Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] country ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | From its international headquarters in Montreal , Canada , AMARC serves a network of African radio producers and , along with partner organisations on the continent , is developing training materials and resources appropriate for specific countries ' needs . |
| 2 | Part of the burden was thereby eventually eliminated as the prices of advanced countries ' exports to the primary producers rose — reducing the deterioration in the terms of trade . |
| 3 | Although belated , the gesture will win Mr Kaifu kudos in Washington , and guarantee a warm welcome for him at the London summit of rich countries ' leaders in July . |
| 4 | One reason why this recession is causing such alarm is that it has touched parts of rich countries ' economies that other recessions did not reach . |
| 5 | The meeting denounced the contradictions of rich countries ' policies which " took with one hand — by protectionism — what they gave with the other — development aid " , while an OECD divisional head noted that " the question of migration relates directly to the need for a different co-operation and development policy and for trade liberalization " . |
| 6 | In terms of products , technology and markets , Mr Aimetti is right , but human differences of culture and language remain , and the requirements of different countries ' laws still lag far behind what the pan-European company needs . |
| 7 | Alternatively , in some countries previously without a daily paper it has been the government which has started one : there would probably be no daily newspaper in the Central African Republic , Botswana , Niger , Mauritania or Chad had each of these countries ' governments not decided to finance one . |
| 8 | A dish in any Pacific city east of the longitude of Mexico City — Lima , say , or Quito , or Santiago — will be cranked down in the direction of an equally low point on the eastern horizon — for just as American naval vessels involved in exercises off the Pacific coasts of Peru , Ecuador or Chile are regarded as being part of the US Atlantic Fleet , so communicators , for reasons of pure geometry , think of these countries ' capital cities as part of the Atlantic communications network . |
| 9 | Now see how many of these countries ' capital cities you can name and fit them into the grid . |
| 10 | The multilateralism they sought to construct was a reduction and eventual abolition of all countries ' restrictions on trade and investment , such as those on the convertibility of one currency into another and on foreign investments , as well as import duties and import quotas . |
| 11 | Thus the central and distinctive features of ‘ voluntarism ’ in Britain , arbitration courts in Australia and Denmark , and the concept of ‘ exclusive ’ bargaining representation in the United States emerged early in the formation of those countries ' industrial relations ( Kerr et al . , |
| 12 | Three quarters of developing countries ' earnings come from just 33 commodities , and an individual country is likely to be dependent on just two or three of these.4 |
| 13 | But the writers who use world-system theories in empirical studies of particular countries ' economic history include features that draw it closer to regulationist theory : for example , the uncertainty , problems and changes associated with conflicts over international hegemony are often studied . |
| 14 | Mark asked him how he could reconcile his views with what was clearly Britain s basic needs ; the need to maintain a strong manufacturing base as a defence capability ; the need to correct a massive and worsening trade deficit on manufactured products ; and the need to provide talented school-leavers with creative career opportunities in the manufacturing sector as designers , physicists , chemists and engineers as opposed to the more mundane jobs in the service sector as warehousemen and handlers of other countries ' goods . |
| 15 | Given that the video is intended for international sale , 's requests concerning the respecting of other countries ' mores ( especially to do with the representation of minorities , religion , sex and violence ) will be adhered to . |
| 16 | Given that the video is intended for international sale , 's requests concerning the respecting of other countries ' mores ( especially to do with the representation of minorities , religion , sex and violence ) will be adhered to . |
| 17 | Given that the video is intended for international sale , 's requests concerning the respecting of other countries ' mores ( especially to do with the representation of minorities , religion , sex and violence ) will be adhered to . |
| 18 | The bit of the UN charter that tells nosey parkers to keep out of other countries ' business is less respected than it was , as Saddam Hussein knows to his cost . |
| 19 | In Scotland during the past year we have witnessed the distasteful spectacle of Dounreay scouring the planet and touting for business as the nuclear prostitute of the world , seeking to sign as many contracts as possible to dispose of other countries ' spent nuclear fuel while the clock ticks away towards the 1994 deadline set by the Government when funding for the 250 MW prototype fast reactor will cease . |
| 20 | In its new report , the World Bank focused on ( i ) strengthening the skills of African people and institutions ; ( ii ) additional debt relief and increased external aid in support of African countries ' efforts ( from US$15,000 million in 1990 to US$20,000 million by 2000 ) ; and ( iii ) the need for a " global coalition " of donors and beneficiaries to tackle long-term problems . |
| 21 | The waste had originally been exported to Belgium for reprocessing , in contravention of both countries ' laws . |
| 22 | Officials from 35 countries held preliminary discussions on July 15-17 on working out a European Energy Charter , planned for signature in mid-December 1991 , which would link the Soviet Union 's oil and gas supplies with Western countries ' financing and technological expertise . |
| 23 | Many American , Russian , British and French high-technology weapons will fall into other countries ' hands . |
| 24 | Ironically , part of the British problem was due to the success of the OEEC and EPU : under their efforts sterling had become convertible in most circumstances into other countries ' currencies , leading to the end of Britain 's restrictions on sterling which in the past had enabled it to protect its markets in the sterling area . |
| 25 | These statutes were ironically among the main foci of opposition during those countries ' independence movements . |
| 26 | ( Metric and Imperial measure comparison of all weapon sizes in this book are mathematical and do not take account of slight variations in different countries ' measurements of bore sizes , etc . ) |
| 27 | This demand was extrapolated from the projected growth in such countries ' gross national product . |
| 28 | The result is a sharp jump in developing countries ' share of world output , to 34% from 18% on the old method . |
| 29 | Stockholm : Dealers welcomed the rise in other countries ' interest rates as it closes the gap with Sweden 's own high rates , which are unchanged . |
| 30 | The promises on human rights seemed as tenuous as the Declaration on Liberated Europe , issued at Yalta 30 years before , and it was difficult to reconcile the Helsinki pledge to refrain from interference in other countries ' affairs with the Brezhnev doctrine . |