the British Isles

Britain and Ireland with the islands near their coasts 不列颠群岛（包括不列颠和爱尔兰两岛及周围小岛）. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, pages xiv, xv. =>Usage at great 用法见 great.

the Antarctic Circle, the Arctic, the Arctic Circle, the Ark of the Covenant, the armed forces, the armed services, the assured, the Authorized Version, the Balkins, the Baltic, the Bastille, the beau monde, the bereaved, the Bible, the Black Country, the Black Death, the Blessed, the Blessed Sacrament, the blind, the body politic, the British, the Broads, the Bronze Age, the burden of proof, the Christian Era, the Church of England, the Civil Service, the class struggle (also the class war), the Communist Party, the Conservative Party, the Consolidated Fund, the Coptic Church, the Corn Laws, the damned, the Dark Ages, the Dark Continent, the deceased, the deep South, the departed, the Depression, the disinherited,