Example sentences of "[subord] [art] country ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry , that 's scuzzy , hardcore-crazy Zurich , not the more garage-inclined Lausanne in the French-speaking section , where the country 's top DJ , Dario Mancini — lives and records for the new Mania Records set-up . |
| 2 | That is exactly what happened : Japan 's net exports of long-term capital soared to $130 billion a year , much larger than the country 's current-account surplus . |
| 3 | The oil and gas industry has lost more jobs since 1982 than the country 's car , steel and textile industries combined . |
| 4 | The east coast of Britain has notably less rainfall than the country 's average . |
| 5 | A new population of grey wolves has been discovered in northern Israel , larger and darker than the country 's other wolves . |
| 6 | Although the country 's economy had grown in real terms by 3.5 per cent in 1989 , the Central Bank 's current prediction was that the figure for 1990 would show a 3 per cent contraction , attributable largely to a drop in tourism and to the continuing weak performance by export manufacturing . |
| 7 | Although the country 's economy suffered intolerable strains as a result of the war , hardship was much greater in the public domain than the private . |
| 8 | Once the country 's largest dry ski-slope is fully operational it is hoped to offer up to 70 part-time jobs to experienced skiers . |
| 9 | Salvadorean women can not begin the practical experiment by which they hope to change their lives — now largely a theoretical debate — until the country 's right to self-determination is respected . |
| 10 | If the country 's nuclear experts really are as bright as they would like us to think , they should be bright enough to come up with a convincing case for spending so much money , or to find cheaper ways of demonstrating the technology . |
| 11 | Voters will elect a new government on November 26 — the same day they decide if the country 's ban on abortion should be changed . |
| 12 | Roberto Guimaraes , who coordinated the work on the survey , notes that much ecological damage could be prevented if the country 's strict environmental-protection laws were properly enforced . |
| 13 | But the British Nuclear Forum warns that thousands of Russians would die of hypothermia if the country 's nuclear capacity , which provides 15 per cent of total electricity needs , were to belost . |
| 14 | If a country 's exchange rate is generally thought to be overvalued , however , then the central bank concerned would face heavy losses of foreign currency if it attempted to maintain the exchange rate at its current value . |
| 15 | However , funds provided in the third category would be available only if a country 's domestic policies were adjusted to that prescribed by the Community 's Council of Ministers . |
| 16 | The first is that if a country 's economy can support a widespread increase in per capita income , then people will move out of the " lower " classes and these may become less significant in population and marketing terms . |
| 17 | IF a country 's international standing really can be measured by its performances in the sporting arena , Britain is in an even worse mess than the bad tempered Commons row between John Major and his former Chancellor suggests . |
| 18 | Total exports must pay for total imports , and if a country 's exports fall then imports will also fall unless the deficiency in exports can be made good in the ways specified . |
| 19 | IT HAS not been much of a week for Welsh politicians because the country 's resounding rejection of Mr Neil Kinnock has been followed by the decision of the International Rugby Board to ignore the reservations expressed by the Welsh Rugby Union and to hold the 1995 World Cup in South Africa . |
| 20 | Because the country 's traditional strength is in manufacturing , which can be done anywhere , such migration is turning out to be alarmingly common . |
| 21 | The UK 's relative lack of success in exploiting innovative technology is not , therefore , because the country 's engineers and scientists lack good innovative ideas or that its R&D is not of the highest quality . |
| 22 | By the end of the 1940s , Spain was on the verge of a major economic crisis , because the country 's infrastructure was incapable of sustaining the programme of self-sufficiency adopted for political reasons in 1939 . |
| 23 | In part , this is because the country 's main coal-fired power plants had been awarded free permits for 75 per cent of their " baseline " output ( calculated on the basis of their average emissions in the 1980s ) . |
| 24 | While the country 's heritage vanished at an ever-faster rate , our town centres would sprout cosmeticized precincts and flower boxes and hold congratulatory receptions . |
| 25 | After all , in France cut-price stores blossomed while the country 's economy was still growing strongly . |
| 26 | In 1990 around 58 per cent of exports went to EC countries and 74 per cent of imports came from the EC , while the country 's five EFTA partners accounted for only 7 per cent of trade . |
| 27 | While the country 's political leaders prepared for the next round of constitutional negotiations , the National Party ( NP ) government struggled to maintain its credibility as press reports revealed a series of corruption scandals and allegations against the South African Defence Force ( SADF ) and the South African Police ( SAP ) . |
| 28 | Meanwhile we have reached the ridiculous position where executive homes lie empty and unsold in suburbia while the country 's rural young and inner city poor remain unhoused . ’ |
| 29 | By 1984 the Financial Times issue of 13 February was reporting Iran as cutting imports since the country 's ports and internal distribution services could no longer handle the flood of goods destined for the country . |
| 30 | And when the country 's worst riots in decades brought the ugliest face of the rich-poor divide into every citizen 's living room , Bush shrugged it off . |