Example sentences of "[noun sg] over the country [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evident squabble over the country 's soul is bound to offend those who stubbornly express the wish that religion and politics should be kept in discreet compartments . |
| 2 | In the mainstream parties , incessant wrangling over the country 's political asylum law , implicitly ‘ the foreigner problem ’ , had conveniently paved the way for the ultra-right . |
| 3 | The proposals represented the federal government 's most significant contribution to the debate over the country 's future since the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord in 1990 [ see pp. 37519-20 ] . |
| 4 | Government concern over the country 's economic performance had been increased by a current-account deficit of $646,000,000 in the first two months of 1990 , compared with a surplus of $888,000,000 in the same period a year earlier . |
| 5 | In particular , concern over the country 's widening trade deficit had been compounded by a sharp fall in foreign exchange reserves from a peak of US$1,007 million in February 1989 to around US$450,000,000 in March 1990 . |
| 6 | Fresh efforts to persuade Iraq to sell oil under the terms of UN Resolutions 706 and 712 [ see pp. 38406 ; 38452 ] , rejected by the government as an infringement of Iraqi sovereignty , were prompted by renewed concern over the country 's food and medical crisis [ see pp. 38452 ; 38548 ; 38597 ; 38696 ] . |