entire country

collocation in English

meaningsofentireandcountry

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entire
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈtaɪər/
us
/ɪnˈtaɪr/
whole or complete, with ...
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country
noun
uk
/ˈkʌn.tri/
us
/ˈkʌn.tri/
an area of land that has its own government, ...
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(Definition ofentireandcountryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofentire country

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With some exceptions, this entitled patients to seek care throughout theentirecountryat primary care centres and at certain hospitals or private clinics.
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For example, demonstration trials operated on a large scale frequently carried out over anentirecountry.
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It was a regionally stratied sample based on the 1956 population census, and it covered theentirecountry.
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Theentirecountrylost around one million inhabitants alone between 1850 and 1870.
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The assay has not only been appropriately validated, but also widely implemented across theentirecountry, servicing a 16.5 million strong population.
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This decision corresponded to the fact that no other candidate had mobilised such a number of clubs, citizens and masses in theentirecountry.
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Official ideological-coordinating research institutions for theentirecountryare gone, as is political censorship.
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More than 90 percent of the workforce paralyzed theentirecountryfor two days.
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A state of siege was decreed in the states controlled by rebels, rapidly extended to theentirecountry.
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Any mitigation program that was instituted for theentirecountrywould likely change prices and make these programs more expensive.
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The project was designed to cover theentirecountry(figure 1).
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Some measures cover anentirecountrywhereas others are specific to a sector.
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What is clear is that a wide variety of experiences could be found over theentirecountry.
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The free choice recommendation provides the patient with the right to choose between hospitals or specialists throughout theentirecountry, except for highly specialized care.
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A wild and furious disregard for law pervaded theentirecountry.
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At the time there existed only four or five universities in theentirecountry, all of them nationally funded.
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By 1992 almost theentirecountryhad been wired for cable and six out of ten households had at least a basic service (p. 187).
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No estimate is available for theentirecountry.
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