Example sentences of "of the [adj] countries [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of this attack is to weaken the economy of these [ oil-producing and Islamic ] countries and strengthen the foundations of the industrial countries ' economies . |
| 2 | The crowning absurdity of the rich countries ' current thinking on aid is not , however , their preference for lots of tied aid to not-terribly-poor countries , but their fondness for combining big cheques with barriers to trade . |
| 3 | On June 6-9 Albania hosted , for the first time , a meeting of the Balkan countries ' national commissions for UNESCO . |
| 4 | He convened a group within the cabinet to wrest control of Japan 's end of the two countries ' Structural Impediments Initiative ( SII ) talks from the civil servants . |
| 5 | This envisaged , among other things , the connection of the two countries ' electricity grids , giving priority to providing direct telecommunications links , joining railway lines at the border , and joint agricultural and water conservation projects . |
| 6 | The new National Front government 's foreign policy objectives , as outlined in the President 's address on Dec. 20 , 1989 , were for a strengthening of links with India 's neighbours and co-operation through the medium of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation ( SAARC ) , continued dialogue with China leading to a resolution of the two countries ' border dispute , development of the traditional friendship with the Soviet Union and of a new relationship with the United States , and economic co-operation with Japan and the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 7 | In her 15-minute speech she spoke of the two countries ' shared ideals , including democracy , stability and a rejection of the power which " grows from the barrel of a gun " . |
| 8 | The Chairman of Vietnam 's Council of Ministers , Senior Gen. Vo Van Kiet , hailed the visit as an " important event " in the normalization of the two countries ' relations . |
| 9 | The way in which the crisis of 1839 – 41 was resolved persuaded him that Britain might welcome an exploration of the two countries ' thoughts on the future of the Near East . |
| 10 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
| 11 | Not only were the values of other currencies effectively pegged to the dollar ( formally speaking , to gold ) but dollars had to make up the greater part of the other countries ' official holdings of reserves . |
| 12 | With their teams of lawyers , accountants and company agents , and able to transfer money at the push of a computer button , the launderers dodge through the maze of the different countries ' jurisdictions creating a trail so complex that investigators , never mind the banks , find it almost impossible to spot what is going on . |