Sentence examples for nations precisely from inspiring English sources

Because of the uncertainties of climate change and the variables of mitigation measures, it is impossible to rank nations precisely on a scale of risk, Mr. Neefjes said.

For all I know, we are, as a nation, PRECISELY that close to just giving up!

The uniquely American tradition of large-scale charitable support for the arts and culture, higher education, the environment, and other causes is a foundation of this nation precisely because people have the choice to donate for things they personally care about.

But the reason we brought Libya from a position of being ostracised by the international community into the community of nations was precisely because they changed their policy externally in a way that was extremely important for our own security and that of the rest of the world".

This premise is coupled with the more narrow, nation-centered descriptive claim that the ethno-nation is precisely the kind of community ideally suited for the task.

However, the fact that he was also able subsequently to participate as a full citizen of Desmond Tutu's "rainbow nation" is precisely what made post-apartheid South Africa so special: a country that, following centuries of the most entrenched division and brutality, managed to find within itself some kind of peace.

Redirecting tax dollars from secular education to religious schools that may preach intolerance for other faiths would -- as Washington has long believed -- move the nation in precisely the wrong direction.

America was not founded as a Christian nation -- precisely because the founders were informed by a Jewish and Christian understanding of human nature.

To have a prominent political figure challenging the power and message of the Israel lobby is almost unheard of in most western nations – which is precisely what makes the just released diaries of former Australian foreign minister Bob Carr all the more remarkable.

The result has been deeper recession, social unrest and political upheaval in Europe's weaker economies and increasing mistrust between the strong and weak nations of Europe — precisely the wrong conditions for integrating the banks, budgets and politics of Europe in a way that is needed for the long-term survival of the euro.

The blazers and committee men of the Celtic nations, or more precisely Ireland and Wales, may have started the season under a cloud after losing the argument about a revamped Europe, but they and their sponsors have hit pay dirt nine months and 126 league games later.