Example sentences of "country that [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In common with other countries that evaded colonial domination , such as Ethiopia , Afghanistan bred within its intelligentsia and military élite a sense of deep resentment at the country 's backwardness , and an impatient , often brutal , determination to modernise the country . |
| 2 | Consider for instance EC countries that export agricultural produce to other EC countries . |
| 3 | If the brand name is standardised worldwide in English it may be found to have an unfavourable meaning in some countries , or it may not be pronounceable in other countries that lack certain letters of the alphabet . |
| 4 | Information on UK exports of military , security , and police equipment , training and personnel to countries that violate human rights , and Amnesty 's campaign against the commerce in torture . |
| 5 | But in industrial countries in particular — or in countries that abut industrial countries — the rain has been growing steadily more acidic in recent decades , to the point where it has already done severe damage to ancient buildings and statues , where it is has virtually destroyed vast numbers of trees in continental Europe ( notably Germany ) and killed most of the life , including the fish and crayfish , in many of the lakes and rivers of Scandinavia . |
| 6 | In the rapidly changing European scene , Latin Europe can perhaps break the West-East dichotomy and start to build bridges with non-European Spanish-speaking countries that share similar communication and cultural ties . |
| 7 | Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Liu Huaqiu expressed unease at the situation , stating that " China 's reunification is an irresistible historical trend " and that the Chinese government was " opposed to any official relations , contacts and exchanges of an official nature between Taiwan and countries that have diplomatic relations with the People 's Republic " . |
| 8 | Not only are numbers increasing every year but most students qualify in universities and polytechnics , whereas in other countries that have similar numbers entering higher education there is a much higher wastage rate . |
| 9 | The report states that rates of child poverty ’ remained constant in the 1980 's for most countries , but doubled in the United Kingdom The results of longitudinal studies suggest that countries that have more child poverty and do not provide universal child care or other programmes to reduce inequalities before the child goes into the school system will have more crime . |
| 10 | The Secretary of State put before us a whole catalogue of countries that have ballistic missile capability , and a substantial number of them appear to have embarked on a nuclear weapons programme . |
| 11 | And since those countries that have nuclear weapons are not disposed to get rid of them , some testing is needed to make sure that those they keep still work . |
| 12 | He is chairman of the IAEA 's Nuclear Safety Advisory Group , which gives him a pivotal role in co-ordinating the safety policies of all countries that have nuclear installations . |
| 13 | It is estimated , moreover , that in those countries that reported maternal deaths by age , for every 100,000 live births , 56 women die from related causes ( Table 18 ) . |
| 14 | If one country 's chemical companies face tough standards for water discharges , that is no reason to penalise imports of chemicals from other countries that impose weaker standards . |
| 15 | When the EC negotiated car imports with Japan , it asked Britain to take a 20% rise — the largest among European countries that enforce individual quotas . |
| 16 | This is balance of trade improving for those countries that supply other member countries with diverted imports . |
| 17 | Countries that set higher standards could then be asked to justify them if they block trade . |
| 18 | Its decision was thought to be motivated by concern about pressure from the US , which threatened during the meeting to impose trade sanctions on countries that resumed commercial whaling . |
| 19 | Liberal democracy describes the political system in a number of countries that meet certain criteria , such as the freedoms to form and join organizations , to express opinions , to vote and to compete for votes and to stand for public office , plus the holding of free and fair elections and the existence of institutions which ensure that government policies reflect popularly expressed preferences ( Johnston , 1989d , after Dahl , 1978 ) . |
| 20 | We feel , then , that Britain is a country that offers more opportunity for its people than ever before . |
| 21 | The organisation that is demonstrated by the London collection deserves a marking of 10 out of 10 but there must be many more collection points in the country that deserve similar consideration by ‘ the centre ’ . |
| 22 | These reasons may not be entirely true , but since formal advice on radon exposure was first issued in 1987 by the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) great concern has arisen in the few areas of the country that have high radon levels . |
| 23 | ‘ It would indicate to the rest of the world that Australia is not just a hillbilly , resource-rich country but a country that places great store on its scientific and technological expertise . ’ |