Example sentences of "of a country [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most countries bank deposits transferred by means of cheques are freely accepted in the discharge of debts and as such constitute as much a part of a country 's money supply as its bank notes . |
| 2 | Bank deposits , because they are freely accepted in payment/settlement of debts , form part of a country 's money supply . |
| 3 | In fact the main component of a country 's money supply is not cash but deposits in banks and other financial institutions . |
| 4 | A draft agreement containing proposals for 10 per cent of the total volume of a country 's textile imports effected under bilaterally negotiated MFA quotas in 1990 , to be brought under GATT rules as of 1992 , was still under discussion when the Uruguay Round was suspended in December [ see p. 37930 ] . |
| 5 | The state of a country 's trading balance on a geographical basis may direct our attention to the condition of the trade balance with the rest of the world . |
| 6 | Rates of progress are , though , difficult to compare without a common yardstick ; obviously , evaluation of a country 's progress towards its own goals does not aid international comparison , given the differing priorities placed on residential safety and environmental quality by different governments and , indeed , by different local authorities . |
| 7 | The general rule is that the efficiency of a country 's intelligence operations is in inverse proportion to the number of agencies it operates . |
| 8 | A surplus may be taken as an indication of a country 's ability to service its external debt , whereas a deficit might imply , if not corrected or offset by capital inflows , future debt servicing problems . |
| 9 | Historical metaphors can never do justice to the complexity of a country 's past , but at this early stage of my trip I felt I was beginning to discern a snake 's energy and inertia in Peru 's past . |
| 10 | Whatever the policies and commitments of a country 's past and current governments may be , it is not possible to exclude the possibility that some future government will not alter the " irrevocably fixed " exchange rates of its currency , or impose restrictions on the movement of capital and , thus , secede from the exchange rate union . |
| 11 | This is not a consideration which applies to other factors of production : there is far less concern about the proportion of a country 's capital stock which is lying idle than there is about the proportion of the labour force which is unemployed . |
| 12 | It provides a measure of a country 's export competitiveness : a rise in the index implies a fall in competitiveness , and vice versa . |
| 13 | An analysis of economic facts can provide some indication of a country 's stage of economic development and progress . |
| 14 | Actuarial predictions of a country 's mortality record are now very reliable , but it is at least a theoretical risk that the record could deteriorate unexpectedly . |
| 15 | The rate of economic and social advancement of a country 's population can influence political stability . |
| 16 | Rescheduling of such debts has become a necessity for the private banks , and a practice which has emerged is that new agreements have been made conditional on such countries accepting the stringent programmes of the IMF which are intended to promote effective adjustment of a country 's balance of payments and ensure that the use of Fund resources is temporary . |
| 17 | The IMF decided , in 1988 , that the limit to enlarged access would be 440 per cent of a country 's quota over a three-year period . |
| 18 | Bargaining levels are related to the structure of the parties themselves in collective bargaining , particularly the extent to which their own respective organisations are strongly centralised ( federated ) at national level , and to the extent or density of unionisation of a country 's labour force ( Clegg , 1976 ) . |
| 19 | The prevalent structural forms of a country 's trade union movement have a number of important consequences . |