Example sentences of "[prep] country which " in BNC.
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| 1 | A survey was conducted in five countries which were critical cases for the hypothesis : Britain and the United States of America as countries which had the most successful democratic states , Germany and Italy as countries that had experienced fascist regimes within twenty years , and Mexico as a less well-developed country struggling to establish its democratic process ( Almond and Verba 1963 ) . |
| 2 | How quickly , though , and whether there will be sufficient incentive to produce in bulk for countries which are unable to pay are different matters . |
| 3 | China has had the status since 1980 , when America waived a law ( originally intended to benefit Soviet Jews ) that prohibits MFN for countries which restrict emigration . |
| 4 | Both the enlarged access facility and the supplementary financing facility are available to members of the IMF only in conjunction with the use of resources in the upper credit tranches ( i.e. they are special arrangements when normal credit lines are insufficient ) and are for countries which are facing serious payments imbalances that are large in relation to their quotas . |
| 5 | Museum archaeologists and field archaeologists are usually employed to undertake work in a specific locality within their own country , whereas university archaeologists are often able to undertake fieldwork and excavations in other countries , which is particularly useful for countries which have very few archaeologists of their own . |
| 6 | For countries which have ratified the Convention can be held to task if they refuse to allocate resources to deal with these issues domestically . |
| 7 | Economic consequences were particularly severe for countries which were forced to bear the costs of accommodating large numbers of refugees , such as Jordan [ see p. 37639 ] and Turkey [ see p. 37641 ] , or suffer the loss of workers ' remittances , such as Egypt , Pakistan , India , Bangladesh and the Philippines . |
| 8 | Observers noted that the open skies treaty would offer a source of information on military movements for countries which lacked a satellite capability , the main means by which the USA and the Soviet Union gathered such intelligence on each other in the past . |
| 9 | It referred to the possibility of " membership of the organization for countries which fully share OECD values and characteristics and are willing and able to meet the obligations of membership " ( and specifically noted the interest of South Korea and Mexico in OECD membership ) . |
| 10 | The 45th meeting of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) ended in Kyoto , Japan , in defeat for countries which had sought a lifting of the moratorium on commercial whaling [ see ED 70 ] . |
| 11 | A further striking difference between countries which is partly cultural in origin can be found in the differing legal rules which apply to business relationships . |
| 12 | Generally , however , double taxation treaties exist between countries which permit overseas residents to purchase their securities . |
| 13 | So , we are talking about countries which in total cover more than one quarter of the earth 's surface with a population of 400 million people |
| 14 | So , we are talking about countries which in total cover more than one quarter of the earth 's surface with a population of 400 million people , stretching from well north of the arctic circle to the Mediterranean . |
| 15 | It is the governments of countries which do not manufacture them — The Netherlands and Denmark , for instance — which press hardest for action . |
| 16 | It is a paradox that can only damage the Community 's own long-term interests , and those of countries which the Community currently professes to wish to help , notably Eastern Europe and the old USSR . |
| 17 | As one examines the record of countries which have officially adopted the Marxist — Leninist doctrine , one tends to observe in all cases a triad of outcomes — economic inefficiency , religious persecution and political terror . |
| 18 | That particular proposal was of interest only to the limited number of countries which have huissiers de justice , which prompted Professor Graveson when the issue was discussed in 1960 to express the traditional preference of the British Government for bilateral conventions , but the topic attracted more general interest and it was decided to re-examine the whole range of possibilities . |
| 19 | Therefore , if you are confronted with a rug decorated in an intricate and curvilinear floral-inspired scheme , it is reasonable to assume that it probably originates from a workshop group in one of the limited number of countries which specialize in these designs . |
| 20 | The resolution was the act of representatives of countries which hereto have countenanced the language of signs . |
| 21 | Is he aware that the negotiations have been going on for five years , that we must have a replacement for the multi-fibre arrangement that will enable our textiles to penetrate the markets of countries which do not allow any textiles in and those with tariffs of 200 per cent. , and that even the United States has a tariff of 36 per cent . |
| 22 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 23 | The US Representative for Trade Negotiations , Carla Hills , announced on April 28 , 1990 , that under Section 301 of the US Trade Act Thailand would remain on a priority watch list of countries which had not made enough progress in improving intellectual property protection . |
| 24 | The USA had also resisted including the " most favoured nation " principle for services on a global basis , which would require that countries treated all trading partners alike ; the USA wanted to be free to discriminate in favour of countries which opened their markets to US services [ see also pp. 37228-29 ] . |
| 25 | It will all depend on the choice to be made by the national legislatures , and in the case of countries which make the third choice the employee 's option not to transfer may give the worker no more than he or she already has under the Mikkelsen doctrine i.e. the option of going over or resigning from employment with the transferor . |
| 26 | International studies confirm Crossman 's criticism : they place Britain no higher than sixteenth in the league table of countries which most enjoy freedom to publish . |
| 27 | Or perhaps they were still wandering in that long stretch of country which lay between New York and the State of Wisconsin ? |
| 28 | The details of this action are rather scant , but Domesday Book ( see below ) showed a distinct drop in recorded values along a line of country which suggests that the Normans moved quickly to subdue Lewes and then marched westwards to join up with secondary Norman forces landing in the Selsey area to take Chichester before moving towards the Saxon treasury at Winchester . |
| 29 | There is , too , another marked feature of this piece of country which is characteristic of all country enclosed from open fields or common of any kind . |
| 30 | Steadily , quietly , till we stumble on their existence with shocked surprise , pit after pit has been sunk and worked in the beautiful stretch of country which covers the eastern half of the county of Nottingham . |