It is the Technical Committees that, formally, approve a British Standard, which is then presented to the Secretary of the supervisory Sector Board for endorsement of the fact that the Technical Committee has indeed completed a task for which it was constituted.

The standards produced are titled British Standard XXXX: YYYY where XXXX is the number of the standard, P is the number of the part of the standard ( where the standard is split into multiple parts ) and YYYY is the year in which the standard came into effect.

Products are commonly specified as meeting a particular British Standard, and in general this can be done without any certification or independent testing.

Once published by BSI a PAS has all the functionality of a British Standard for the purposes of creating schemes such as management systems and product benchmarks as well as codes of practice.

Sideline hit in a match Standard Athletic Club vs. British School of Paris ( 1996 )

Telephone jacks are also British Standard BS 6312, as opposed to the RJ11 versions found in other parts of Europe and the world.

In the United Kingdom, this is known as British Summer Time ( BST ); in the Republic of Ireland it is called Irish Standard Time ( IST )— officially changing to GMT in winter.

The Handbook of the International Phonetic Association uses the name " Standard Southern British ".

: Standard Southern British ( where ' Standard ' should not be taken as implying a value judgment of ' correctness ') is the modern equivalent of what has been called ' Received Pronunciation ' (' RP ').

This was known as British Standard Whitworth, but was replaced by other standards in the late 19th century.

The British Gold Standard Act 1925 both introduced the gold bullion standard and simultaneously repealed the gold specie standard.

* BP ( formerly British Petroleum ), successor to Amoco and Standard Oil of Ohio

Three banks were in operation, the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese, Barclays Bank, D. C. O., British, and the Banco Totta e Standard de Moçambique ( a partnership between Standard Bank of South Africa and mainland's Banco Totta & Açores ).

The coffin is draped with her personal Royal Standard of the United Kingdom # Consorts of the British monarch | standard.

At her funeral, Mary's coffin was draped in her personal Royal Standard of the United Kingdom # Consorts of the British monarch | banner of arms.

As a List of Ladies of the Garter | Lady of the Garter, Alexandra's Royal Standard of the United Kingdom # Consorts of the British monarch | banner of arms hung in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, during her lifetime despite the objections of Garter Principal King of Arms, Sir Albert Woods.

Because of the potential confusion, British Standard BS 1339 ( revised 2002 ) suggests avoiding the term " absolute humidity ".

Three banks were in operation, the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese, Barclays Bank, D. C. O., British, and the Banco Totta e Standard de Moçambique ( a joint-venture between Standard Bank of South Africa and Banco Totta & Açores of the Portuguese mainland ).

The newspaper has also awarded the annual Evening Standard Pub of the Year ( discontinued 2007 ) and the Evening Standard British Film Awards since the 1970s.

Standard Oil of Ohio or Sohio was an American oil company that was acquired by British Petroleum, now called BP.

Marine plywood can be graded as being compliant with BS 1088, which is a British Standard for marine plywood.

* BS 0 A standard for standards specifies Development, Structure and Drafting of British Standards themselves.

* BS 6879 for British geocodes, a superset of ISO 3166-2: GB

Many British Standards ( BSs ) – as well as some of the European and International Standards that were adopted as British Standards ( BS EN, BS ISO ) – are also available in public and university libraries in the United Kingdom.

Most popular standard is the British Standard ( BS ) and American Standard ( ASTM ).

It later became a British Standard, " British Standard Whitworth ", abbreviated to BSW and governed by BS 84: 1956.

In December 2006, the British Standards Institution ( BSI ) released an independent standard for BCP — BS 25999-1.

Relevant classifications include BS 1129: 1990 ( British ) which applies to Timber Ladders and Steps ; BS 2037: 1994 ( British ) which applies to Metal and Aluminium Ladders and Steps and BS EN 131: 1993 ( European ) which applies to both Timber and Aluminium Ladders and Steps.

Third-angle projection is primarily used in the United States and Canada, where it is the default projection system according to British Standard BS 8888 and ASME standard ASME Y14. 3M.

* BS 4280 ( 1968 ): Developed by the British Standards Institution

Only the materials of the teat and bottle itself are specifically regulated in some countries ( e. g. British Standards BS 7368: 1990 " Specification for babies ' elastomeric feeding bottle teats ").

* British Standards Institution ( 1996 ): Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems ; BS 8800: 1996.

The commonly-available preferred values for the rated current are 6 A, 10 A, 13 A, 16 A, 20 A, 25 A, 32 A, 40 A, 50 A, 63 A, 80 A, 100 A, and 125A ( Renard series, slightly modified to include current limit of British BS 1363 sockets ).

* British International Helicopters ( BS ), the IATA code

In England and Wales, the Building Regulations ( Approved Document: Part P ) require that domestic electrical installations are designed and installed safely according to the " fundamental principles " given in British Standard BS 7671 Chapter 13.

It was well known for publication of the IEE Wiring Regulations which now continue to be written by the IET and published by the British Standards Institution as BS 7671.

British Standard BS 7671 " Requirements for electrical installations " is the national standard in the United Kingdom for low voltage electrical installations.

In 1992, the IEE Wiring Regulations became British Standard BS 7671 and they are now treated similar to other British Standards.

British Standard BS 7671: 2001 Amendment No 2: 2004 adopted the IEC 60446 colours for fixed wiring in the United Kingdom, with the extension that < font color ="# 808080 "> grey </ font > can also be used for line conductors, such that three colours are available for three-phase installations.

More recently, the horn section of Antibalas have been guest musicians on TV On The Radio's highly acclaimed 2008 album Dear Science, as well as on British band Foals ' 2008 album, Antidotes.

During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the " Special International " Ivor Novello award from ' The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ', twice " The Music Export Prize " from the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade ( 2008 ), as well as the " Lifetime Achievement " award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association ( SMFF ).

Some tracks and demos from the album ( initially planned for release in 2008 ) were leaked on the internet in 2006, and a documentary entitled The Return of Courtney Love, detailing the making of the album, aired on the British television network in the fall of that year.

" Creating the Exemplary Citizen: The Changing Notion of Citizenship in Britain 1870 – 1939 ," Contemporary British History ( 2008 ) 22 # 2 pp 203 – 225

On February 21, 2008, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband admitted that two US extraordinary rendition flights refuelled on Diego Garcia in 2002.

* 2008 – Kathy Staff, British actress ( b. 1928 )

* The Terror ( 2007 ) – British Fantasy Award nominee, 2008

For example, according to a 2008 study by Ipsos, the number of British fantasy sports players aged 16 – 64 is estimated to range between 5. 5 and 7. 5 million.

* 1922 – Francis Pym, British Foreign Secretary 1982-83 ( d. 2008 )

In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of " The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 ".

Laycock ( Britannia the Failed State, 2008 ) has investigated this process of fragmentation and emphasised elements of continuity from the British tribes in the pre-Roman and Roman periods to the kingdoms that formed in the post-Roman period.

Henri also created many graphic works on his typewriter: the typewriter poems ( also known as dactylopoèmes ) feature in international art collections such as those of Francesco Conz in Verona, the Morra Foundation in Naples and Ruth and Marvin Sackner in Miami, and have been the subject of Australian, British and French retrospectives ( Aquaviva 2008 ).

* British entrepreneur Jack Lyons lived in the Hotel Mirador Kempinski in Switzerland for several years until his death in 2008.

* In 2008, IKEA sent an email to their British customers advising that " IKEA Shop Online is open everywhere ", even though this only applied to England and Wales.

* 2008 – British Airways Flight 38 crash lands just short of London Heathrow Airport in England with no fatalities.

* 1954 – Anthony Minghella, British film director ( d. 2008 )

* 1932 – Russ Hamilton, British singer ( d. 2008 )

The 2008 – 09 Manchester display, titled " Lindow Man: A Bog Body Mystery Exhibition at the Manchester Museum ", won the category " Best Archaeological Innovation " in the 2010 British Archaeological Awards, run by the Council for British Archaeology.

In 2008, The Times named Peake among their list of " The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 ".

A Friedman Prize was given to the late British economist Peter Bauer during 2002, Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto during 2004, Mart Laar, former Estonian Prime Minister during 2006 and a young Venezuelan student Yon Goicoechea during 2008.

* 2008 – Neil Aspinall, British record producer ( b. 1941 )

A 2008 British Medical Journal article highlights that the combination of macrolides and statins ( used for lowering cholesterol ) is not advisable and can lead to debilitating myopathy.

* Anathem ( 2008 ) – Locus SF Award winner, 2009 ; British Science Fiction Association Award nominee, 2008 ; Hugo and Clarke Awards nominee, 2009