oil-rich country
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcountry
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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 ofcountryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, the majority of its population live below the poverty line, and it is the onlyoil-richcountryin the world with a budget deficit.
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This is the penalty of being anoil-richcountrywith a basically uncompetitive industrial base.
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In those circumstances, should thisoil-richcountrymake this cut?
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Let me refer to a country that has not been mentioned so far today—an increasinglyoil-richcountry.
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That is why we can measure our trade deficit in thisoil-richcountryas £9·6 billion.
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Remember, this is anoil-richcountry.
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That action produced the surpluses in the oil-rich countries, which were fed into the world banking system.
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British firms have made an important contribution to the rapid development of the oil-rich countries.
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It would also be interesting to know whether we have managed to draw in some of the oil-rich countries which do not have enormous populations.
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In particular, surely we should concentrate this on the oil-rich countries.
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We cannot afford not to do business with the new oil-rich countries.
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I also look to the oil-rich countries.
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It is not clear whether the pattern of petro-aggression found in oil-rich countries also applies to other natural resources besides oil.
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After 1973, private banks had an influx of funds from oil-rich countries and believed that sovereign debt was a safe investment.
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