Sentence examples for adopt a British from inspiring English sources

One alternative may be to adopt a British model.

We can neutralize the inclination to adopt a British accent after only a few weeks in London.

To be sure, none of these proposals amounts to suggesting that the United States should abolish the Affordable Care Act and adopt a British or Canadian system.

When the bill of rights commission set up by the coalition government in 2012 went to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to find out what they thought of the HRA, they returned to London with a very blunt message ringing in their ears: the plan to repeal the HRA and adopt a British bill of rights is a ridiculous metropolitan Tory idea that should be put back in the box.

The 15-nation Security Council is set to adopt a British- and Jordanian-drafted resolution later on Sunday, diplomats said.

The British Invasion of 1964 66 greatly influenced garage bands, providing them with a national audience, leading many (often surf or hot rod groups) to adopt a British Invasion lilt, and encouraging many more groups to form.

Finally, Robertson's suggestion that adopting a British bill of rights would somehow convince European judges to leave us alone is somewhat fanciful.

She played the girlfriend of a carjacker (Nicolas Cage) in Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) and later adopted a British accent and mastered street fighting and kickboxing for the title roles in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003).

*gradually adopts a British accent during first date*.

They create a new con in which Sydney adopts a British accent and the title of Lady.

The Eurosceptic Daily Telegraph ran an article suggesting that readers adopt a "bracingly British" version of the trend – brygge.