Example sentences of "[noun sg] to this country " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reduction in strikes has been overwhelmingly important in attracting foreign investment to this country on a scale for which there is no precedent . |
| 2 | Given that the Asylum Bill will deny genuine asylum seekers entry to this country , |
| 3 | The Bonnards and their car offered the opportunity they were looking for , a way of gaining entry to this country for two operatives and a device of some kind . ’ |
| 4 | Since the introduction of the duvet to this country in the early 1970's , the duvet has become the most popular form of bedwear . |
| 5 | It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies . |
| 6 | It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies . |
| 7 | With regard to your order for the above tape , I understand from a conversation that I had with Sue Atkins on her return to this country that you were tracing the Agreement documents before returning these to us for signature by the Press and despatch of the tape . |
| 8 | If you believe the Thames Valley CID — not the account they gave at the inquest , when the events were still fresh in everyone 's minds , but the one they came up with in the months following my return to this country — then having lured Dennis on to the river and dosed him with draughts of spiked bubbly , Karen and I went ‘ One , two , three ’ and heaved him overboard . |
| 9 | Each has on return to this country gone back into secular employment to finance the starting of the new church . |
| 10 | Did your husband , on his return to this country , where he expected to be reunited with his wife and family , like the houseboat Grace very much ? " |
| 11 | Both industries are good exporters , producers of foreign currency and wealth to this country . |
| 12 | On the contrary , they place the crisis in the inner cities at the centre of any national programme — of critical importance to this country 's future social , economic , and constitutional well-being . |
| 13 | I introduced the concept to this country during the 1987 General Election in an attempt to overcome one of the major difficulties facing campaign organisers : getting consistent standards of presentation . |
| 14 | The spastics society , which have their own centres in Britain , say that they want to introduce conductive Education to this country , but setting up a centre like the Peto Institute will take time and money . |
| 15 | And er can can we scrape away to say Chairman that er , you know this , this , this situation er it is not to do with government policies , we are paying a very heavy price to this country for world recession as we have paid this very high price , very very large amounts of money that had to be used for people who are unfortunate enough to fall out of employment . |
| 16 | ‘ I am fasting in the hope that others will take part , for an hour or for days , and that we will show our personal commitment to this country by limiting our material needs . ’ |
| 17 | Llandudno had merely assisted with funding his flight to this country and helped to get him a job in the locality . |
| 18 | Unbeknownst to club officials , ‘ Royst ’ was in fact only a visitor to this country and his permit ran out two months ago . |
| 19 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 20 | People living under oppression can not go to the British embassy and seek an entry clearance document , present it to an airline office , take a plane to this country and then seek political asylum . |
| 21 | They also introduced the Sitka Spruce to the Lake District soon after its introduction to this country , 1825–30 . |
| 22 | It is a great testimony to this country that far more of the large , successful companies in Europe are based in Britain than in France or Germany . |
| 23 | The indefatigable Baedeker produced his first guidebook to this country in 1877 . |
| 24 | Which country is er the biggest single supplier of coffee to this country . |
| 25 | The Romans brought the knowledge of lime production to this country and examples of the Roman 's use of lime mortar are still in existance today . |
| 26 | These are all issues that are of great importance and interest to this country . |
| 27 | Outstandingly good dance from Holland in a rare visit to this country . |
| 28 | So the visit to this country by Boris Yeltsin is a timely reminder of the opportunities in that former superpower . |
| 29 | On 1 September 1969 a Mr. Occhi , an Italian who spoke little English , arrived at Victoria Station on his first visit to this country . |
| 30 | The latest of these was contained in the Immigration Act of 1988 , which requires anyone wishing to bring their family to this country to demonstrate that there is support and accommodation available and that the marriage was not entered into primarily for immigration reasons . |