Example sentences of "from [v-ing] [art] country " in BNC.
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| 1 | ECOMOG 's continuing presence in Liberia had prevented the NPFL from seizing the country 's capital , Monrovia . |
| 2 | Then you reminded yourself that they were a bunch of gilded pederasts who spent what little time they could spare from betraying the country 's secrets in stealing the Security Service 's territory , influence and share of the Secret Funds . |
| 3 | They argued that it would act as a mirror " to reflect the desires , opinions and hardships of the Thai society " so as to promote unity , ensure that the population 's grievances were heard , and prevent future crises from undermining the country and its institutions . |
| 4 | One does not want to occasion unnecessary delay in exercising those controls , but they must be sufficiently firm and rigorous to ensure that criminals who try to get into the country are detected and that illegal immigrants are similarly detected and prevented from entering the country . |
| 5 | A special congressional committee investigating arms and drug smuggling recommended in late 1989 that certain prominent politicians and officials should be excluded from public life or dismissed , or barred from entering the country , because of their alleged connections with such activities . |
| 6 | The ruling National Salvation Front ( NSF ) decided on April 11 to bar former King Michael , 68 , who lived in exile , from entering the country . |
| 7 | Three Soviet diplomats at the UN secretariat in Geneva were in April 1990 barred from re-entering the country for attempting to collect confidential technological information . |
| 8 | The country now faces a bitter debate , with anti-abortionists seeking to overthrow the dilution of the constitutional ban , which was forced on the government by the Supreme Court after a 14-year-old rape victim was initially prevented from leaving the country for an abortion . |
| 9 | RUSSIA seized Mikhail Gorbachev 's passport yesterday and barred him from leaving the country . |
| 10 | To justify their failure to grant compensation , French authorities argue they could have simply stopped ‘ Jardin a Auvers ’ from leaving the country by invoking the 1941 Vichy law , which makes no provision for compensation . |
| 11 | The report seems to concede that no export regulation could conceivably have prevented this collection from leaving the country , and also acknowledges that one of the main reasons why Baron von Thyssen , and other great collectors such as Heinz Berggruen , chose to bring their art collection to Switzerland in the first place was , and remains , the great freedom offered by the Swiss legal system . |
| 12 | While in the 1970s Turkish law prevented any art or antiquities from leaving the country , for whatever reason , in the 1980s the Turkish government woke up to the prestige and international recognition that could accrue from sending travelling exhibitions abroad . |
| 13 | It has , however , sought other ways to stop earnings from leaving the country . |
| 14 | It was reported on Aug. 8 that the interim government had instructed immigration officials to prevent members of Bhutto 's government and the PPP from leaving the country . |
| 15 | Whilst welcoming the agreement , the ANC questioned the government 's commitment to the amnesty , pointing out that although the UN stipulated unconditional amnesty for all political crimes , the government retained the exclusive prerogative to grant or refuse amnesty for crimes ranging from leaving the country illegally to murder . |
| 16 | A decisionwas taken on Aug. 7 to ban ministers , former members of the Supreme Military Council , and senior government officials from leaving the country . |
| 17 | The Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 26 after a two-day private hearing that the order banning the girl from leaving the country should be lifted . |
| 18 | These constitutional provisions had previously been called into question during a highly controversial case in February 1992 when the High Court in Dublin prevented a 14-year-old girl and her family from procuring an abortion or from leaving Ireland for nine months , even though she had repeatedly threatened to commit suicide ; the order preventing her from leaving the country was subsequently lifted after an appeal based on recognition of the equal rights of mother and child and the right to freedom of movement within the EC [ see p. 38780 ] . |
| 19 | It 's understood the proceedings arise from their decision to deport the legal guardian of six Nottingham children who were prohibited from leaving the country . |
| 20 | Contempt writs have been served against the Home Secretary and his predecessor Kenneth Clarke for trying to deport the legal guardian of six Nottingham children who were prohibited from leaving the country . |
| 21 | Several vessels are now being prevented from leaving the country while their crew members are questioned by police |
| 22 | Contempt writs have been served against the Home Secretary and his predecessor Kenneth Clarke for trying to deport the legal guardian of six Nottingham children who were prohibited from leaving the country . |