This will give you peace of mind, in that you can verify whether or not a professor has submitted a letter. It also gives you a polite way to ask a follow-up: I see that you haven't checked off the spreadsheet for X and it's due in three days.
Of the nearly 200 countries out there, the Brits have invaded all but 22. That is just about 90% of all countries! Mongolia, the Ivory Coast, Bolivia and Sweden are among the selective group of making it to 2013 without a British invasion. Here is the map showing where (pink) the British have invaded.
He is the Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - otherwise known as the UNITED KINGDOM. People from the United Kingdom are known as British. Great Britain is the country that existed before incorporating Ireland in the 1801 - then it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In the early 1900's, most of Ireland claimed independence, and two countries were formed: The Republic of Ireland and The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.