wealthy nation

collocation in English

meaningsofwealthyandnation

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wealthy
adjective
uk
/ˈwel.θi/us
/ˈwel.θi/
rich:
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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 ofwealthyandnationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Even in war time, cannot this great andwealthynationgive them the small things for which they ask?
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If we have wealthy producers, we have a reallywealthynation.
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I cannot imagine any figure within the next few years being such that we, as a proud andwealthynation, could not accept.
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We are still, then, a verywealthynation, and our trading account, taking visible and invisible together, is in balance, year in and year out.
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We pride ourselves on the fact that ours is awealthynation.
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We are awealthynationand if the modernisation of our financial institutions continues to be a success we will grow in wealth.
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This is awealthynation, and it could be much wealthier than it is.
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We must defeat that if we are to become awealthynationagain.
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There is no point in having awealthynationif we do not also have a healthy nation.
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Poverty is the cause, and when we seek to eradicate poverty, as we could in an extraordinarilywealthynation, the solution will be found.
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It is all very well to say in an offhand kind of way that we are awealthynation.
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Here is a great enlightened andwealthynation, whose wealth no living historian can imagine, nor could any ancient historian have imagined it.
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There is no need for any of that because we are awealthynation.
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Should not this increase determination that we as awealthynationshould give greater support to those which are less fortunate?
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We are a relativelywealthynationthat depends on free trade which is permitted by peace and stability.
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The suffering and destruction that he has brought upon his people—awealthynationand an educated people—are unbearable.
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That is a fantastically small figure in relation to the total income of thiswealthynation.
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The answer one would like to give on behalf of a proud andwealthynationwould be.
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The fact is that a great and civilised and verywealthynationthinks it the right thing to do and goes on doing it.
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