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Sentence Examples The AFP will give evidence next month, and you can bet Smith and a few other Navy witnesses will get a guernsey too. Well when they talk about the four critical labour market challenges facing Australia today, joblessness doesn't get a guernsey. It's a big part of their program obviously, you're not going to turn down an Australian guernsey. This year, my Fitzroy football guernsey turned 10-years-old, and I am proud. Are any players from the pre-existing teams in this League trying to get a guernsey in this new tele-team? Why didn't they get a guernsey to write a song about the historic event that happened in their hometown? Yet whenever Parkinson writes about the UN oil-for-food program this fact never seems to get a guernsey. The news brigade were mostly old newspaper men, few women got a guernsey then, who distrusted radio techniques and thought the tape recorder was an instrument of the devil. Others include a football guernsey from the Collingwood AFL side, signed by all of this year's players, and a gold pendant necklace, donated by Hourglass Jewellers. Billy Hughes, one of the great phrasemakers, gets a guernsey in nearly every section. In the first programme he tackled Clovelly Herring, organic Guernsey beef, an organic veg grower and a Cornish producer of sparkling wine. Britain's last lightship was towed from its position north-west of Guernsey to Harwich, ending an era of 157 years for the vessels. Guernsey lilies make excellent cut flowers and are a terrific addition to rock gardens and container gardens. There are two species of dogfish in Guernsey waters, the Lesser Spotted and the Greater Spotted of Bull Huss. The queen appoints a lieutenant-governor as her representative in the two bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. After almost 40 years in milk production, John and Sally Hart are dispersing their Hilhoath herd of pedigree Jersey and Guernsey milkers. The Guernsey lily, N. sarniensis, makes clusters of 10 iridescent crimson flowers, also on 2-foot stalks. Guernsey is world famous for its top quality freesias which are produced all year round to supply your favourite flowers when you want them. My one serious criticism was that the cream that came with it was a pale shadow of the thick, unpasteurised cream from a Jersey or Guernsey cow that such a pudding calls for. I used to live in Guernsey and I learnt to windsurf and sail dinghies. Show More Sentences Four of them were shipmates from the old Type 21 frigate HMS Avenger, stokers from 3D Mess, two of whom now live in Lancashire, one in Merseyside and the other in Guernsey. Despite most families coming from Jersey, Sark remained within the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The parliament of Guernsey and of the nearby inhabited islands of Herm, Jethou and Lihou is the States of Guernsey. The Bailiff of Guernsey is the civil head, and presiding officer of the States of Guernsey, but not of Alderney or Sark. The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands formed part of the lands of William the Conqueror. The two Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey together make up the Channel Islands. The Bailiwick comprises twelve Parishes, Alderney, Sark and ten on Guernsey. The Germans built many camps in Jersey, Guernsey and four camps in Alderney. The poor Alderney Islands of Britain were curryless for long and Indian food was flown in on the last flight every day from Guernsey Islands. The douzaines of Guernsey, since the year 1844, are represented in the states by deputies, who are delegates rather than representatives. It is too hot to eat much, so we lunch on bananas and the gache loaf bought the previous day, and set off for Guernsey at half past one. A huge Guernsey gache, which is a sort of fruit cake, was flanked by plates and baskets of figs, grapes, nectarines, peaches, and raspberries. In Guernsey the Church of England is the Established Church, although the Dean of Guernsey is not a member of the States of Guernsey. At the Restoration, he was found guilty of high treason and remained in custody in Guernsey for the rest of his life. The Isle of Man and the two states of the Channel Islands, Jersey and Guernsey, are known as the Crown Dependencies. The martello towers was put up for the Guernsey people to get in out of the way of the Grand Saracen. Matt Le Tissier and Graeme Le Saux have represented the FA's full national representative team and were born in Guernsey and Jersey respectively. In 1967, Read was domiciled in the tax haven of Guernsey, where he had a business selling boats. In exile in Jersey and then Guernsey, Victor Hugo took an interest in the vernacular literature. They comprise the Channel Island bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. Show More Sentences There is also public debate in Guernsey about the possibility of independence. However, Jersey and Guernsey have, since the 1960s, become major offshore financial centres on the scale of the Cayman Islands or Bermuda. Jubilee Hospital Radio provided Guernsey hospitals with a radio service, Radio Lions serves Jersey hospitals. There are several local newspapers including the Guernsey Press and the Jersey Evening Post and magazines. The Jersey cricket team and the Guernsey cricket team are both Associate members of the International Cricket Council. The Crown dependencies are the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel. Like in England but not the United Kingdom as a whole the Church of England is the Established Church in the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. Each jurisdiction raises its own taxation, although in 1949 Alderney transferred its rights to Guernsey. Guernsey, with its sandy beaches, cliff walks, seascapes and offshore islands has been a tourist destination since at least the Victorian days. Guernsey loophole towers and a large collection of German fortifications with a number of museums. As with other offshore centres, Guernsey is coming under pressure from bigger nations to change its way of doing business. Thus a person whose housing licence expires may continue to own a Guernsey property, but will no longer be able to live in it. In addition to being a critically acclaimed work of literature, it contains a wealth of insights into Guernsey life during the 20th century. The TV comedy series This is Jinsy is based on Guernsey and its two writers, Chris Bran and Justin Chubb, came from the island. The national animals of the island of Guernsey are the donkey and the Guernsey cow. Butter made from the milk of Guernsey cows also has a distinctive yellow colour. At the end of the Second World War, the Golden Guernsey had almost been rendered extinct due to interbreeding on the island. Of the many traditional Guernsey recipes, the most renowned is a stew called Guernsey Bean Jar. Guernsey participates in the biennial Island Games, which it hosted in 1987 and 2003 at Footes Lane. Guernsey participates as part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey team in the Commonwealth Games. Show More Sentences The Guernsey cricket team plays in the World Cricket League and European Cricket Championship as well as the Sussex Cricket League. The Guernsey Gaels was founded in 1996 and competes in the European Gaelic football leagues. They also have the option to study vocational subjects at the island's Guernsey College of Further Education. The Committee for the Affairs of Jersey and Guernsey recommends approval of Channel Islands legislation. However, there are no over 75 concession available for residents of Sark which is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The Crown dependencies are the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel. As in England, but not the United Kingdom as a whole, the Church of England is the Established Church in the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. The endangered aspect of this shark was publicised in 2005 with a postage stamp issued by Guernsey Post. Outside the United Kingdom, the British Crown Dependencies of Jersey and Guernsey use the pound sterling as their currencies. Ferry links serve Carteret and the islands of Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney from Dielette. On 28 June 1940, they sent a squadron of bombers over the islands and bombed the harbours of Guernsey and Jersey. A platoon of Luftwaffe airmen was flown that evening to Guernsey by Junkers transport planes. Lanz announced through an interpreter that Guernsey was now under German occupation. Sherwill was later imprisoned by the Germans for his role in helping two British spies on Guernsey. Soon after the sinking of HMS Charybdis on 23 October 1943, the bodies of 21 Royal Navy and Royal Marines men were washed up in Guernsey. Light railways were built in Jersey and Guernsey to supply coastal fortifications. In Guernsey, the following are recognised as having died having been jailed. In September 1944 a ship sailed from France to Guernsey under a white flag. A Royal Proclamation read out by Brigadier Alfred Snow in both Guernsey and Jersey vested the authority of military government in him. On 7 June the King and Queen visited Jersey and Guernsey to welcome the oldest possessions of the Crown back to freedom. Show More Sentences The Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Isle of Man are Crown dependencies. In the island of Guernsey, Channel Islands, many traditional farms had furze brakes. Guernsey put in a bid for the 2021 games following the Faroe Islands' withdrawal from hosting. The Ecclesiastical Court in Guernsey predates its first written evidence from the 13th Century. Bedell Cristin in Guernsey acted for Artex Risk Solutions in relation to the acquisition of Heritage Insurance Management Limited. Nerines, often known as Guernsey lilies, are sought after by florists, for bridalwork. B Guernsey Lilies Also known as Nerines, Guernsey Lilies are a lovely, graceful plant that will look superb. Graceful silvery pink flowers crown this Guernsey Lily in September and October. Plinian, the proposed operator for CMC Guernsey in Cameroon is headed by Brad Mills who is a highly regarded mining executive. Guernsey took an early lead when a cross to the back post was headed back across goal by Dom Heaume and Craig Young fired home. Herm, three miles east of Guernsey, is a mile-and-a-half long and half-a-mile wide. Widdows, who grew up on Guernsey, is one of the UK's top flautists and jazz musicians, who travels through Europe playing with top orchestras. In 1969 Royal Mail relinquished control of postal services in the Bailiwick, with Guernsey then being recognised by the Universal Postal Union. Jersey and Guernsey jointly opened an office in Brussels in 2010 to promote their common interests with European Union institutions. The youth cricket teams have been promoted to play in the European Division 1 alongside Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Guernsey. It is also used in Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands and Saint Helena. Guernsey is a jurisdiction within the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency. Taken together with the separate jurisdictions of Alderney and Sark it forms the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The two Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey together form the geographical grouping known as the Channel Islands. The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of Normandy. Show More Sentences The Guernsey Militia was operational in 1337 and would help defend the island for a further 600 years. During the Marian persecutions, three women, the Guernsey Martyrs, were burned at the stake for their Protestant beliefs. Guernsey was very heavily fortified during World War II, out of all proportion to the island's strategic value. Guernsey is divided into ten administrative parishes for local government purposes. Guernsey has a geological history stretching further back into the past than most of Europe. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular offshore finance centre for private equity funds. Guernsey does not have a Central Bank and it issues its own sterling coinage and banknotes. Public services, such as water, wastewater, the two main harbours and the airport are still owned and controlled by the States of Guernsey. It replaced an earlier transport system which was worked by steam, the Guernsey Steam Tramway. Guernsey has a public bus service, operated by CT Plus on behalf of the States of Guernsey Environment Department. This is no longer being contested by the Guernsey Government and several private firms. Data centres are a growing part of the Guernsey economy and are helping it diversify away from mainly finance related industries. In 1304 separate seals were provided to Jersey and Guernsey. Guernsey has the second oldest tennis club in the world, at Kings, with courts built in 1875 and the island has produced a world class player, Heather Watson. Jersey has a separate relationship to the Crown from the other Crown dependencies of Guernsey and the Isle of Man, although all are held by the monarch of the United Kingdom. Guernsey also has one of the oldest softball associations in the world. The Guernsey Softball Association was formally established in 1936, it is now one of the oldest and longest running softball associations to be found. Guernsey became responsible for many governmental functions and services. There is no flag or coat of arms for the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Commonly known as the Guernsey Lily, nerines are mostly plants for the cold greenhouse, but one strain, Nerine bowdenii, is much hardier, and flowers well throughout Scotland. Show More Sentences Independent councillor, Bert Biscoe, organised a fact finding mission to Guernsey in 2011 to see if the island's system of government could be adapted to work in Cornwall. In Britain's Crown Dependencies, the Manx pound, Jersey pound, and Guernsey pound are unregulated by the Bank of England and are issued independently. In 2001 the assembly was enlarged to include representatives of legislative bodies in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, and the UK Government. During the English Civil War, Guernsey sided with the Parliamentarians. The parliament of Guernsey is the States of Deliberation, the parliament of Sark is called the Chief Pleas, and the parliament of Alderney is called the States of Alderney. The oldest Courts of Guernsey can be traced back to the 9th century. In 1403, a Breton squadron defeated the English in the Channel and devastated Jersey, Guernsey and Plymouth, while the French made a landing on the Isle of Wight. In the Channel Islands, the island of Jersey and Castle Cornet in Guernsey supported the King until in December 1651 they surrendered with honour. Royalty is also present, with the Balwen and Jacob sheep from Scone Palace, and, this year, Kathellan welcomed new arrivals, including Guernsey goats and Ryeland sheep. Historically there have been railway networks on Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney, but all of the lines on Jersey and Guernsey have been closed and dismantled. Edward III of England granted a Charter in July 1341 to Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Alderney, confirming their customs and laws to secure allegiance to the English Crown. The electricity, and postal services have been commercialised by the States and are now operated by companies wholly owned by the States of Guernsey. The States of Guernsey wholly own their own airline, Aurigny. In St Peter Port, the main town of Guernsey, some lorries lined up to load tomatoes for export to England were mistaken by the reconnaissance for troop carriers. The six-man Welsh team were 'surprisingly' beaten by Guernsey at Hougue du Pommier, where the Channel Islanders notched up an astonishing 16-6 victory. The industry regulator is the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. Ronald Towner, aged 25, Birbeck House, Guernsey Drive, Chelmsley Wood, was found not guilty by a jury after he denied producing cannabis on the basis he acted under duress. Alderney, where only a handful of islanders remained, was occupied on 2 July and a small detachment travelled from Guernsey to Sark, which surrendered on 4 July. In 1944, the popular German film actress Lil Dagover arrived to entertain German troops in Jersey and Guernsey with a theatre tour to boost morale. Show More Sentences The Guernsey Football Association, Isle of Man Football Association and Jersey Football Association have been affiliated with the FA since 1903, 1908 and 1905 respectively. The customary law of Normandy was developed between the 10th and 13th centuries and survives today through the legal systems of Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The whole jurisdiction of Guernsey is part of the Common Travel Area. Guernsey undertakes a population management mechanism using restrictions over who may work in the island through control of which properties people may live in. Housing licences are for fixed periods, often only valid for 4 years and only as long as the individual remains employed by a specified Guernsey employer. In 1943, several influential Guernseymen living in London formed the Guernsey Society to provide a similar focal point and network for Guernsey exiles. Jersey and Guernsey use three leopards in their national symbols. A more recent novel by Guernseyman Peter Lihou, Rachel's Shoe, describes the period when Guernsey was under German occupation during the Second World War. Plant Guernsey Lily bulbs outside in a warm sunny border or pot. The Masonic Temples in Jersey and Guernsey were ransacked in January 1941 and furnishings and regalia were seized and taken to Berlin for display. The Guernsey cow is a more internationally famous icon of the island. Design variants of the new MP-2 pod will satisfy the SWAP requirements for a wide range of applications, noted Belinda Guernsey, NTS Mechanical Engineering Manager. Aland, Anglesey, the Faroes, Fr ya, Gotland, Guernsey, Hitra, Iceland, Jersey, Malta, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands, St Helena and the Isle of Wight. The following morning, 9 May 1945, HMS Bulldog arrived in St Peter Port, Guernsey and the German forces surrendered unconditionally aboard the vessel at dawn. The torch had three days outside the United Kingdom when it visited the Isle of Man on 2 June, Dublin in Ireland, on 6 June, and both Guernsey and Jersey on 15 July. Your questions Q Are Jersey and Guernsey lilies one and the same plant? Examples from Classical Literature Pete was still in his stocking cap and Wellington boots, but he had a monkey-jacket over his blue guernsey. The church has a very picturesque outline, with a saddle-backed tower like that of St. Sampson's, in Guernsey. Meanwhile Alice untied his neckcloth, and poopy tore open his Guernsey frock and exposed his broad brown chest. And all I could think of was to get away from Guernsey and all the people I knew. The schooner had only left Guernsey, after a refit, the day before I was taken on board her. The frigate did not remain long at Guernsey, but, with the rest of the squadron, put to sea. Nerine Mansellii, a new variety of the Guernsey lily, was one of the loveliest flowers at the show. Have you consulted your parents as to their living with them in Guernsey? In Guernsey the Catioroc is always identified as the site of the Sabbath. A major advantage that Guernsey has over other jurisdictions is that it is located in between the UK and continental Europe. One fell among the Guernsey cookers, tearing a chunk cut of Sergt. Of the utmost importance is to keep the lines of communication open between Guernsey Coating Laboratories and our customers. There are now 766 insurance companies on Guernsey, the world's fourth-largest captive insurance domicile. From the common Guernsey lily it differs only in color of the flowers. The Bailiwick of Guernsey includes the delightful little islands of Alderney, Sark and Herm. His boyhood had passed in the neighborhood of the tin mines, and his youth as the cabin-boy of a smuggler, between Falmouth and Guernsey. The oystercatcher breeds in Guernsey itself about the cliffs. Guernsey is a Crown Dependency and cannot sign or ratify international conventions in its own right unless entrusted to do so. Lethierry's boat made the voyage from Guernsey to St. Malo once a week. The Bailiff of Guernsey still uses a facsimile of the original seal. Show More Sentences In Guernsey, a mother and her two daughters were brought to the stake. Some of the best Holstein Friesian and Jersey cows in Wales will be shown, together with some quite exceptional Ayrshire, Guernsey, Dairy Shorthorn and Brown Swiss animals. Find more words! 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