Example sentences of "[prep] countries [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all very well for countries where uniforms were fashionable — as they certainly were not in Britain and the United States — to encourage among the labourers the soldierly virtues , not the least of which was to be poorly paid . |
| 2 | It includes the UK in the category of countries where trade deficits are worryingly large , adding that if market confidence in the pound is not restored , ‘ exchange rate stability might require a further increase in interest rates . |
| 3 | Between 1960 and 1978 , ‘ Food imports rose in a number of countries where agribusiness and local commercial farmers have been most active in modernising the sector ( Argentina , Colombia , Guatemala and Mexico ) ’ ( Armstrong and McGee 1985 : 77 ) . |
| 4 | It will be appropriate to end this discussion by recognizing the fact that it is fundamentally on account of Christ 's maleness that still today , throughout the greater part of Christendom ( and in countries where women now play a leading part in public life ) , women may still not be ordained . |
| 5 | In countries where deposits above a certain amount have to be authorised , such as those over $10,000 ( £6,250 ) in the United States , this entails a team of flunkeys making numerous lower deposits which are then switched around at will . |
| 6 | If there is a benefit to be achieved , and this is not inconsiderable , it would be to stimulate user education in countries where activity is low and which need outside support , particularly in the developing countries . |
| 7 | ‘ We are very keen in principle to run auctions in countries where works of art are not exportable , and are happy to act as ‘ local auctioneers ’ ’ said Thompson . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the trend towards standardization could be discerned in countries where industrialization had gone furthest . |
| 9 | I feel there are a lot more important things in life than looking good , and in countries where life is harder you do n't have time to worry about such things , you 're too busy working or preparing the next meal . |
| 10 | To use it is a hobby , perhaps an additional income , sometimes a lifesaver when things are difficult but in countries where life is altogether harder it can make a startling difference to the family income and the quality of life . |
| 11 | In countries where banking is small-scale and fragmented there are initiatives to promote larger banking groups . |
| 12 | In countries where literacy rates are relatively high , books play an important part in the struggle for human rights . |
| 13 | In countries where literacy rates are relatively high , books play an important part in the struggle for human rights . |
| 14 | It also meant that there was little incentive for them to invest in Britain since it was more profitable for them to invest in countries where profit margins were higher . |
| 15 | Thus in countries where industrialisation and the establishment of the trade union movement came somewhat later this facilitated the organisation of industrial rather than craft unions and , in turn , often contributed to a strongly socialist influence over the labour movement . |
| 16 | This can be a difficult task in countries where sex is n't talked about or where sex education for young people , including gay teenagers , is not generally available . |
| 17 | But even in countries where History and Geography syllabuses have been maintained ( Kenya and Botswana ) , considerably more local study is incorporated . |
| 18 | Some have sought to establish a full banking presence in countries where regulations permit the opening of branches , but , as the reader will appreciate , this is an expensive exercise . |
| 19 | Although its effect on the circulation of wild polioviruses has not been established , the incorporation of a single supplemental dose of IPV into vaccination regimens could substantially reduce the number of paralyses in countries where immunisation coverage with 3 or more doses of OPV is high ( 90% ) , but where immunogenicity studies have revealed large gaps in immunity to poliovirus types 1 and 3 . |
| 20 | First , vaccinia itself is not without its dangers : vaccination against smallpox carries a risk of encephalitis serious enough to have prohibited its use in countries where smallpox was not endemic well before the success of the eradication campaign . |
| 21 | The Eindhoven company plans to scrap 20% of its consumer electronics product range , largely from the lower end of the price range — and it will halt its personal computer activities and withdraw partially from consumer electronics in countries where margins are low . |
| 22 | The results of this meta-analysis confirm the 1987 World Health Organisation recommendation to give vitamin A to children with measles in countries where vitamin A deficiency is a recognised problem — a statement released when only the results of Barclay et al 's study , which were not statistically significant , and of that by Ellison , which was non-randomised , were available , but the sum of current evidence is now too strong to justify further trials in hospitalised measles patients in developing countries . |
| 23 | In countries where socialists have been in government , that something may be corruption . |
| 24 | It can not be useful to talk about population growth ( Nature 362 , 379 ; 1993 ) as a ‘ threat to the global commons ’ that may need to be ‘ dealt with by coercion ’ before it becomes bothersome to ‘ the rest of us ’ , which I assume means those of us lucky enough to live in countries where contraceptives are readily available . |
| 25 | BELOW In countries where rain is likely to be a problem , shelters can be erected under which excavation can take place in all weathers . |
| 26 | Life expectancy at 72 years is the same as in countries where incomes are three times higher . |
| 27 | Rates are also cut in countries where currencies are most closely linked to the deutschmark ( Belgium , Netherlands , Austria and Switzerland , as well as Sweden ) . |
| 28 | In countries where banks are the major source of funds for new businesses a dilemma is created . |
| 29 | 39% of women live in countries where abortion is freely available . |
| 30 | This has been the problem confronting the Catholic hierarchy in countries where devotion to shrines and alleged miracles have got a little out of hand . |