Sentence examples for countries familiar from inspiring English sources

"It's going to take leadership," she told a subdued Mr. Zardari, according to officials from both countries familiar with the hourlong meeting at McCormick Place last Sunday.

The contents of the briefing are confidential, but officials of several countries familiar with it said it contained little of the political analysis of North Korea's intentions, and left open the question of timing.

It's been a hard sell for Washington, according to experts and officials in both countries familiar with the diplomatic dialogue.

Anticipating and supporting the development of a health desk within the re-emerging East African Community, countries familiar with working together wanted to prepare common procedures for combating disease threats such as Ebola or, more commonly, cholera (11).

We're back in Apatow country, familiar from "Knocked Up" and "Funny People".

The police were on high alert in a dragnet that appeared to rattle even a part of the country familiar with sweeping police hunts.

The scalloped harbor was itself a country, familiar as the archipelago a child governs among the rocks: it hardly seemed the open sea could offer more.

James's visit to Denmark, a country familiar with witch-hunts, may have encouraged an interest in the study of witchcraft, which he considered a branch of theology.

James VI's visit to Denmark, a country familiar with witch hunts, may have encouraged an interest in the study of witchcraft.

In "Gone Too Soon," now touring Hard Rock restaurants around the country, familiar talismans of flamed-out stars -- such as Stevie Ray Vaughan's Maori necklace -- share stage time with quieter relics -- like Kurt Cobain's seventh grade yearbook -- in glass cases that evoke the voyeuristic set-up of a medical oddities museum.

Other countries are familiar with multi-party parliamentary politics.