Collocations withnation
These are words often used in combination withnation.
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advanced nation
No other advanced nation has chosen to go down the same route.
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aggressor nation
No aggressor nation, however big that nation might be, could now hope to escape retribution.
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allied nations
If realized, it could be moved anywhere throughout the world's oceans, obviating the need to seek permission from allied nations for use of land bases.
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civilized nation
This is not an attitude of the sacred cow but an elementary characteristic of our claim to be a civilized nation.
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defeated nation
Reparations are the compensation extracted as an indemnity from a defeated nation by the victors.
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developed nation
Systems of redistribution are characteristic of federal or unitary states rather than of associations of developed nation states.
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developing nation
In addition, the median duration of stay was only 3.5 years, and the disadvantages of living in a developing nation with insecure residence status may become more evident with time.
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divided nation
These are histories of 'winning the peace' in half a century, in a once, and to some extent still, divided nation.
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entire nation
Every ' limb ', though it moved independently, was part of that body, and therefore expressed the character of the entire nation.
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exporting nation
It is of the utmost importance to us, as a great importing and exporting nation, that the trade in which we participate should be fair.
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impoverished nation
In 50 years' time, industrially and financially, we shall be an impoverished nation, and our influence in world affairs will not amount to much.
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independent nation
However, the leaders of newly independent nation-states were much less inclined to blame under-development on its victims.
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industrialized nation
Truly enough, these shifts were accepted by the modern middle class as indispensable pillars for the creation of a modern industrialized nation and as a challenge to injurious traditional habits.
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island nation
If we consider the number of languages spoken rather than the percentage of the population who speak them, there is a substantial amount of diversity in this small island nation.
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neighbouring nation
Indeed, our people can learn the language of a neighbouring nation.
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non-aligned nation
We have seen in recent peace negotiations examples of the way in which non-aligned nations can become involved in those negotiations and act as brokers.
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participating nation
We have no plans to ask for the withdrawal of the forces of any participating nation.
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rich nation
Therefore, alarming as these figures are, they are the expenditure of a very rich nation.
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sovereign nation
The policies of this sovereign nation, as well as its cultural symbols, reflect a pragmatism tinged with a defiance of established political and economic conventions.
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tribal nation
Although both confederations had common political relations and affinities and belonged to the same tribal nation, there were still rivalries between them.
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underdeveloped nation
Rather, they championed capitalism, but from the perspective of an underdeveloped nation.
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united nation
He could have become at this moment of danger the leader of a united nation.
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victorious nation
The entire subject has been neglected because of the dominant myth of a victorious nation.
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war-torn nation
The film is reported to have galvanised the diaspora to reexamine their country's history and to rethink how to bring reconciliation to the war-torn nation.
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warring nations
As the war progressed, the three warring nations each created a super-computer capable of running the war more efficiently than humans.
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wealthy nation
Even in war time, cannot this great and wealthy nation give them the small things for which they ask?
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western nation
And, in fact, in no western nation with national health insurance did physicians unreservedly welcome the extension of government control.
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