Example sentences of "[be] [prep] this country " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's wrong , Mr Deputy Speaker , if they 're living in this country erm on a semi-permanent basis and happen to have been here last October they 'll have a vote so will any everybody else who 's a citizen of the European union , so will peers of the realm who happen to be living elsewhere whether they 're in this country or outside this country under these regulations and previous regulations , have a vote in the European elections and I think it 's wholly wrong that erm citizens of other European countries namely France because that 's the one and it 's remarkable is it not that France is the one that 's gon na be the cause of this whole edifice collapsing if we do n't submit to their extra demands but citizens of France who are citizens living in their colonies , as I 've said in South America , the West Indies and the Pacific , will have a vote in the European elections on June the ninth and yet we have got citizens for whom we are responsible for in this house , we can not shirk it onto anyone else , we deny them the responsibility and I think it 's about time the house addressed this matter . |
| 2 | These few days with you have been like this country before me here — a new paradise , an enchanted place so rich in itself that it needed nothing else . |
| 3 | ‘ It seems the continental disease may have been in this country for some time , ’ Dr Tapper says , ‘ but we do n't believe hare populations are in serious danger . ’ |
| 4 | Often , all education was conducted by the internees themselves — English lessons being given by people who had been in this country for a number of years . |
| 5 | Maybe they 're more cauti cautious than we have been in this country about the effect of Chernobyl . |
| 6 | — has been in this country . |
| 7 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain . |
| 8 | Taxes are higher than they have ever been in this country 's history , and the burden falls disproportionately heavily on lower-income families . |
| 9 | Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years . |
| 10 | On the other hand it has to be said that the er publicity for that does not seem to have penetrated very far amongst foreign visitors and there is n't very much evidence that foreign visitors have been put off coming here in spite of the considerable number of incidents that there have been in this country , particularly in London of course in the last year or so . |
| 11 | Are you implying that it 's not very long been in this country ? |
| 12 | The others are from this country . ’ |
| 13 | It never ceases to amaze me just how backward we are in this country when it comes to the use of boats and Peripheral equipment . |
| 14 | Mr Maclean replied : ‘ The fact that we do have a full investigation of what has been a small emission does show how rigorous the inspectorate systems are in this country . ’ |
| 15 | American guests are famous for deep ties and they hope they will consider themselves at home as long as they are in this country . |
| 16 | And rail railways really ought to be far better developed than they are in this country , eh . |
| 17 | I think I would say about universities that they are in this country offering a uniquely good service to our children . |
| 18 | If the defendants should succeed in such an application , upon the ground that a verdict and judgment for libel in favour of the council , as a local government authority , would constitute a breach of article 10 , it would be for this country to decide whether to leave the law as it would , on that hypothesis , have been declared to be , or to change it to avoid the risk of repetition . |
| 19 | ‘ Have you , ’ he enquired , ‘ thought how many women there must be in this country who are giving birth this very minute who know nothing about babies , but will have to cope without any help whatsoever ? ’ |
| 20 | The issues are probably too complex to be adequately dealt with here , but the government should certainly give Gorbachev 's initiative every encouragement because it seems to be in this country 's own long-term interests . |
| 21 | ‘ If they all lived , guess how many rats there 'd be in this country in five years . |
| 22 | there 's hundreds of French , Germans they 're waiting until the first of July and they 'll be in this country in a flash . |
| 23 | cos I mean how many hours driving will there be in this country , about eight ? |
| 24 | ‘ It 's the only place he 's ever been outside this country . |
| 25 | Large pieces of timber take some considerable time to come to equilibrium with the surrounding humidity and , because the English weather changes so often , there was generally no time to build up dangerous differences in swelling strains so that we had comparatively little trouble from this cause , so long as the aircraft were in this country . |
| 26 | It would be odd if a transaction were outside the section in all circumstances solely because it was governed by a foreign law even though , for instance , all the parties were in this country at all times . |
| 27 | The level of provisions ‘ demonstrates the immense damage which is done by extreme economic cycles and just how important it is for this country to strive to secure steady growth on a low-inflationary basis ’ . |
| 28 | A disgusted Torie Clarke , spokeswoman for the Bush re-election campaign , told The Sunday Telegraph : ‘ We will put George and Barbara Bush 's marriage , and their family and their commitment to family values , up against anybody 's in this country , including the Clintons . ’ |
| 29 | The majority of the County Council 's in this country borrow money . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you know what the form is in this country , Bill ? ’ |