Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] the country " in BNC.
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| 1 | By doing business , inviting foreign experts to work and teach inside China and opening up the country to the world , progress seemed certain . |
| 2 | Opposition parties of both the left and the right accused the government of surrendering to the dictates of the World Bank and the IMF , but on March 9 the Lok Sabha ( lower house of parliament ) approved by a simple voice vote the government 's sweeping economic reforms , as detailed in the budget , which aimed at opening up the country 's protected economy . |
| 3 | Delegates to the national conference agreed on Sept. 19 to put to a referendum a 71-article draft constitution with a multiparty political framework and spelling out the country 's fundamental principles . |
| 4 | And one day we were coming along and these local ladies were coming towards us said oh we love going down the country roads and you know , oh look at all these poor refugees ! |
| 5 | The Polish government has proposed transforming 10 per cent of its debts to western governments ( which total around US$32 billion ) into a domestic fund aimed at cleaning up the country 's environment . |
| 6 | Civil war has been eating up the country for five years . |
| 7 | The communiqué outlined five principles for drawing up and implementing the five- and 10-year plans : ( i ) " firmly follow the road of building socialism with Chinese characteristics " ; ( ii ) " firmly push forward reform and opening to the outside world " ; ( iii ) " firmly implement the principle of developing the national economy in a sustained , stable and co-ordinated manner " ; ( iv ) " firmly follow the principle of self-reliance , hard struggle and building up the country through thrift and diligence " ; and ( v ) " firmly implement the principle of promoting both material civilization and socialist culture and ethics " . |
| 8 | Moving up the country to Bristol , the Lady Byron Park development in Exmouth has been given an all-American flavour with the apartments and homes named after US cities . |
| 9 | Furthermore , a greater emphasis on relations with Moscow does not imply giving up the country 's own democratic future . |
| 10 | You know er you were hippyish in the countryside breathing in the country air and that . |
| 11 | We have been offered a pot-pourri of amendments — some favour London , some favour London and the south-east and others suggest carving up the country into all sorts of different regions . |