Example sentences of "japan and the [noun] states " in BNC.

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1 The result was an emphatic seven-try victory over a courageous side who , over the past few months in their own colours and in their other incarnation as the Canadian national team , have overwhelmed Japan and the United States and been pipped by Wales and Ireland ( minus their Lions ) after surrendering leads late on .
2 But Professor Leadbetter also feels the laboratory has a duty to serve British industry , which , he said , lags behind Japan and the United States in the exploitation of advanced facilities such as the SRS .
3 The Euro institutionalists see Japan and the United States as if they were multi-national companies rather than countries , and they seem to be trying to respond in kind , as if they were the directors of Europe Ltd .
4 EC industries like financial services and telecommunications which have most to gain from global deregulation and liberalisation of trade will find themselves excluded from foreign markets because of the EC 's protectionism being reciprocated in East Asia , Japan and the United States .
5 Comparable tokamaks to JET are under construction in Japan and the United States .
6 Since 1971 , 1280 kg of plutonium produced in the UK has been exported for civil purposes principally to Belgium , France , the Federal Republic of Germany , Switzerland , Japan and the United States .
7 There was little thought that the ‘ balance ’ would ultimately rest between the two old enemies , Japan and the United States ; nor that the entire Pacific Ocean and all the countries around it were to become , to a greater or lesser extent , dependent upon and in thrall to these two protagonists in the conference .
8 He could remind them that since 1981 , the volume of manufactured exports from the United Kingdom has outstripped that of France , Germany , Japan and the United States of America .
9 Even in the engine rooms of the world 's manufacturing market place , such as Japan and the United States , output is falling .
10 The good medium and high-tech firms all flourished in Germany , Japan and the United States — indeed , in all countries .
11 It was precisely because the measures in the social chapter would have damaged first employment prospects and secondly our competitiveness against Japan and the United States that I found them unacceptable .
12 The reason for not accepting what people call the social chapter , which is in reality the imposition of labour laws that would damage our competitiveness , is that we intend to keep our competitiveness and we are not prepared to lose our competitiveness against Japan and the United States , even though that is the express policy of the Labour party .
13 Trade relations between Japan and the United States improved at the start of April as the so-called " Structural Impediments Initiative " ( SII ) talks [ see p. 37319 ] produced an agreement by the two sides on a number of the outstanding points of conflict .
14 Malawi 's main trading partners in 1988 were : imports from South Africa , Japan and the United States ; exports to the United States , the United Kingdom and Zambia .
15 Japan and the United States agreed on June 4 , after some years of often acrimonious debate , to extend for a further five years the deal reached in 1986 on the easing of access to the Japanese market for US manufacturers of chips for use in computer assembly .
16 ECU2,000 million would come from the EC , and the remainder , it was expected , from the non-European members of the G-7 ( Canada , Japan and the United States ) .
17 It was endorsed by European countries , Canada , Japan and the United States .
18 Pioneer believes that , as in Japan and the United States , analogue videodisc is growing , especially in the consumer sector .
19 For example , the NTSC standard favoured in Japan and the United States , uses 525 lines to create a screen of information while European standards , PAL and SECAM , both use 625 lines .
20 Pilot products and experimental broadcasts have been continuing in Europe , Japan and the United States as interests groups jockey for position and strategic advantage .
21 He said ; They go all over the world to Japan and the United States .
22 To compete , we need to send as many youngsters into colleges of higher education as they do in Japan and the United States .
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