Example sentences of "country over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Industry analysts suggested that prices at this level were likely in the short term only if Libya withdrew supplies in retaliation against Western countries over the current sanctions issue — see p. 38883 — but conceded that the general trend of the market was upwards . ) |
| 2 | Regular visits to each of the three countries over the five-year period will enable a series of interviews with key decision-makers to be carried out , and qualitative and quantitative data to be collected . |
| 3 | Japan 's Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe visited Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart , Andrei Kozyrev , on May 3-5 , concerning the longstanding territorial dispute between the two countries over the four most southerly islands in the Kurile chain which had been occupied by the Soviet Union in August 1945 . |
| 4 | Furthermore , given that much of trade union growth in the four countries over the post-World War II period has been in the white-collar field there are difficulties in relating aggregate union membership changes to changes in the wages of manual workers only . |
| 5 | A study by the OECD tries to forecast what all these extra grey heads mean for public spending in different countries over the next 40 years , assuming that government policies remain unchanged . |
| 6 | By all means let us find ways of limiting the use of cars , but in truth , is the real cause of our difficulties not the dramatic rise in numbers of people in this and other countries over the past 70 years ? |
| 7 | These complex relationships have been central to the fortunes of the two countries over the past three centuries . |
| 8 | Travelling to several countries over the last year , has brought it home to me how disastrous are the effects , worldwide , of the virus causing AIDS . |
| 9 | However , the quality of economic decision-making in most African countries over the last thirty years suggests that this is inextricably linked to the relative failure of aid . |
| 10 | It is the fifteenth in a series called ‘ The Russian world ’ which he has created for museums in various countries over the last five years or so . |
| 11 | Transition from school to adult and working life has been receiving increased attention in most developed countries over the last decade . |
| 12 | Events in many countries over the last few years must have re-awakened in every English soul , an awareness of what it means to be English . |
| 13 | He tests it using data from a number of different countries over the same time period , reasoning that if equation ( 6.1 ) were true , then those countries in which aggregate demand has been highly unpredictable should be those countries in which unpredictable aggregate demand has little effect on real output . |
| 14 | Moreover , since unit costs actually rose less in the United States than in competing countries over the same period , the improvement in US cost competitiveness was actually 27 per cent on average . |
| 15 | At the heart of the debate , and of the promotion of cigarettes to young people , is a crisis of confidence in the House and the country over the good will of the tobacco industry . |
| 16 | Perhaps the most exciting development in the West Country over the past 20 years is the St Mellion Golf and Country Club , near Saltash , in Cornwall . |
| 17 | WITH a 40 per cent drop in house prices in the West Country over the past three years , this is the time to think seriously about that Cornish cliff-top cottage , waterfront Dorset flat or Devonian mansion with more than enough land to keep a few horses . |
| 18 | There has been widespread consultation throughout the country over the past 10 years involving the bishops , priests , religious education advisers , teachers parents , theologians and scripture scholars . |
| 19 | We have seen how the corporatist welfare state which has emerged in this country over the past hundred years is a reflection of a humanist philosophy in which the creation of wealth is of less concern and morally inferior than its distribution , in which the pursuit of equality has become the dominant economic philosophy and in which the state rather than the individual has come to be held responsible for solving our problems . |
| 20 | Does my hon. Friend agree that those figures reflect a sharp improvement in this country over the past few years and scope for some of our Community partners to do more to encourage unleaded petrol sales ? |
| 21 | ‘ It 's been terrible watching the change in this country over the past 20 years from a time when the consensus was that the public good was what mattered , to today when people only care about shopping . |
| 22 | Amato has seen his Socialist party split and his government rocked by a huge bribery scandal which has been sweeping the country over the past year . |
| 23 | This has been the most fastest growing part of the holiday taking in this country over the past two or three years and I 'm hoping it will continue and so does our industry — in other words the hotels and accommodation , the tourist attractions — all are hoping , you know , that people are going to continue to do this erm and I think this may apply to certain sectors of the community erm and we just hope that that will grow . |
| 24 | Third , since the APB wants to ensure that the debate which it intends the paper to stimulate does not get confined to the Big Six and a few others , it is to go on a whistlestop tour of the country over the next three months , holding discussion meetings with interested parties . |
| 25 | THE stock market received a lift today on news of a cut in German interest rates which raised hopes of a similar reduction in this country over the next few weeks by Chancellor Kenneth Clarke . |
| 26 | ‘ What has predominantly improved race relations in this country over the last 25 years has been the firm , fair immigration controls we have sustained throughout that period . |
| 27 | That is just 50 of the 100 questions put to members of aquatic societies all around the country over the last year . |
| 28 | He has played a significant though unsung part in the primary school revolution which has taken place in this country over the last ten to fifteen years . |
| 29 | After all , they argue , there have been massive population movements within the country over the last two centuries with no apparent long-term ill-effect . |
| 30 | He said to protesters : ‘ I think the Timex situation is an indication of what has been happening in the country over the last 10 to 15 years . ’ |