rich nation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrichandnation
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rich
adjective
uk/rɪtʃ/us/rɪtʃ/
having a lot of money or ...
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nation
noun
uk/ˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˈneɪ.ʃən/
a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, ...
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(Definition ofrichandnationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Therefore, alarming as these figures are, they are the expenditure of a veryrichnation.
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We went into the war arichnation, or at any rate a comparativelyrichnation.
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They should realise that we are arichnationthat can well afford to invest, in a steady and sustained way, in education.
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We are no longer arichnation, but a poor nation.
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We are not a poor nation; we are arichnation, as has been shown time and again.
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We have gone from being arichnationto a poor nation.
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We are a great andrichnationin terms of the arts and heritage.
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Therefore, we believe that the loss in production through unemployment, and of industrial capacity, in arichnationsuch as ours should not be tolerated.
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We have kept the spending habits of arichnation, without taking any trouble over how we should remain rich.
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There the social effect of arichnationneglecting its inner cities is plain for all to see.
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Whatever our tribulations, we are arichnation.
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We are arichnation, even in recession.
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One of those choices is inevitable, whether it be made by arichnationor by a poor nation.
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We are basically arichnationand have very great potential for wealth.
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If it is put fairly to the electorate that this is a relatively small sum for arichnation, they will respond very well.
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Then we were arichnation, and imports were one of the means of paying off our debts.
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