British List

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noun

a list, maintained by the British Ornithologists' Union, of birds accepted as occurring at least once in the British Isles

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How to use British List in a sentence

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In fact, he's not even high on the list of NFL players one jerks off too during halftime at Gillette Stadium.
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There is a larger reason, beyond the airlines themselves, why Lion Air and 61 other Indonesian airlines are on this black list.
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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.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
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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He gives a list of the sponsors of the baptized Indians, who included many of the French nobility and clergy.
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