Example sentences of "of [art] country [unc] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cut was said by observers to reflect the gravity of the country 's financial difficulties and the weakness of the world cocoa market . |
| 2 | He announced a major round of government-funded construction expenditure , which was to be funded by special bonds , and a reinforcement of the country 's financial structure . |
| 3 | Memories of the country 's former sadness as a battlefield and burial ground make it depressing for many English ; Bernard and Laura , by contrast , conscious that both their fathers had fought in this part of France in World War I , found this link with their native country comforting . |
| 4 | An amendment to the law on political organizations approved by the People 's Assembly on July 16 prohibited parties whose aims were " fascist , anti-national , chauvinistic , racist , totalitarian , communist , Marxist-Leninist , Stalinist " or " Enverist " ( i.e. following the ideology of the country 's former ruler Enver Hoxha ) . |
| 5 | When a governmental official in a Third World country recommends ( under the influence of a bribe ) that his country purchase the more expensive but less adequate of two types of aircraft , then the extra millions of dollars will be found from the taxes sweated out of the country 's impoverished citizens . |
| 6 | I went , therefore , to one of the country 's 1,398 secondary schools in September 1939 . |
| 7 | Death from lung diseases in Liaoning province — site of some of the country 's heaviest industry — is four to five times the Western average . |
| 8 | It is reckoned no coincidence that leaders of the country 's communist party , who are close ANC allies , were in the forefront of the march against Ciskei . |
| 9 | In their largest offensive of the year , dubbed " Punishment for the Undemocratic Armed Forces " , guerrillas of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) staged a co-ordinated offensive in seven of the country 's 14 departments on Nov. 19-20 . |
| 10 | Elections to the National Assembly were now to take place through the direct and secret vote of the population — deputies having previously been elected by members of each of the country 's 14 provincial assemblies ( which were popularly elected ) from among their own members . |
| 11 | Originally scheduled for July 13 but postponed in the face of legal challenges , it was held on the basis that a simple majority in 75 per cent of the country 's 16 states would be sufficient for approval of the proposition . |
| 12 | Most of the destruction was caused by Iraqi sabotage , although allied bombing was reported to have ignited as many as 34 wells and to have damaged 13 of the country 's 18 oil-gathering facilities . |
| 13 | FRENCH exports of wines and spirits fell last year for the first time in 20 years as recession caught up with one of the country 's proudest industries . |
| 14 | The programme aims to raise awareness of the importance of lowland heath , which provides a habitat for a unique range of often rare plants and animals , including all six of England 's reptile species and some of the country 's rarest birds , such as the Dartford warbler and nightjar . |
| 15 | This was the first sign of the real importance Britain was to accord civil aviation , viewing it as an essential component of the country 's postwar recovery . |
| 16 | It is a shame that our only access to the experiences of the Colombian people is via the odd journalistic collage , usually lifted from El Tiempo , one of the country 's Liberal newspapers . |
| 17 | Those who live around me in Grand Lodge 's two largest provinces , East and West Lancashire ( where 15% of the country 's 320,000 masons live ) , would be horrified to read of their Craft 's occult and pagan links . |
| 18 | The cabinet announced 48 measures to speed up integration of the country 's immigrant population , including a permanent inter-ministerial committee on integration . |
| 19 | Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut 's abrupt resignation as Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister on June 11 prompted speculation about the stability of the country 's six-party coalition government . |
| 20 | In December a number of PFLP detainees were released [ see p. 37136 ] , and on Jan. 20 , 1990 , Badran issued a circular to all government departments allowing for the re-employment of any civil servant who had been discharged since the April 1989 riots on the strength of the country 's martial law regulations . |
| 21 | THE RUSSIAN government threatened to resign yesterday if parliament prised its fingers from control of the country 's economic reforms , a move that would plunge the country into its worst crisis since last August 's coup . |
| 22 | But some of the country 's economic difficulties have direct and indirect effects on provision . |
| 23 | These developments reflect the government 's acceptance of the importance of education as the key instrument in the liberation of human talent and as the principal agent of the country 's economic regeneration . |
| 24 | In a message officially acknowledging Thailand 's decision to comply with Article VIII the Managing Director of the IMF , Michel Camdessus , said that it was a " clear indication of the country 's economic strength and its willingness to support a liberalized foreign exchange system " . |
| 25 | The position of Agnos had been undermined by a large budget deficit ( much of it inherited ) , the effects of the country 's economic recession and the legacy of the 1989 earthquake [ see pp. 36970-71 ] . |
| 26 | The credit , under the Fund 's structural adjustment facility ( SAF ) , was in support of the country 's economic reform programme and constituted the third , and final , instalment of a three-year SAF credit equivalent to SDR20,510,000 approved in 1989 . |
| 27 | With Clinton carrying the campaign into the hitherto safe Republican areas , Perot eschewed campaigning in person in favour of buying huge amounts of television time for lengthy " info-commercials " designed to inform the electorate about his analysis of the country 's economic difficulties . |
| 28 | He was relatively unknown , but was praised by Iliescu for his grasp of the country 's economic problems . |
| 29 | In York , one of the country 's major historic and tourist centres and the city best known to this writer , the visitor 's search for some genuine experience of a better , bygone England will find little reward inside most of the old city 's public houses . |
| 30 | In a decision which was widely predicted , Mr Patten has declared himself minded to uphold the view of the department 's inspectorate that Consortium Developments , representing several of the country 's major home-builders , had not made a sufficiently strong case for the development of 4,800 houses in what is an abandoned quarry and a conifer plantation . |