British Broadcasting Corporation

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noun

the noncommercial British radio and television broadcasting company. Abbreviation: BBC, B.B.C.

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How to use British Broadcasting Corporation in a sentence

Andrew still plans to fly to Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum on January 21, representing the British government.
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It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.
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He beat his illness twice, wrote about his battles with the disease, and continued broadcasting even as his health was failing.
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But I had won the British Award, Best Foreign Actor, so I went.
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Jourdan Dunn is the first sole black woman to feature on a British ‘Vogue’ cover in 12 years.
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Sweden excluded British goods, conformably to the continental system established by Bonaparte.
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Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
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Many British Ferns evidence a marked tendency to “sport,” and this is a fact which the beginner should always bear in mind.
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The parliament house and library of the British provinces, at Montreal, burned by a mob.
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Where the outside conditions are not very favourable, practically all the British species may be grown with ease under glass.
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