Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the country " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conference , due to last 40 days , was expected to make fundamental decisions about a new constitution in preparation for the country 's first multiparty elections , scheduled for 1992 . |
| 2 | If they could be cleared , there was some hope for the country ; while they remained , there was none . |
| 3 | When the system appears to be malfunctional , usually at times of economic difficulty for the country , some commentators identify such inherent problems as providing at least a partial explanation for the system 's poor showing . |
| 4 | He was Italy 's most influential art historian , also an art critic , campaigner for the country 's patrimony and a politician . |
| 5 | ‘ You refer to the briefing paper in everything you do , because it details the official Fund stand for the country . |
| 6 | The bit about the country , I mean . |
| 7 | Money sent home has become an important source of income for the country — especially from those who live in the United States and send remittances to their families in dollars . |
| 8 | Who reported the Dunny-in-the-Wold election for the Country Gentleman and Pig Fertilisers ' Gazette ? |
| 9 | However , the latter figure is based on answers to a question in the 1981 census about the country of birth of one 's head of household , and can not be considered very accurate . |
| 10 | A group of four parties — the People 's Party , the Socialist Party , Social Democracy and the Democratic Party of Slovakia — issued a statement on May 18 calling on the CPCz to withdraw voluntarily from the general election in June as an admission of the party 's responsibility for the country 's condition after 41 years of communist rule and of the party 's continued totalitarian tendencies . |
| 11 | In fluent French at a meeting in Paris , the Prince supported their fight for the country 's traditional way of life — a campaign which has included burning the Union Jack and attacking lorryloads of British meat . |
| 12 | The 1961 Programme , for instance , had defined itself as a ‘ Programme for the building of communist society ’ ; the revised version of 1986 was no more than a Programme for the ‘ planned and all-round perfection of socialism ’ and for further advance to communism through the country 's ‘ accelerated socio-economic development ’ . |
| 13 | He also criticized the Blaize administration for the country 's low credit rating . |
| 14 | The venue , previously called Allinsons , was once a top cabaret club for the country 's star names . |
| 15 | The thousands of children who visit the college each year provided much of the research for the country 's first Wildlife and Landscape Management Plan , now regularly consulted by major estates including the Royal Parks . |
| 16 | ‘ Could you take me for a spin through the country , and then on to Sligo ? ’ |
| 17 | And he carried that Conservative generation to vote a motion which preferred Liberalism to Conservatism as the better future for the country . |
| 18 | As this is ’ Youth and Parliament ’ day , led by the British Youth Council , would my right hon. Friend recognise the importance of investing in the young , overcoming unnecessary disadvantages such as handicap , and giving them the opportunity to contribute fully to a better future for the country ? |
| 19 | But my favourite Ford , and the best car for the country dwellers , is the versatile five-door Escort estate , especially the GLX 1.6 version . |
| 20 | Perhaps the most striking indication of how cloth overtook wool as the country 's major export is an action of Henry VII in 1493 : in order to apply economic sanctions to the Low Countries , he banned cloth exports , but not those of wool ( 84 , p.283 ) . |
| 21 | Honestly , always was , ver-near Divorce Proceedings every time I went out with emdy for a Campari after the Country Dancing … |
| 22 | There is a clearly written text with an illustrated chronology of the country 's history taking it up to 1992 . |
| 23 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 24 | A host of small British firms sells small computers and this activity consumes a great deal of the country 's talent in electronics engineering . |
| 25 | BANGKOK — Cambodian guerrillas are staging raids from Thailand on government positions in the northwest of the country but are not trying to hold territory , a guerrilla spokesman said yesterday , Reuter reports . |
| 26 | It was one of a series of insurgent attacks on military and civilian targets in Bujumbura , and in Bubanza and Cibitoke provinces in the northwest of the country . |
| 27 | Well next spring , in May of next year , we 're looking to put a trip together to go to the northwest of the country , to Old Trafford , obviously er Manchester United 's home ground , also to Anfield and also to a couple of er other places that are n't sort of sporty but I 'm sure will interest you . |
| 28 | Justifying the coup of President Alberto Keinya Fujimori as necessary for the political and economic regeneration of the country , de la Puente offered no agenda or guidelines for the National Dialogue as such , but stated that " working commissions " would be established to address six main issues , none of which were delineated . |
| 29 | Curious in that with the bulk of the country 's youth taking their cultural signposts from America and the more visceral thrills offered by rock'n'roll , it seems strange that such a dated and wrinkly musical form should enjoy such an upsurge in fortunes , particularly when it faced competition from sexier young pups operating in the rock idiom such as Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard . |
| 30 | They were among those few who controlled or owned the bulk of the country 's wealth and influence . |