Example sentences of "of a country [unc] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Regular and systematic analysis of a country 's newspapers can provide information on social trends , which may be difficult to obtain from other sources .
2 National competitiveness — if that is defined as the ability of a country 's firms to compete in world markets , whether through export or overseas production — may be more important , at least to businessmen .
3 Lord Curzon later called this the most complete surrender of a country 's resources to foreign interest that could ever be imagined , Protest within Persian was such that the Shah was compelled to avoid the concession .
4 As a result of the expansion in foreign direct investment , trade deficits are no longer purely national concepts : a large chunk of a country 's exports and imports may be accounted for by foreign firms with bases there .
5 Furthermore , industrial success or failure on a grand scale can have as much , albeit slower , effect as military defeat on the lives and well-being of a country 's citizens .
6 To a large extent it is dependent upon the quantity and quality of a country 's factors of production — land ( soil , climatic conditions , mineral wealth ) , labour ( workforce size , skills and health ) , capital ( plant and machinery , buildings , railways , etc. ) and enterprise ( inventive , innovative and organisational abilities ) .
7 This background experience is coupled with knowledge of a country 's laws , constitution and judicial process and political and historical background .
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