Collocations withcountry
These are words often used in combination withcountry.
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adopted country
These figures were closely involved in the debates in their adopted country.
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advanced country
In this circumstance, it would not be incorrect to say that the least advanced country is the one harmed by trade.
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backward country
We are almost the most backward country in the extension of our telephone system.
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capitalist country
Zinn does not take the time to discuss how a war-mongering capitalist country whose territorial integrity is based on war and conquest can change its "posture" in the world.
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civilized country
I can't imagine any civilized country doing this sort of research.
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communist country
In the course of the discussion, he discloses the fact that he trained in a communist country to be an engineer.
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country bumpkin
Boys, but not girls, can use hi with impunity, even when doing so can invoke a negative stereotype, the country bumpkin.
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country inn
It tells of a traveller who called at a country inn on a rather cold morning.
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country manor
It is a typical example of a country manor of a minor noble family from that time.
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country of origin
Here, the country of origin of the father and the boundaries of the country, are important.
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country singer
Later on, he also became known as a country singer.
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country squire
I should like to say a word or two in defence of the country squire.
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divided country
The dangers of a divided country may well be exaggerated, but they do exist.
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donor country
In the public sector, a common route is through "tied aid," where purchase of equipment is conditional on sourcing from the donor country.
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emerging country
Almost every newly emerging country in the world can be developed.
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entire country
With some exceptions, this entitled patients to seek care throughout the entire country at primary care centres and at certain hospitals or private clinics.
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european country
European countries, students are beginning to get younger.
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exporting country
As an exporting country, we are forced to buy our raw materials, with very few exceptions, in the cheapest possible markets in the world.
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faraway country
It is most certainly not some faraway country with which we have no links or know little about.
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foreign country
Foreign country variables are denoted with an asterisk.
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high-income country
In contrast, a high-income country will see pollution fall in response to trade liberalization.
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hilly country
In hilly country, there are real problems as sites which are otherwise suitable may prove to be impractical on grounds of accessibility.
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imperialist country
At the same time, they are trying to obstruct other countries as well from developing technology and not being dependent on major imperialist countries.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
importing country
Reliance on such a nation for energy imports exposes an importing country to those more unique risks.
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indebted country
The high initial indebtedness therefore induces the indebted country to deviate from the rate of resource extraction, which would otherwise be socially efficient.
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industrialised country
Lengths of stay in hospital tend to be protracted; consultations with doctors are more frequent than in any other advanced industrialised country; the appetite for pharmaceuticals is huge.
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industrialized country
However, all four developing countries benefit from the actions of their industrialized country counterparts.
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landlocked country
The total population of this landlocked country is close to 29 million with only a minority having access to suitable sanitation and safe water.
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low-income country
The aim of the study is to assess whether government intervention in a low-income country in the form of regulation of private pharmacies impacts on their quality of services.
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low-wage country
The second cluster includes the rate of unemployment, trade with low-wage countries, female labour force participation and private service employment.
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most populous country
As the ninth most populous country and twelfth most densely populated countries in the world, its rising population and limited land space have put tremendous strains on the urban ecosystem.
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mountainous country
Being flat areas in an essentially mountainous country, the valleys have become densely populated with consequently intensive domestic and recreational use of local water courses.
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neighbouring country
In border areas, the language of the neighbouring country would be the obvious choice for the foreign language at the primary school level.
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non-aligned country
Apparently we have some strategic interest in that non-aligned country.
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occupied country
Every occupied country has still an underground movement.
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oil-exporting country
However, the capital of the oil-exporting country soon started to evince a demographic recovery.
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oil-producing country
Such economic mismanagement in the fifth richest oil-producing country in the world is almost incredible.
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oil-rich country
However, the majority of its population live below the poverty line, and it is the only oil-rich country in the world with a budget deficit.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
other country
Inflation and output gap are orthogonal to the inefficient supply shocks of the other country.
From theCambridge English Corpus
participating country
It was wished to obtain a minimum of 75 respondents in each cell, which implied a total sample of about 600 respondents in each participating country.
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poor country
The penalty for default is that the poor country loses access to foreign investment and aid.
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post-communist country
The ethnicity variable indicates the proportion of ethnic minorities in post-communist countries before 1990.
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poverty-stricken country
Perhaps that is one of the reasons why it is such a poverty-stricken country.
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resource-rich country
The policy implication is that resource-rich countries can improve their weak sustainability performance by fighting corruption, difficult as this may be.
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respective country
The cultural differences in rehabilitation support certainly should influence the approach for marketing in the respective country.
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sending country
Much depends on the political relationship between the host state and the sending country.
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socialist country
The "fourteen opinions" summed up the rules for developing science in a socialist country and the policy that should be adopted towards intellectuals.
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sovereign country
First, human rights is the only source of law that legitimizes international scrutiny of mental health policies and practices within a sovereign country.
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surplus country
Their difficulties are those of a surplus country, whereas ours are the difficulties of a so-called deficit country.
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undeveloped country
Up to the present time the technique of presenting a religious service on television is undeveloped country.
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war-torn country
Secondly, that the costs and challenge of rebuilding the war-torn country would be immense.
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wealthy country
This wealthy country has every possibility of providing for its manhood, womanhood and childhood.
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