Example sentences of "[prep] the country as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He waited tactfully with Catherine and the young constable on the embankment , liking the sweep of the country as it spread out in the raw , cold day . |
| 2 | The GLC 's lesbian and gay anti-discrimination policies provided inspiration not just in London , but all over the rest of the country as well . |
| 3 | Captures the angry collapsing mood of the country as Allende 's left wing government is threatened and eventually deposed by a right wing junta . |
| 4 | Outrage comes from the rest of the country as unemployment increases and the recession deepens . |
| 5 | The courses provide a detailed insight into the culture of the country as well as local amenities and business practices . |
| 6 | Participants at the seminar also agreed that a communication policy should strengthen the national culture and the unity of the country as well as ensuring the freedom of the press . |
| 7 | Participants at the seminar also agreed that a communication policy should strengthen the national culture and the unity of the country as well as ensuring the freedom of the press . |
| 8 | Gregory King also estimated that no fewer than ten million acres of England and Wales were still ‘ heaths , moors , mountains , and barren land ’ , rather more than one quarter of the total area of the country as he reckoned it . |
| 9 | Club meetings will be held in various parts of the country as weekend breaks once or twice a year , with a full fish and plantkeeping programme arranged . |
| 10 | According to the 1989 census , Russians accounted for just over half ( 50.8 per cent ) of the total population ; the balance was accounted for by a hundred or more different national groups , ranging from a few hundred Negidals in the Far East to the major Slavic and Muslim groups which occupied the west and south of the country as well as Russia proper . |
| 11 | And although Gramps had left her enough money for just this purpose she 'd been hoping to live cheaply so that she could stay in Ireland for at least a month , see as much of the country as she could . |
| 12 | I was not so much gratified with the interior of the country as I had anticipated but the people tell me I have seen it in an unfavorable season , in consequence of no rain having fallen for 3 months . |
| 13 | if I can comment on that Chairman , the erm , the Authority asked for thirty for next month , along with all the other authorities I think in the country , asked for an improvement in the , in the policing the country , and I think people that live in , in Shropshire , and the people that live in other er , parts of the country as well , would have welcomed the increase in the police force this year , but the government decided not to do that . |
| 14 | It 's the sterile hopeless silence of the country as well as the pollution and dirt that leaves a stain on your memory . |
| 15 | Lessons at the local college and visits to other parts of the country as well as a day out in Paris , are on the agenda . |
| 16 | It had been built when Alphonse Mobuto first came to power and quickly became known throughout the country as La Boucherie , the Butcher 's Shop , because of the number of anti-government dissidents who were tortured then murdered there by the feared and hated Security Police . |
| 17 | Assistance came from all Pertamina affiliates and subsidiaries throughout the country as well as the production sharing contractors , of which LASMO is one . |
| 18 | Will the Government recognise that the only way that many of those pensioners will have a happy and healthy retirement is through a substantial increase in the basic rate of income of at least £5 for a single person and £8 per couple , which is the commitment of the Labour party and which is supported by pensioner groups throughout the country as was shown by a recent lobby of Parliament by pensioners from the north-west which was supported by many Conservative Members ? |
| 19 | In the ensuing days there were further raids on campuses throughout the country as the authorities sought to arrest those whom they alleged were fomenting the unrest . |
| 20 | Gordon Brown , the shadow chancellor , said : ‘ There will be outrage and anger throughout the country as Norman Lamont refuses to guarantee full compensation for pensioners and others on low incomes facing up to £2 a week more on VAT . |
| 21 | He was as little at home in the country as in town ; he believed ardently in social freedom but its ambiguities made him equally ill at ease with all classes . |
| 22 | The reports of the fratricidal strife among the security forces indicated a threatening polarisation in the country as the regime dug in , while a burgeoning opposition gained in confidence . |
| 23 | But there can not be complacency in Downing Street or satisfaction in the country as long as the unemployment figures continue to rise so sharply . |
| 24 | And then she suggested we get one in the country as well . |
| 25 | If things had happened differently he , Lewis , would be living in a house like this or in a flat in central London with a cottage in the country as well . |
| 26 | The company 's vice-president , Horst Nasko , said that , before merger , Nixdorf was the second most important manufacturer in the country as regards volume sales . |
| 27 | The company 's vice-president , Horst Nasko , said that , before merger , Nixdorf was the second most important manufacturer in the country as regards volume sales . |
| 28 | It is the only method we have of associating with our policy the Party as a whole through a body that is representative of the front and back benches and the Party in the country as well as the Party in the House . |
| 29 | In the event the movement collapsed quite quickly in the summer of 1780 , largely because there was no sustained demand for such changes in the country as a whole . |
| 30 | Is my hon. Friend aware that his statement that 28 landfill sites will be used will be widely welcomed in the country as well as , I hope , by responsible organisations such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace ? |