Example sentences of "[art] country at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 14 , 1990 , the defence and foreign affairs committees of the Sejm resolved that the number of Soviet troops in Poland should be reduced from the current 28,000 to 5,000 and demanded an end to their location in the country at low cost [ see also p. 37258 ] . |
| 2 | Those , in turn , are vital to understanding the growth of employment and population in different areas of the country at different dates : for instance , the earlier growth of the Atlantic ports of Glasgow , Liverpool and Bristol , or the relative prosperity of London or Aberdeen vis-a-vis most manufacturing areas in the 1980s . |
| 3 | Britain 's recent balance-of-payments problems have to date had very little to do with the general level of world demand and almost everything to do with the ability of foreign companies to introduce their products into the country at competitive prices . |
| 4 | Now the Conservative Party , the markets and the country at large all desperately seek reassurance . |
| 5 | For lengthy passages of the Chancellor 's speech , while Mr Lawson addressed his wider audience in the City and the country at large , their on-cue responses seemed more mechanical than enthusiastic . |
| 6 | Sandys ' ‘ Articles of Religion ’ were well received by the majority in both major political parties in the House of Commons , and in the country at large . |
| 7 | What the general effect of their anti-Sandys offensive was on informed opinion in the country at large and in Whitehall in particular is not easy to judge . |
| 8 | ‘ Whether a 10% error for all the country at large ’ , as Professor Ben Morris quietly observed in his preface , ‘ involving 60,000 children per annum , is to be regarded as reasonable or intolerable of course depends upon what particular educational values are regarded as most important . ’ |
| 9 | The importance of this debate can be explained , partly , by the political capital which the Opposition could make from linking the social and economic malaise of the country at large with violent street disturbances . |
| 10 | ( c ) Government Bills Before a Bill enters the House , a government will have put its proposals in legislative form , it will have consulted various interest groups affected and it will have taken into account the strength of feeling amongst its supporters in Parliament and in the country at large . |
| 11 | By Easter heavy frosts had ended hopes of a good harvest that year , and in the summer and autumn food riots broke out in the country at large as the price of a quartern loaf — where one could be had at all — rose from 3d. to over 1s . |
| 12 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
| 13 | In addition , it is the young old — those in their sixties and seventies — who play a major part , disproportionate to their numbers , in the maintenance of voluntary organizations which contribute not only to the welfare of the disadvantaged but also to the cultural activities of the country at large . |
| 14 | James Losh , the north country reformer , later remarked that after abolition ‘ the country at large seemed to settle into a state of indifference on the subject of negro slavery ’ or at any rate to accept reformers ' own assurances that amelioration would follow from the cut-off of new labour supplies from Africa . |
| 15 | It had become impossible for him to convince in Parliament , in the party , or in the country at large . |
| 16 | And , in the country at large , the administration is seen more and more as a high-tax collector . |
| 17 | Yet there is no question about the constructive effect of concentrating national attention on a common problem by reporting the situation in the country at large . |
| 18 | ‘ The waste and desert appearance is partly caused by the vast extent of the common lands belonging to the towns and villages , the system of management of which is ruinous in the extreme , and the finest districts , capable of enriching the proprietors and the country at large , are abandoned to , and only serve as pasture for goats , sheep or a few asses . ’ |
| 19 | Its artistic value was underlined by the support of the country at large when its regular broadcast on BBC Radio 3 came under threat . |
| 20 | The British constitution was adjusting to the changed realities of economic power in the country at large . |
| 21 | This act made working-class males a majority of the electorate in the country at large . |
| 22 | Second , we should recognise that a two-party dominance in the House of Commons may not reflect the pattern of electoral support in the country at large since our first-past-the-post electoral system makes it difficult for third parties to break through into parliament in proportion to their support in the country . |
| 23 | Simply expressed , a relatively poorly supported centre party with well under 20 per cent of the vote , but with some eighty or so seats , would invariably be in government ; would be in a position to determine whether Conservative or Labour were drawn into government with it ; and would , therefore , be able to exert an influence over the direction of public policy out of all proportion to their votes and support in the country at large . |
| 24 | Indisputably , however , art and design education occupies an important place both in the life of the country at large and also in further education in particular , and its practitioners are only too well aware of the difficulties which they face . |
| 25 | I think the game I think the game has done well in tackling that problem but I do n't think we as a society have done very well in tackling it in the country at large . |
| 26 | There is no doubt that that has been happening in the country at large and that they have now been rumbled . |
| 27 | Set at 24.5 per cent ( 0.5 per cent below the sales tax which it replaced ) , the new tax had caused much controversy within the ruling coalition and in the country at large . |
| 28 | The vote had the effect of removing from the top of the political agenda , if only temporarily , an issue which for many months had caused divisive debate in the country at large , and had threatened to overshadow Pope John Paul II 's visit to his homeland , due in June . |
| 29 | These developments took place against a background of growing activism on the abortion issue in the country at large . |
| 30 | Hawke refused to stand down , however , claiming that he continued to command the support of the country at large and indicating that he would confront Keating in a leadership ballot . |