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We did the triple, but in all honesty, I suppose we're supposed to display some gratitude. We are grateful because, you know, voted for by the people and all that, we're very happy about that but who else was going to be the best British band at the moment, you know?

We advertised in the British Dental Journal, which is on the web (Internet). A German dentist has applied. We have offered him a post.

We're excited about Beijing, with Simon and the rest of the British guys. I think we can really do something there and shock a few people.

Those were the old antiquated British forms, and they wanted a more clean American form, ... It really hadn't gotten its sea legs yet because this had never been done anywhere else in the world.

We worked on a few things that we've been working on from the British Open onwards with the swing, ... What we've done from there is incorporate a little bit more shot-making, picturing shots a little bit more, which I had completely gone off of for part of this year.

We want to know if this is a resident animal or is coming down from Canada. What they've found in British Columbia and Idaho is that they are very sensitive to disturbance at their den sites, so we'd like to know where those are.

We want to have the place jumping, ... Traditional British people have to start re-examining themselves and their culture in terms of addressing the new age.

We are naturally disappointed when any British athlete admits to being involved in doping to enhance his performance.

If the British are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of shoppers.

Gorgonised me from head to foot With a stony British stare.

We want to achieve two things: to hurry the British government into leaving Iraq and to make it aware of public opinion that it can't join the American government if it attacks Iran.

We want the show to be a vibrant and rewarding experience for its visitors and plan to bring it to life using theatre, entertainment and music. We intend to move it away from being just an exhibition to being a real show that competes head to head with any other top entertainment experience whilst demonstrating the excellence of British marine products.

The British climate, although it is very wet, it is quite mild in winter. We don't get these severe - generally don't get severe winters.

I am not talking to anyone in the British media - they are all pricks.

The death of this British soldier in Iraq deeply saddens me. All our thoughts and sympathies are with the family at this very difficult time.

The contract is for six years. We'll see after that. It has always been a dream of mine to play in the British Premier League for a team like Manchester United.

The fact that they focused on a British official may be a sign that U.S. personnel are now taking a lot more precautions, while Saunders may have been an easier hit. But it also suggests that if they can't hit at senior personnel, this group is prepared to hit at people further down the chain -- and that could be major cause for concern at the Olympics.

Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.

The British secret service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB

The British Government and the Irish Government have accepted very clearly the Mitchell Report.

I have a British passport, but the rest of my family have Indian passports, and I am Indian.

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.

I am Scottish. I am also British.

British business is disappointed that the MPC felt unable to act more boldly to counter the worsening economic circumstances and the sharp slowdown in the pace of economic activity,.

British people are surprised that I'm British!

No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum

The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.

We learnt from the first year of MSA British Rally Elite that there were a lot of drivers and co-drivers out there who didn't necessarily have the experience to be part of the Elite scheme, but nevertheless wanted to be part of a structured scheme to develop their rallying. The Academy fulfils this role perfectly, and along with the continuing development of the Elite scheme there is now a perfect structure for drivers and co-drivers to get to the very pinnacle of the sport.

The reality of life in Northern Ireland is that if you were Protestant, you learned British history, and if you were Catholic, you learned Irish history in school.

The reality of it is Mr. Blair has already decided to stand down himself - it is a question of timing. The sooner that happens now and we get stability in our party with a new leader who makes their own mark, on what their policies are, what their government is and what the future is, that will be an awful lot better for British work, and men and women, and the British working public.

There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.

Though blessed with many able administrators, the British found India just too large and diverse to handle. Many of their decisions stoked Hindu-Muslim tensions, imposing sharp new religious-political identities on Indians.

When my parents came over, they weren't accepted by the British people. They struggled to hold on to their own values and traditions. They worried that we would lose our Asian identity.

This will be a lot from the '60s, with a little from the late '50s and early '70s. It will have the Motown sound, the British invasion.

There have been some questions marks in the British coverage about how damaging, how poisonous this pre-trial publicity will be. And the people in Britain now are very interested to see whether Entwistle is looking at a fair trial or something along the lines of a long, slow lynching in the state of Massachusetts.

There has not been a fundamental breakdown in trust between the British government and the Iraqi government,

When British music magazines say we're overly serious or po-faced I think it's actually an indication that the mindset of people right now is to be completely apolitical and not be concerned about what's happening in the world. To try and draw attention to this, you're labeled as a political party person or something and I think that's sad .

We're overjoyed that Rory has been released safe and sound. We'd like to thank all those in London, Dublin and Iraq who played a role in freeing him. Both British and Irish governments have been extremely helpful - as have many journalistic colleagues around the world and sympathetic groups and individuals in Baghdad.

We're relieved that we've been able to retain the British Grand Prix in this country, as I'm sure Bernie is too.

To be quite frank I think he is very old-fashioned and out of time and he doesn't understand what is going on in the British education system at the moment,

Too often in the past, Tony Blair has gone to Washington and instead of pressing the British case or British arguments, he has effectively done what the president asked him to do and forgotten that he should be arguing Britain's corner.

Too much research can be the writer's enemy. You can spend days on end in the British Library or prowling the streets with a Dictaphone, and it's easy to convince yourself that you're working hard. Often, it can be an excuse not to work; a classic displacement activity.

We believe it is the biggest sponsorship in British sporting history outside of football.

With all the things I've had to go through it would be a big deal for me to get back to British number one.

yet another example of terrorists' cynical and callous disregard for human life. On behalf of the British government, I would like to offer the people of India my support and deepest sympathy.

The president has to answer this. I don't think we can laugh at the London Times and British intelligence. We need to know.

We have to be prepared, ... to reach out the hand of friendship to the British and the Unionists on the basis of equality.

This shows that criminals are attempting to stay ahead of the game by trying to evade detection at British ports.

While I am most at home in London, I cannot really label myself as either British or Trinidadian. I write in the English language and live in the U.K. I find it hard to say that I am an entirely British writer, especially when I supported Trinidad in the 2006 World Cup and also support the West Indies cricket team.

We need to deal with some of our ball control issues, defensive issues and our kicking. We still had a good side out, with four British Lions out on the paddock, and we should have done better.

Well, yeah, I mean I always wanted to be a writer eventually, but I wasn't ever really thinking like in terms of this young. I mean I always fantasized about when I'm 30, I'll go become a British citizen and win the Man Booker award. That's still my big goal.

We will make a detailed assessment of the impact on competition in the various digital and cable sectors, and more particularly the provision of software for set-top boxes in the U.K. and the impact on the choice for British cable subscribers.

When I won the British Masters, things happened and putts went in. Whatever happens with the golfing gods, that's what happens. It wasn't my day today. I'll have to wait for another day.

The government and people of Iraq can with their voices seek a timetable for the exit of the occupiers, ... Certainly, in the end the Americans and British will be forced by bitter experience to leave Iraq.

Tuition fees are the biggest change British universities have had in years. Before they were importers, but now with the tuition fees and given the exchange rates, the cost of studying here is not much more than staying at home.

Tuition fees are the biggest change British universities have had in years,

Yes, there's a reason why some detractors, and even fans, prefer to call the long-running British band ''Depressed Mode.

While the stronger-than-expected rise in British GDP put a further dent in the prospects of an interest rate cut in February, we still expect the combination of sluggish growth and falling inflation this year to prompt a modest loosening of monetary policy.

You cannot hope to bribe or twist, Thank God! the British journalist But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to

You cannot hope to bribe or twist (thank God!) the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to.

We've had a very positive meeting today and Bill has confirmed that he is totally committed to leading the British team for Beijing 2008 (for the Olympics). We agreed in hindsight that some of the issues highlighted in the report could have been handled better. But Bill has affected a massive change in our sport and it's inevitable that not everything will run smoothly.

To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture.

'Up the Junction' went on to inform my love of British social realism. It was the first film I saw of this ilk, a very stark, visceral reflection of England, an England I didn't necessarily feel a part of but that I knew was out there. You could almost smell the bread and butter and cabbage.

The reason that most British actors are better than most American actors in the end is that they don't make any money. At the very end of their lives, they get into a space movie and they make a lot of money, but until that happens, basically, they don't have bank accounts. They live from day to day.

The reception centre, funded by the British government's Department for International Development (DFID), will help the deported migrants with transportation, food rations, basic healthcare, and information on HIV/AIDS and irregular migration issues, including human trafficking and smuggling.

Two British spies have been arrested. Of course they are not silent. They are talking.

Those residents who are there should consider leaving unless their presence there is essential, ... British citizens who remain should exercise extreme caution, especially in public places.

This underlines what people have been forecasting for some time, that Basra is a potential source of trouble, though easily dealt with by British troops until now.

This will be Bernard's first twelve round fight and Wilders will represent a new kind of challenge. He's a very experienced fighter and a former British and European champion so this will be a big test for Bernard.

We cannot ask British pilots to patrol the no-fly zones and not act when we see Saddam Hussein preparing to shoot them down. That is why we took the action yesterday.

With his passing, we have lost an entire generation who left Australia to defend our nation, the British Empire and other nations in the cause of freedom and democracy,

With his earliest work he stood alone in British theatre up against the bewilderment and incomprehension of critics, the audience and writers too.

When I was seven I started BMX racing. I could do tricks and when I was eight I was British champion - but the BMX trophy is the only thing I've ever won!

What Washington could not understand was why none of those who held power on the British side made any attempt to learn about the American people, their history and views. None of them grasped that the Colonies had had representative governments since their inception.

What (British Air) has said is their agenda mustn't (be altered), ... British Airways has to get out of this entrenched position that says, 'This is the only way we see this being achieved.'

We the British are a people that stand by our friends in time of need, trial and tragedy, and we do so without hesitation now.

We will start looking to set up another gallery in the province of New Brunswick, other than in Fredericton, to house works that belong to the Canadian and also possibly the British Beaverbrook foundations.

We don't want British forces forever in Iraq. Within one year, I think at the end of 2006, Iraqi troops will be ready to replace British forces in the south.

We think it's pretty important to maintain contact with the customer. And when you have someone who speaks with a British accent, they say things so much nicer than we do.

You have to really pick and be careful about what is going to get you the biggest mass audience where you could talk about the conditions of the poor people in Africa. That's what we're doing. If you can suggest to me British blacks acts that should be one, that sell in the same quantities as the bands we've got, fine.

Washington liked that look, because it made the British think they were all crack shots.

We are sure that British Muslims will be generous in sending aid to the affected regions, especially in this holy month of Ramadan.

We are still very cautious on leisure and airline stocks. For British Airways the transatlantic route represents about 40 percent of revenue, they still have more room to fall but Lufthansa has made good progress in cutting costs.

We don't actually know the details of why these people were handed over - whether it was under threats or by collusion, or whatever, ... What we do know is that under the law they should have been handed back to the British forces themselves.

We do not think they (the British government) are doing enough. All the government would say is that they were not prepared to respond to our legal argument,

Brits are cool at the moment. We've taken over the world, what with 'Game of Thrones', 'Downton Abbey', One Direction... to be British is to be fashionable.

British women feel happier and more in control of their lives when their home is clean and tidy. Cleaning is the new therapy.

British talent is involved in the other films like the Constant Gardner and I'd argue we are presenting the best of new British film-making talent in our New British Films strand,

British science has a certain style and, of course, my problem is that, although I was born in Czechoslovakia, I am the archetypal British scientist.

British people understand very clearly that the source of this problem is a doubling of world oil prices.

British people don't feel they can tear themselves away from their desk, and have developed a very functional relationship with food.

British officials stress that the NATO troops will not be carrying out a U.S.-style counter-terrorist operation, but they will defend themselves if attacked.

British Columbians want the government and the opposition to work more constructively with each other, and to elevate the level of debate and the level of decorum in the house,

British Columbians are showing that it is possible to protect the environment and provide the economic foundation for healthy communities. This innovative rainforest agreement provides a real world example of how people and wilderness can prosper together.

British Cinema was extremely slow in picking up on the enormous social changes that had been happening since the war, since the Labour government.

British book publishers plan to put a microchip into every book to record who owns it - an unprecedented surveillance measure.

British Biotech sharpened people up in the venture capital community.

British authorities have assured us that they will take the necessary steps to address the threat posed by these individuals, ... I believe the UK did not have the information they needed to charge these individuals.

British Airways was doing everything they could do to put Virgin Atlantic out of business -- what's become famous here as the dirty tricks campaign, ... We felt that we needed the financial muscle to combat them. And I still had a lot to prove at Virgin Atlantic whereas we proved that we could, you know, build and run a successful record company.

British Airways is going to have to focus more and more of its activity on the long-haul markets. And as such, the greater share of their overall profitability will be generated at the North Atlantic market.