Example sentences of "[noun] states ' [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although laws were passed in the 1960s , reducing the share of United States ' capital in the firm , it still remains the major shareholder . |
| 2 | In the peak years of 1979–80 the United States ' share of the world trade was 51 per cent of wheat and 73 per cent of coarse grains . |
| 3 | In 1821 Alexander I had tried to stop foreign powers fishing and whaling between the Sea of Okhotsk and Russian Alaska , but in 1824 he modified his policy in the light of the United States ' promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine . |
| 4 | In an assessment of the United States ' principle of ‘ forward basing ’ Slobodenko observed that since the late 1960s the American leadership began to scale down the numbers of their troops abroad . |
| 5 | Regulationists argue that Fordism was part of and was sustained by the United States ' dominance at the international level and the shift to neo-Fordism has coincided with a challenge to the United States ' domination of the international economy . |
| 6 | The 1930s and 1940s saw the collapse of UK hegemony and the consolidation of the United States ' hegemony over a new international economic system . |
| 7 | The subsequent decades saw a growth of internationalization and multilateralism within this system until the crossroads of the 1970s and 1980s where the United States ' hegemony over the international system was interrupted . |
| 8 | The United States ' experience with its ally is not unique . |
| 9 | Regulationists argue that Fordism was part of and was sustained by the United States ' dominance at the international level and the shift to neo-Fordism has coincided with a challenge to the United States ' domination of the international economy . |
| 10 | On the contrary , given the heavy and increasing rate of capital exports , which was a major priority for many of the dominating US multinationals , it was far better from the United States ' point of view that these capital exports should be mainly financed by a current account surplus rather than by endless piling up of US liabilities abroad to foreign central banks . |
| 11 | The Cubans particular grudge was over the United States ' retention of the Guantanamo base on Cuban soil against Cuban wishes . |
| 12 | The cruise and Pershing 11 weapons are also a visible symbol of the United States ' commitment to the defence of Europe . |
| 13 | According to Soviet commentaries the United States ' commitment to these bases underlay its warnings to the ASEAN countries against pursuing the idea of a nuclear-free zone in Southeast Asia . |
| 14 | The Court 's dicta in the North Sea Continental Shelf could be used to refute a United States ' claim for third party benefits on the grounds that the President 's acceptance demonstrated approval of them . |
| 15 | But western Europe did not follow the United States ' example by radical moves in a commercial or competitive direction . |
| 16 | Interestingly , Egypt described the Memorandum as changing the United States ' role from one of ‘ partner ’ ( but not party to the Peace Treaty ) to one of ‘ arbiter ’ which it considered inappropriate . |
| 17 | As in Britain , only more so , the United States ' search for an intentional role ( being responsible ) is a search for its own nationhood . |
| 18 | Beyond the immediate challenge of German U-Boat warfare , France 's resolute defence of Verdun probably did as much as anything to pave the way , emotionally , to the United States ' entry into the war in April 1917 . |