Sentence examples for nations setting from inspiring English sources

The proposal was defeated, but still, with the New Deal at its apogee and with other Western nations setting up state broadcasting systems like the BBC, CBS had reason to be vigilant about protecting its public-interest flank.

He correctly predicted the Mexican peso crisis in 1994, and was a vocal advocate of developing nations setting policy in a manner that would attract international investment - strong fiscal policy, low inflation and a stable currency.

Senators rejected a contentious amendment to impose sanctions on Chinese companies that export sophisticated weapons to hostile nations, setting the stage to vote in a few days on legislation to give China permanent normal trading privileges.

In short, is it possible that the country that gained a reputation as the Keystone Kops of nuclear nations, setting off nuclear explosions that sputtered and missiles that crashed into the sea, has actually gotten its act together to the point that it now may pose a significant threat?

European nations set their minds to a war-banishing Union.

As the French historian Ernest Lavisse put it: "The two nations set off in different directions.

The deepest beliefs of our nations set the direction of our foreign policy.

Two-thirds of the total went to nations set to join the European Union by June 2004.

"We can no longer wait and see until other nations set precedents".

D1 Setting Sail, Alone Thirteen skippers representing nine nations set sail from New York harbor to begin the sixth single-handed yacht race around the world.

Jointly, these eight nations set fishing quotas and sustainability standards to manage nearly a third of the world's tuna stock.