Example sentences of "country ['s] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the country 's newest dating agency is seeking a suitable partner for 45-year-old Posy , a spurthighed tortoise which knows that spring is in the air . |
| 2 | Denmark suffered its biggest-ever bankruptcy when Hafnia Holding , which once controlled the country 's second-largest insurance group , filed for bankruptcy with debts of DKr6.3 billion ( $1 billion ) . |
| 3 | Kroger , a client of Goldman Sachs , has become the country 's second-largest grocery chain with the help of junk bonds . |
| 4 | A former president of Sagawa Kyubin , the country 's second-largest parcel delivery company , was among four people arrested on Feb. 14 , following a police raid conducted the previous day on the company 's Tokyo offices . |
| 5 | The emergence of the scandal appeared to have struck a mortal blow to the government 's attempts to compact an alliance with the country 's second-largest opposition grouping , Komeito . |
| 6 | Today he controls the Bank of Ayudhya , Thailand 's fifth-largest bank , and Siam City Cement , the country 's second-largest cement producer . |
| 7 | It suggested that defence should be based on " self-reliance and partnership " and a " new internationalism " designed to correspond with the country 's current trading patterns . |
| 8 | Current account surplus or deficit : The deficit difference between exports and imports provides a country 's current account position . |
| 9 | Effectiveness of current account adjustment under floating A floating exchange rate may not be very effective in eliminating a country 's current account deficit ( or reducing a current account surplus ) if the elasticities of demand for imports and exports are of an inappropriate value . |
| 10 | Treasurer Keating had used high interest rates as his main weapon in the struggle to reduce the country 's current account deficit , but they had been for blamed for contributing to the loss of business confidence . |
| 11 | This internationally acclaimed programme has mobilised the Vietnamese people to plant at least 160,000 hectares of trees per year to make up for the loss of some 2.2 million hectares of forest and farmland destroyed during the war , as well as the country 's current forest losses . |
| 12 | Rural land now accounts for 85 per cent of the country 's total land area of 10.597 million ha . |
| 13 | The dependence threshold , the proportion of an ACP country 's total export earnings derived from an eligible product , remained unchanged at 15 per cent . |
| 14 | The western portion of Negros island ( Negros Occidental ) in the central Philippines , also known as ‘ sugarlandia ’ , is renowned for its abundant sugar production , which accounts for 65% of the country 's total sugar harvest . |
| 15 | Among the alternative energies to be developed were wind-power generators and steam-turbine plants fired by wood chips , the waste product of the country 's vast timber industry . |
| 16 | Among the alternative energies to be developed are wind power generators and steam-turbine plants fired by wood chips , the waste product of the country 's vast timber industry . |
| 17 | News of the Italian support followed announcements in December that France was granting a credit of US$17,000,000 for the reconstruction of a mineral water source ; that the European Communities ( EC ) had allocated US$140,000,000 to assist in the country 's socio-economic reconstruction programmes ; and that the African Development Bank was granting US$75,000,000 for agricultural projects . |
| 18 | Members of the country 's 2,800 land reform co-operatives would be allowed to break up their farms and receive individual , negotiable shareholdings . |
| 19 | The well known city of Luzern , possibly one of the country 's greatest tourist attractions , lies at the head of the north-west arm , and the small town of Fluelen , gateway to the Gotthard Pass route , lies 38km ( 24 miles ) away at the end of the long south-east arm which is called the Urner Lake after the name of the Uri canton in which it lies . |
| 20 | In an attempt to reduce the country 's crippling budget deficit the plenum agreed to abolish all subsidies to state enterprises . |
| 21 | Concluding that the country 's increasing debt burden would reduce its net aid receipts in the fiscal year to end-June 1991 , the report projected that debt service costs would rise to US$331,000,000 ( from US$290,000,000 in the previous fiscal year ) . |
| 22 | In fact , if the problem is set within the context of an evidently powerful late-tenth-century Danish monarchy , it is difficult to believe that Harald Bluetooth or his son could not have introduced a naval system had they wished , and when the concern about the country 's southern land defences is remembered , along with the importance that must also have been attached to protection from sea-borne attack , it might seem more likely than not that they did wish . |
| 23 | The attacks brought increased pressure for a change in the country 's liberal asylum provisions , although the Independent of Aug. 31 reported " a few voices warning against politicians giving the impression that constitutional change will solve everything " . |
| 24 | BICC Components has supplied more than £250,000 of materials to Kuwait as part of the country 's multi-billion pound rebuilding programme . |
| 25 | Ayatollah Mohammad Bakr al-Hakim , head of the country 's largest Shia organization , the Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq ( SAIRI ) , was also reported on Aug. 25 to have approved " safe havens " in southern Iraq but to have declined to back the use of Western aircraft to enforce an air exclusion zone . |
| 26 | There were no representations from Metair ( who by then were making arrangement to remove to Biggin Hill ) , from the Ministry of Defence ( which had no alternative site for the country 's largest cadet gliding school ) or from anyone representing warbird interests . |
| 27 | On May 3 the government gave its approval to the formation of the country 's largest banking concern by all six state-owned or state-controlled banks under the name Corporación Bancaria de España SA ; the new corporation would have assets of over $88,000 million and would control 11.7 per cent of the Spanish banking market . |
| 28 | This page Accountants merge : Coopers & Lybrand and Deloitte Haskins & Sells are merging to create the country 's largest accountancy firm with fees of £413m . |
| 29 | British Polythene Industries ( BPI ) , the country 's largest polythene producer , is threatening to shut its recycling operation unless the government encourages its competitors to introduce similar schemes . |
| 30 | There was also a protracted and violent strike by 700 miners at the Emperor gold mine , the country 's largest gold producer . |