Example sentences of "[noun] [art] [noun sg] of nations " in BNC.
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| 1 | For two years the League of Nations Society led a modest existence , discussing ideas , publishing proposals and keeping in touch with like-minded organizations in France , Holland and , significantly , the United States , where a League to Enforce peace had been established in 1915 . |
| 2 | The title The Wealth of Nations comes from Adam Smith 's classic about the search for noble endeavours . |
| 3 | Indeed the whole point of Smith 's contention in his 1776 treatise The Wealth of Nations is that if individuals pursue their own self-interests then , as it were , an invisible hand will guide all their separate strivings and competition and lead them into the greater good for society as a whole . |
| 4 | The potential benefits of specialisation were recognised by Adam Smith in his famous book The Wealth of Nations ( 1776 ) . |
| 5 | In Trieste a number of nations converge — Albanian and Yugoslavian , as well as Italian and Venetian ; here the Scandinavians and the Calvinists and the hard Canadian men of the oil lift the city 's atmosphere out of a local milieu . |
| 6 | But , even within such a system the role of nations was not likely to be central because the main players in such a game would be units far larger than the states that most of the characterist , ie , separatist , nationalist agitations of the late 20th century were designed to form . |