Example sentences of "among the [noun] state " in BNC.
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| 1 | In time the Soviet bloc might begin to break up as nationalism reasserted itself among the satellite states . |
| 2 | The Organisation of European Co-operation ( O.E.E.C. ) , which had been established to agree the division of the Marshall Aid among the member states , also liberated trading generally , and in a space of six years trading within the European states had doubled . |
| 3 | The need for oil export revenues thus varies among the member states and influences the attitude of individual OPEC members on the cartel 's oil output and price policies . |
| 4 | The Directive 's provisions are also so flexible , because of the difficulty in reaching a consensus among the member states and commentators , that there are grave doubts about whether there is any point in adopting them at all . |
| 5 | Both proposals , little changed in respect to the previous , have been controversial within the Commission itself and are still causing problems among the member states . |
| 6 | Despite the provision for votes ( weighted broadly according to members ' population size ) the Council usually tried to establish a unanimous position among the member states . |
| 7 | If vessels registered in one member state could freely change to the flag of another member state and , as a result , obtain access to the quotas of that state , the aim of the quota system , which was to ensure a fair distribution of the available fisheries resources among the member states for the benefit of their fishing regions and industries allied thereto , would be frustrated . |
| 8 | Equally , unless the sharp differences in social security régimes among the Member States are harmonised through an effective levelling-up process , the social services in some areas may find surprising new demands placed upon them . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , in a little-known episode of the Community 's history , Greenland in 1984 , following unanimous agreement among the Member States , became the only state to be allowed to withdraw from the EEC ; in doing so , it reduced the EEC 's land surface area by half . |
| 10 | The relationship with the Philippines was associated with a more general interest among the member states of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) , as well as Australia , in attracting Taiwanese investment capital . |
| 11 | The Council " notes that there is a wide recognition of the need to extend or define the Community 's competence in specific areas " , among them : " the social dimension , including the need for social dialogue ; economic and social cohesion among the member states ; improved protection of the environment in order to ensure sustainable growth ; the health sector and in particular the combating of major diseases ; a research effort commensurate with the development of the Community 's competitive capacity ; an energy policy aiming at greater security and efficiency , bearing in mind also co-operation in the whole of Europe [ a Dutch proposal ] ; providing the Community with major infrastructures , allowing also the completion of a trans-European network ; safeguarding the diversity of the European heritage and promoting cultural exchanges and education … " |
| 12 | This was to be pursued in three phases , starting with ( i ) the co-ordination of monetary policies among the member states , to be initiated by the formation of a council of central bank governors and aimed at achieving desirable fiscal limits and the liberalization of wages , prices , trade , financial and commercial policies ; this was to be followed by ( ii ) the requirement that those countries which had not yet achieved macro-economic stability maintain parities within an agreed band ; there would finally take place ( iii ) the creation of a Caribbean monetary authority with powers to issue a single currency . |
| 13 | " The European Council underlined the importance in this context of reinforcing the convergence process among the member states ' economies , which is crucial for maintaining monetary stability and for creating the framework for sustainable growth and rising employment … |
| 14 | The CFE treaty as originally signed in Paris in November 1990 [ see pp. 37838-39 ] could not be implemented because of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and consequent disagreements among the successor states . |