Example sentences of "country 's [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new overtures , reflecting the country 's overriding economic troubles , point to a further lessening of their sway over Mr Gorbachev . |
| 2 | Cedoin , an independent monitoring agency in La Paz , estimates that the Bolivian government has granted logging concessions covering 22.5 million hectares , half the country 's remaining forested area . |
| 3 | Guardian 27 September China to tackle acid rain The Chinese government has announced that controlling the country 's growing acid-rain pollution had become a matter of " extreme urgency " . |
| 4 | In Italy , Mario Segni , the country 's leading political reformer , announced the formation of a new centrist party . |
| 5 | The three new squads will be formed in addition to the Davis Cup squad , and represent the most tangible development of the Cellnet 's sponsorship since the country 's leading cellular phone network operator announced its six-figure commitment to British men 's tennis last autumn . |
| 6 | Halfords , one the country 's leading independent after-sales parts suppliers , said it was ‘ keenly aware of the EC move ’ and was keeping it under review . |
| 7 | The World Bank in Washington DC has placed an order with Reading , Berkshire-based Racal-Redac ( UK ) Ltd for 154 of its CadStar printed circuit board design packages and 57 advanced MS-DOS routers : the products will be used by participants in India 's Impact programme , set up with the help of the World Bank , to provide the country 's leading educational institutions with electronic design automation tools and other software ; Racal-Redac reckons the deal gives it some 50% of the Indian printed circuit board design software market . |
| 8 | In Hungary , the ruling party expelled Istvan Csurka , the country 's leading right-wing nationalist , from its ranks . |
| 9 | The letters pages of the newspapers , the House of Lords and the radio all resounded last month with shocked criticism of the new strategy of English Heritage , the country 's leading conservation body , published in the report Managing England 's Heritage . |
| 10 | After a politburo meeting on Aug. 2 , it was reported that 21 of its 26 members favoured abandoning the controversial proposals , preferring to see ZANU use its current huge parliamentary majority — it held 116 of the 150 seats — to push through policies to combat the country 's pressing economic problems . |
| 11 | Although Hawke retained much of his former Cabinet following the general election , one notable absence was that of former Finance Minister Peter Walsh who retired from government because he felt that the Hawke administration lacked sufficient political will to tackle the country 's pressing financial problems [ see p. 37378 ] . |