Example sentences of "country in the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not merely a question of its vastness ( it is the second largest country in the world , measuring 9.2 million square kilometres ) , but its breathtaking grandeur : God 's own country , as the Canadians delight to call it . |
| 2 | THE FINANCES of the most powerful country in the world will jump the rails this weekend . |
| 3 | Three levels of consciousness were involved in creating a sense of political and cultural unity in the largest country in the world . |
| 4 | The example of the United States may be cited in order to refute such a fatalistic approach , but the American colonies were the progeny of the most sophisticated democratic country in the world , and in any case the American republic expanded from a near tabula rasa , politically and geographically speaking . |
| 5 | By 1871 , Oldham had more cotton-spinning spindles than any country in the world outside the USA and it maintained that position of superiority until 1937 . |
| 6 | A simple education — no country in the world has a future without it . |
| 7 | And it 's still , I feel , cliché as it may seem , the sanest country in the world . ’ |
| 8 | It was Japan , the most energy-intensive country in the world , though , that showed what can be done . |
| 9 | They are a damning indictment of the richest country in the world . |
| 10 | It was surely great to be an American going up in the greatest company in the world and in the greatest country in the world . |
| 11 | The creative and talented nation that gave birth to the Industrial Revolution and produced more inventions and patents per head of population than any other country in the world , had turned its back on industry and commerce . |
| 12 | She said that had been his double and he 'd got away scot-free to come to live in the last country in the world where people would think of looking for him . |
| 13 | We were the most powerful country in the world and the overwhelming fact was that astonishing amounts of money had come into ordinary people 's homes . |
| 14 | Buddie had travelled to every country in the world . |
| 15 | In March 1986 , the Iranians wanted Phoenix missiles ; in October they wanted 100 Howitzers plus 500 barrels , for which , as Cave told them , any country in the world would have to open a production line . |
| 16 | THE TRAIN journey between Mongolia and Moscow will take you through some of the most desolate country in the world , but you will never feel lonely . |
| 17 | Through its link with the British Overseas Trade Board IDB 's Market Information Enquiry Service can provide specific market research , relevant to a company 's products , for any country in the World . |
| 18 | Virtually every country in the world has some sort of intelligence agency . |
| 19 | We are coming , arriving from every country in the world , |
| 20 | ‘ The Richest Country in the World ’ |
| 21 | We are the richest country in the world in flora and fauna ; we have a rich sea and land rich in minerals . |
| 22 | Christian Barman , who had written of Britain 's country stations ‘ No country in the world has a collection of minor stations that can begin to compare with ours for sheer quality ’ , prepared for the Great Western Railway just after the war a detailed prospectus for the modernization and transformation of the company 's image , operations , and buildings after the lifting of wartime restrictions . |
| 23 | Apart from Southern Ireland , there is no country in the world that has an equivalent specialty , and , as a result , standards of diagnosis , treatment , and care abroad vary from the inadequate to the unbelievably bad in most cases . |
| 24 | ‘ England , ’ he was saying , ‘ used to be the most civilized country in the world . |
| 25 | The US has the longest tradition of natural gas use of any country in the world . |
| 26 | Not surprisingly Brazil has the best hydro-electric power potential of any country in the world estimated at over 200,000 MW or around four times the capacity of the UK 's national grid . |
| 27 | The River Otter , Coleridge 's ‘ dear native brook ’ , borders the town to the west , and makes its leisurely way through a landscape which to eighteenth-century inhabitants seemed ‘ the richest finest Country in the world ’ , and which even now preserves the striking beauty which so impressed itself on Coleridge 's young mind . |
| 28 | He said of holy relics : ‘ England is almost the only country in the world where there is not some favourite religious spot where absurd lies , little bits of cloth , feathers , splinters , rusty nails and other invaluable relics are treasured up and in defence of which the whole population are willing to turn out and perish as one man . ’ |
| 29 | Like so many environmental issues , reducing the usage of CFCs to protect the Ozone Layer must involve every country in the world . |
| 30 | It is possibly the poorest country in the world , with an annual per capital income averaging $110 , and a chronic shortage of foreign exchange . |