Example sentences of "countries that [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Which system we would have to decide , who draws up the list er would the list be a U K one , a regional one or would it be one in the separate countries that go to make up the U K. A huge amount of discussion there , not a chance missed at all , er he wanted a separate seat for for Cornwall .
2 A prime indicator of future trends in many countries that attempt to manage the rates is the black market rate .
3 Third World countries that attempt to slap their own patents on life-forms have been attacked by the industry on the grounds that they are unfairly blocking corporate interests .
4 Narcotic drugs were introduced into Colombia by foreigners , and its illegal trafficking is sustained by an ever-increasing demand in developed countries that seem to lack the political will to combat abuse .
5 What is the Government 's view within the European family on those countries that have accepted and signed the treaty of Rome and the Helsinki agreement ?
6 Taiwan 's experience is typical of poor countries that have become rich and industrialised in a relatively short time .
7 Countries that have developed direct reduction plants include Brazil , Saudi Arabia , Nigeria , Indonesia and New Zealand .
8 Countries that have developed a taste for gas-guzzling machinery are certain to find it difficult to turn back to animal power .
9 Britons tend to retain trust in the inhabitants of countries in which Britain has had or retains colonial interests ; countries that share a common language , values , and ( in some cases ) ancestry ; and countries that have stood together in times of crisis .
10 And countries that have experimented with free multi-party elections , such as Zambia , Benin and Madagascar , have received their due reward .
11 Two countries that have sent fighting men to the Gulf — Pakistan ( with 10,000 soldiers in Saudi Arabia ) and Bangladesh — are twisting and turning over their decision , mainly because it is so unpopular .
12 From the end of the century it will be illegal to manufacture CFCs and halons ( except for essential firefighting uses ) in countries that have signed the protocol ( 2010 in the case of developing countries ) .
13 At the largest scale , the ‘ bubble ’ approach exists in the form of caps or ceilings on national emissions of sulphur dioxide , oxides of nitrogen and carbon dioxide for countries that have signed the relevant protocols put forward by the United Nations .
14 Electronics companies are major users of industrial CFCs and Taiwan-made electronics products will be barred from countries that have signed the protocol .
15 The number of countries that have produced full comprehensive environmental strategies like our own can be numbered on the fingers of one hand .
16 In the least advanced countries , such differences may be only moderate , but in developing countries that have experienced an important degree of modernization , there may be considerable variation .
17 Figure E9.1 gives the age-sex profiles for two countries that have experienced a good deal of immigration .
18 My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister ensured at Maastricht that the British proposals on this matter were passed : first , all countries committed themselves to improving animal welfare , which was a major step forward never agreed between those countries before ; and , secondly , in future , the European Court of Justice will be in a position to fine countries that fail to keep their obligations under Community rules .
19 In private , however , the view is gaining ground that eventual membership of the Community by those East European countries that want to join it would be a good idea .
20 We believe that the Community should welcome all European countries that want to join and can take on the responsibilities of membership .
21 Their toughest problem will be that of free riders ( see page 71 ) : countries that want to enjoy the benefits of an agreement without curbing their own output of global-warming gases .
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