Example sentences of "world countries " in BNC.
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| 1 | WASHINGTON — The city 's infant mortality rate has surged to the level of some Third World countries , largely as a result of cocaine-addiction among young women , writes John Lichfield . |
| 2 | So far about 100 have been established , mainly in Scandinavia but also in Japan and several third world countries . |
| 3 | An obvious snag is the power cuts which are common in third world countries . |
| 4 | Frank Chapman , an executive council member of the EEPTU electricians ' union , was hissed and slow-handclapped when he asserted that scaling down nuclear power would put a brake on economic development in third world countries . |
| 5 | John Roper , of the Royal Institute of International Affairs , warned that economic failure combined with growing nationalistic fervour in some East European and Third World countries could lead instead to the emergence of extremely right-wing , authoritarian regimes . |
| 6 | The fraud involved creation of false profits and stocks in the books over a seven-year period through use of purported contracts , which in reality did not exist , with third world countries . |
| 7 | This project gives advice to Third World countries on how to manage their farming , forestry and agricultural needs . |
| 8 | Moves to ban waste shipments to Third World countries blocked |
| 9 | Unlike many Third World countries , though , the Eastern European economies are industrial and have been capitalist . |
| 10 | From the middle of the decade onwards the two largest Third World countries , China and India , failed to increase their grain production . |
| 11 | Energy efficiency may be the quickest way to abate emissions of carbon dioxide but it is hard to imagine it being applied effectively in Third World countries , whose output of the gas is likely to overtake the developed world 's in the second or third decade of the next century . |
| 12 | The two biggest Third World countries , China and India , were , by contrast with Brazil , doing well so far as growth rates are concerned . |
| 13 | They are indeed considerable achievements , but what they show most clearly is how hard it will be to get the major Third World countries to agree on any protocol which could slow down or affect industrial growth . |
| 14 | Technology and resource transfers to help and persuade Third World countries to combat the effects of global climate change potentially could impose enormous charges on the developed nations in addition to what they have to spend nationally and regionally . |
| 15 | It seems you confuse Third World countries . |
| 16 | ‘ We ca n't compete on price with Third World countries , ’ says Ray , ‘ because it 's so labour-intensive . |
| 17 | Education about the Third World which does not refer to the socio-economic problems of rural Europe can promote a belief that European development has worked and that failure lives elsewhere in the world , or that there is no relationship between the problems of European DRAs and those of the predominantly rural Third World countries . |
| 18 | All over the world countries are turning to democracy and free markets . |
| 19 | Nash argues that the position of women has deteriorated despite development activities because of the concentration on production for profit rather than for the welfare of the population in many Third World countries . |
| 20 | The so-called modern values bring about a convergence of culture through improved mass communications , the elites of Third World countries come to share the same culture as those in the industrialised world . |
| 21 | Thus in a rapidly growing population there will be relatively few older people , as in many contemporary Third World countries ; while in a stagnant population they will be relatively more numerous , and more of them will lack the support of children . |
| 22 | He treated wealthy Canadian patients , as well as giving free treatment to the poor in Third World countries . |
| 23 | Third World countries often confront this , and some have opted for ‘ high technology ’ ( which may be badly delivered ) at the cost of ordinary treatment . |
| 24 | Therefore , to whom belongs the credit for this near miraculous escape from falling victim yet again to socialist ideology and dogma , which is in decline and disrepute everywhere , except for a few Third World countries ? |
| 25 | Nature 's way of regulating overpopulation as many third world countries know is by famine and disease , a slow and agonising process . |
| 26 | In a rapidly shrinking world where Third World countries are striving to acquire the trappings of Western materialism , much of what caused these diverse cultures to be unique and exciting is being cast aside . |
| 27 | In order to redress this global imbalance in scientific expertise , Third World countries need to build up their own capabilities in science , technology and especially in chemistry . |
| 28 | Third World countries are poor by many criteria . |
| 29 | For Third World countries , with limited domestic markets or limited natural resources , the development of multi-million dollar industrial projects is neither feasible nor desirable . |
| 30 | Donald Unwin , chief engineer at the association 's Testing and Research Laboratory , said ‘ Many manufacturers just do not look at the problem through the eyes of the Third World countries . |