Sentence examples for circle of countries from inspiring English sources

It did not have a wide circle of countries that would help it thwart Western sanctions and isolation.

"There are a few ideas we discussed today in this circle of countries that can influence the situation," Lavrov told Russian news agencies.

The circle of countries achieving economic growth now includes much of Asia, Latin America, and for the last two decades, Africa.

The Bush administration has sought to organize a widening circle of countries to press Iran, including the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and the so-called Group of Eight leading industrial democracies.

Lead author Kathleen Buckingham at Oxford University, UK, says that sharing the care of such a precious animal strengthens the bonds that China has with its "inner circle" of countries.

First, as the most open and innovative economies came together, the dynamism of the resulting economic zone would serve as a powerful magnet, drawing in an expanding circle of countries willing to abide by the rules in exchange for greater access to one another's markets.

At the end of "Home" she paints a loving scene of the father in the story milking a cow, sitting in a pool of light but surrounded by "the dark circle of these country nights..

And all to pursue what is essentially one agenda of trying to unravel the mess of global governance and the outrage of global poverty by squaring the circle of what poor countries want and what rich countries are prepared to give up.

In addition, as the circle of the developed countries widens, they are bound to exert an increasing upward pull on the developing countries.

In the early decades of the 19th century the circle of the developed countries was limited to western Europe.

One diplomat told Reuters the draft had been circulated among "a small circle of like-minded countries".