development department. Now its work is seen as integral to British international standing. Clare Short
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You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play. Jeanette Winterson
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This is disastrous news for British manufacturing. It is inconceivable that workers in France would be laid off on this scale. O. J. Simpson
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This is important because many US companies only do offshore business with companies that have this standard. This is also true for some British and European companies.
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This is the first co-operation between our museum and the British Museum, and I hope we will have more exchanges in the future.
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I just wear what I like and lots of it is British, Natalie Massenet
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And though I've lived in the States for over 25 years and am now an American citizen, I still hear British voices in my head. Bernard Cornwell
british-novelist cases despite failures people recognize regime
First of all we have to recognize that despite all the problems - and in some cases failures - that this regime has been much more successful, much more resilient, than people had anticipated. Mitchell Reiss
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First of all, I think the situation today is different. We're in a different place than we were in '93, '94.
british-actor destined production
Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film. Ron Moody
british-actor bummed falling turned
Everything is just falling into place for me right now. I just turned 30, which I thought I was going to be bummed about, but I'm not. Matthew Perry
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The results of this survey confirm that safety in the home has become a major issue for the British public. If you want to sell your home quickly, upgrading your security systems will be a major help.
british government response satisfied
The response of the British government has been very correct. I am satisfied with it.
british cut death diplomatic execution exports government oil public threatened true
There was a docudrama that was made, called 'The Death Of A Princess,' which was about a true story in Saudi Arabia. It was about a public execution for adultery. And when the movie was aired on British television, the Saudi government threatened to cut off oil exports and to cut off diplomatic relations.
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As the seventh wife of Henry VIII I hope I would have managed to do the old monster in-my cooking comes to mind, as I am a hopeless cook. Antonia Fraser
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At Subaru we gave opportunities to young British drivers, taking first Colin McRae, then Richard Burns to the world rally title. That is a goal of mine in Formula One.
british late returned time
At some time late in life, he may have returned to the British Isles.
british-actor earn living thrilled tough truly
At the beginning, it was tough for me to actually become an actor. I was so thrilled that I was able to earn my living doing something I truly loved. Terence Stamp
british dangerous royal swim
At 300 to 500 feet, you can actually swim to the surface. It is very dangerous to do so, but it has been done by the British Royal Navy.
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At the end of the day it was a guy from Nepal and a guy from New Zealand who conquered the world's highest peak for the British Empire. Bannister's feat a year later meant as much to the nation if not more. An Englishman had finally got to the top of the mountain. Frank Deford
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At the end of the 1980s as a complete surprise my old Edinburgh friend, Ed Southern offered me the Chair of Microbiology at the University of Oxford. Paul Nurse
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Consolidation isn't new, though... it was a major factor in our rush to form the Gathering and place a stake in the ground to ensure that there is a solid path for developers who are willing to stay independent and build their own companies on their own terms.
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Washington liked that look, because it made the British think they were all crack shots.
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Warren Spector is amazing, and his team is as good as any in the business. Shame to see all the revenues from their game entangled with all the madness of the Dallas office.
british-economist capital invested machinery
The proportions, too, in which the capital that is to support labour, and the capital that is invested in tools, machinery and buildings, may be variously combined. David Ricardo
british-economist common retrograde states wages whether
The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state.
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The exchangeable value of all commodities, rises as the difficulties of their production increase.
british-economist capital gradually left produce withdraw
If we were left to ourselves, unfettered by legislative enactments, we should gradually withdraw our capital from the cultivation of such lands, and import the produce which is at present raised upon them.
british-novelist incredibly tests work
Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.
british-comedian grammy musical work
You know, Python should have won a Grammy for our musical work on the show. Graham Chapman
british-comedian
Dressing up as decrepit old ladies, and even decrepit young ladies, was one of our staples.
british-musician high
There's high, and there's high, and to get really high - I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high-that's where I'm going. George Harrison
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The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one. George Gissing