Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [det] country " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter the play received a few critically acclaimed performances in Birmingham but has otherwise been unperformed in this country . |
| 2 | This book has been written from the US Army 's court-martial records , something which would not have been possible in this country , where such records are closed to the public for 100 years . |
| 3 | They are wrong for this country 's future and contrary to this party 's belief in decentralised wage bargaining . |
| 4 | All coroners hold inquests on people who died aboard , if their deaths would have been inquestable in this country . |
| 5 | In North America , in areas where conditions are similar to this country , a survey showed that one per cent of houses were affected by damp , but rot was not found in any of these , and in the few years of experience here none of the faults so far reported are due to this cause . |
| 6 | Oh , that 's a difficult one to answer , is n't it ? erm I think that we 're unique in this country , possibly , especially Sussex and one or two other places , in having erm a mixture of artificial intelligence , psychology , erm microelectronics . |
| 7 | Rupert , thank you for joining us. erm what is the situation as far as you 're concerned in this country ? |
| 8 | One of our objectives should be to utilise labour resources , which are valuable to this country . |
| 9 | We are lucky in this country that we have some of the better zoos , and indeed host what is widely recognised as the best , Jersey . |
| 10 | They watched a woman , who could not have been long in this country , testing a mango for ripeness : she felt it all over with her thumb , not looking at it , concentrated , unsmiling , until the stall holder , ever-vigilant , caught sight of her . |
| 11 | It is a choice that is fully there for us to make at the same time and in the same fashion as other countries , except that we have the additional option of deciding that it would not be right for this country . |
| 12 | Who can be free in this country after the Treason Trials which set behind bars and left to rot … ’ |
| 13 | We 're all suppoosed to be free in this country |
| 14 | They need clothes for the prisoners as well as paper , pens , paint , in fact anything that we might find to be surplus in this country they could use , ’ he said . |
| 15 | This case arises from an undercover police operation said to be unique in this country . |
| 16 | I welcome my hon. Friend 's robust attitude , but is it correct that it is still possible to export calves which end up in crates that would be illegal in this country ? |
| 17 | Although this exclusion of the junior consultant grades from private practice might well be unacceptable in this country , the Germans have recognized the usefulness of having the specialist readily available on the hospital site . |
| 18 | If the House were to decide at a later stage to enter a single currency , it would be , first , because it had decided that the economic convergence conditions in Europe were right for a single currency to be beneficial to this country . |
| 19 | Does he agree that , if we signed the social chapter , employers ' costs would rise and jobs and foreign investment would disappear , all of which would be bad for this country ? |
| 20 | This would not be bad by any country 's standards . |
| 21 | If the hon. Lady knew what was available to those of her constituents who are unemployed , she would know that we offer a wider range of help to unemployed people than has ever been available in this country before . |
| 22 | The latter CDs are available in this country from Path Premier at £16.95 each . |
| 23 | Let's then just turn our attention to the facilities in this country , the sort of things you 've heard Stan saying here in the studio that there 's a lot to offer in this country , lot 's of different kinds of scenery , lot 's of different types of attractions , but let's just take a look at the sort of facilities that are available in this country . |
| 24 | ATTENTIVE READERS of this column will know already that I am one of this country 's leading authorities on ‘ celebrology ’ — this is the study of the role of the celebrity in general elections . |
| 25 | If British managers prefer manpower to machines it is because manpower is easily adjusted to the rapid changes in demand , which are common in this country . |
| 26 | The society now moved from the rather passive position of regretting ( as it did on 5 August 1789 ) that ‘ there was no appropriate educational establishment in England for the desired improvement of farriery ( in this context comprehending the medical treatment of horses , cattle and sheep ) by a regular education in that science on medical and anatomical principles ’ , to a positive position of recommending such an institution as had been established in France , Germany and elsewhere on the Continent , as being necessary in this country . |
| 27 | Johnson 's work merits this special position both because it has been influential in this country — Bankowski and Mungham ( 1976 ) use it , for example , and it routinely appears on ‘ English Legal System ’ booklists — and also because he explicitly takes issue with ideologically determined empiricist and common sense definitions of professionals in terms of the ‘ traits ’ which they possess . |
| 28 | Mr Heseltine replied : ‘ The only phone calls Mr Major will make will be to 20 of his colleagues , inviting them to join his government and prepare the Queen 's Speech , which is clearly , in outline , to continue the reforms that are necessary in this country to continue to give us firm leadership and government . ’ |
| 29 | Recently it has been well-aired in this country through broadcasts and festivals ; enough to form an initial overall view . |
| 30 | They think they can get away with it because the residents are new to this country and do n't know their rights . ’ |