• The fact that the British did not see matters in black and white does not mean that they were indifferent to race.

    ECONOMIST: The British empire

  • In British Columbia, that matters: there, apart from a few small areas (such as on Vancouver Island), natives never ceded their land by treaty and claim that nearly all the province is still theirs.

    ECONOMIST: Canada

  • Afghanistan was discussed but only in general terms and specific matters relating to British troop deployments were not raised.

    BBC: Brown speaks to President Obama

  • It matters because the British security services clearly knew about him.

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  • This ignores recommendations made in March by a similar group set up by the Advocate General, Lord Wallace, who handles Scottish legal matters for the British government.

    ECONOMIST: A fuss over a London court��s overruling of Scottish judges

  • "We never discuss special forces or operational matters, " a British military spokesman said, Reuters news agency reported.

    CNN: Report: SAS in Kabul gun battle

  • "One has not come away with the impression that there is a gap between the British and the Americans on these matters, " he said.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Politics | Number 10 loyalist defends Blair

  • Faraday eventually succeeded Davy as the British government's trusted adviser on scientific matters, the Royal Institution's star lecturer, and London's foremost populariser of science.

    ECONOMIST: Science

  • Because these bills have come into force at different times, and because the British people tend to be bored by constitutional matters, some have attracted less attention than they deserve.

    ECONOMIST: Undoing Britain?

  • Snobs on its face would seem to be a facile story about a striving, dopey girl who marries for status in a somewhat backwards British society where status of the family tree kind still matters a great deal.

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  • Which is why for the British government, and the Chancellor George Osborne, what matters more than the choice of a president is that in the coming weeks the US legislature finds a way of steering America away from the so-called fiscal cliff.

    BBC: Does US election matter to us?

  • Low carbon dioxide emissions are all that matters in the UK at the moment, one British official said.

    BBC: The Jaguar XJ

  • Lord Dannatt, a former head of the British Army who used to advise the Conservative Party on defence matters, believes service personnel will be pleased to be involved with the Olympics.

    BBC: London 2012: 13,500 troops to provide Olympic security

  • The British, for example, are determined not to surrender their national veto on matters of tax and social security.

    ECONOMIST: The European Union

  • Her role is clear: "As Head of State The Queen has to remain strictly neutral with respect to political matters, unable to vote or stand for election, " according to the British Monarchy's website.

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  • Eileen Steinbock, from the British Dietetic Association's Food Counts group, which has looked at improving nutrition in hospitals, says what matters most is communication between caterers, dieticians and staff on the wards.

    BBC: Do hospitals cater for patients with special diets?

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