By and large, we can conceive of countries as having, broadly, some similar characteristics and intuitively the basis to looking towards countries that are similar to one's own seems sound.
When she was a girl, she recalled, her mother had been homesick for Norway, and young Elise conceived of that country as a haven, a place to hold in reserve as a retreat, where she would always be safe.
To sum up, the three hypotheses expect that the subjective belongingness value of citizenship is conditioned on how citizenship is conceived of in the host country.
In "While I Was Waiting," an entirely Syrian cast and crew bring this reality to a New York stage, capturing dynamics rarely explored by non-Syrians, who tend to conceive of the country's predicament as simply a "war story".
Yesterday a frustrated Mr Gates once again challenged the military to drop its cold-war mindset, make itself more useful, and focus on the current nature of conflict.[I]t is hard to conceive of any country confronting the United States directly in conventional terms—ship to ship, fighter to fighter, tank to tank for some time to come.
It's not possible to conceive of a country with no culture.
Because I cannot even conceive of my country turning away from these two fundamental principles.
James personally conceived of the interiors for his country house, Monkton, in Surrey, England.
"People are watching TV shows from countries they never would have conceived of doing before.
Cofounders and brothers Jacques and Eugene van Buuren first conceived of Eden Green after spending time volunteering in their home country of South Africa.
