Example sentences of "about a country " in BNC.
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1 | The subjects or areas for which information about a country is required will vary according to the specific needs of each individual company . |
2 | Those who did go before 1560 were writing about a country which the English wanted to conquer . |
3 | Design says a lot about a country , and our headlong moral and political decline in the post-war era is laid bare by the abject standard of all the contemporary examples of design on view . |
4 | You are talking about a country of power , privilege and class . |
5 | However , it should not just act as a check-list but should relate facts about a country to the expatriate 's new life style . |
6 | I do n't give a damn about Ivan 's ridiculous rag , said Charles , but of course he did , he cared much more than she did , and with reason , for Ivan usually managed to deliver her some backhanded compliment , whereas Charles always got it in the neck : ‘ HEADLEAND CRASHES HEADLONG ’ had been the headline of Ivan 's latest piece of gossip , which had consisted of a dangerous account of Charles 's behaviour at a meeting of a board of directors , laced with unfounded but inventive innuendo about a country house which he and Liz were said to be purchasing as a tax dodge . |
7 | Charlotte and Branwell wrote about a country called Angria , while Emily and Anne wrote about a land called Gondal . |
8 | ‘ Angel , do n't worry so much about a country girl , ’ said his mother , anxious about her son 's state of mind . |
9 | For September , through Caroline Dawnay , Sinclair-Stevenson has bought A N Wilson ‘ s new novel ‘ about a country vicar beset by scandal and family strife ’ . |
10 | Strange , she had been in Denmark for so short a time yet in those few days she had learned so much , not only about herself but about a country she had never even considered visiting before Suzie 's escapade . |
11 | It always looked as if old Wicksy would remain a minor TV figure until his series Heartbeat about a country plod came along . |
12 | When you if if you think about a country of song you might think of Wales , but anybody visiting Ireland will know that it 's really Ireland 's got to be a country of song because if you go there you 've got to sing . |