Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] countries " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are two internment Christmases , half-forgotten episodes separated by 35 years in wars between the same countries , that deserve a retrospective . |
| 2 | Percy Marlborough Stewart left to the people of Pocklington his collection of water-lilies , one of the finest in Europe , and the Stewart collection containing illustrations and objects of the many countries of the world which he visited on his hunting expeditions . |
| 3 | It is possible to dial a number and , within seconds , to he speaking to a business acquaintance or friend in Saudi Arabia , the USA or Australia , to name just three of the many countries it is possible to dial direct . |
| 4 | America is one of the few countries that , in effect , taxes corporate income twice : once as corporation tax , and a second time as personal-income tax , when the income is paid out as dividends . |
| 5 | This disillusionment among the young must be worrying for the Iranian regime , which is one of the few countries in the world with a minimum voting age of only 15 . |
| 6 | France , he adds , is one of the few countries where science and technology has a future . |
| 7 | England is one of the few countries in which the legal tradition provides a test which can distinguish between the natural and the unnatural , the civilised and the barbarous . |
| 8 | Singapore is one of the few countries that supports the reality of global business . |
| 9 | But Bolivia is one of the few countries in which hyperinflation has had a happy outcome . |
| 10 | Although Australia remain one of the few countries to have taken part in every Summer Olympiad ( Greece , Switzerland and Great Britain are the others ) , they did not bring a cricket team to Paris . |
| 11 | Holland is one of the few countries which practices a hotel grading system ranging from 1 to 5 stars . |
| 12 | Nowadays , struggling on in the name of Islamic socialism , Algeria is a place of austerity , one of the few countries on earth where you ca n't get Coca-Cola . |
| 13 | Britain , says Ash , must be one of the few countries where being ‘ too clever by half ’ is regarded as a stinging insult . |
| 14 | South Africa is one of the few countries in the world where people drive on the left , so that most motorcars have a right-hand drive . |
| 15 | Ours is one of the few countries in the European Community that would meet those aspects of the stage 3 European monetary union standards . |
| 16 | In doing so it became one of the few countries where the brand has an active agency handling Guinness through the retail distribution system . |
| 17 | Britain is currently one of the few countries in the world where so-called " gene food " is already on sale . |
| 18 | Mexico is one of the few countries that still allow fishermen to encircle and snare dolphins to catch the tuna that swim with them . |
| 19 | But one of the few countries he has not designed for is his homeland Hungary . |
| 20 | " When you think of the relations we had with the most countries , " said the Queen later , " and suddenly they do n't care to talk to you , or write to you , ask you to come and stay in their country … |
| 21 | Legal concepts , together with the symbolic use of law , play a much greater role in structuring general ideologies in the latter countries ( as Chapters 11 and 13 of this book show ) . |
| 22 | Until 1976 the Commission had responsibility for England , Wales and Scotland , but thereafter its role in the latter countries has been taken over by the Welsh and Scottish Development Agencies ( Carney and Hudson 1978 , 1979 ) . |
| 23 | Much of the criticism , however , is directed against the nationalism of the developing countries — against Arab , African or Latin American nationalism , for example — which challenges in various ways the dominance of the industrial capitalist nations ; yet it is evident that nationalism is just as strong in the latter countries , though for good historical reasons ( they are long established , accepted nation states ) it may be less vehemently expressed . |
| 24 | A bit late : the bank 's growth in lending , and therefore its leverage , except in a few countries like China , Vietnam and Argentina , is likely to slow in the coming years . |
| 25 | Although the central confederations of employers ' associations are usually much less involved in collective bargaining than are the industry associations , nevertheless in a few countries the peak organisations do play a major role . |
| 26 | Firms can choose to concentrate their resources in a few countries and emphasise exports to other markets , or they can disperse their resources and emphasise FDI . |
| 27 | Only in a few countries in Northern Europe , ours among them , is an incorrupt public service normal . |
| 28 | I suppose that in a few countries like Nazi Germany in nineteen-thirty-six the erm the nation 's amateur champions were given a special backing because of the force of nationalism erm national focus of attention on them at that date , but it , it still was , they were amateurs still meeting on equal ground . |
| 29 | It seems strange to extend the hand of friendship and economic co-operation to the same countries that we are threatening with mass extermination . |
| 30 | This was the Commission on the Constitution asked to look at ‘ the present functions of the central legislature and government in relation to the several countries , nations and regions of the United kingdom ’ . |