Example sentences of "[art] [adj] countries ' [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crowning absurdity of the rich countries ' current thinking on aid is not , however , their preference for lots of tied aid to not-terribly-poor countries , but their fondness for combining big cheques with barriers to trade . |
| 2 | That would only hasten the rich countries ' relative decline . |
| 3 | According to forecasts by the Paris-based OECD , the industrial countries ' economic think-tank , Austria 's GDP will fall by 0.4% in 1993 . |
| 4 | The two countries ' joint forestry committee has called for retaliatory action , including a ban on imports of certain EC products , to be taken by the forthcoming meeting of economic ministers of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) . |
| 5 | The main item on the agenda will be reduction of troop numbers along the two countries ' common border . |
| 6 | The snub has sparked fears that the Clinton administration is about to put the two countries ' special relationship on hold in retaliation for Tory support of George Bush in the presidential campaign . |