Sentence examples for of large countries from inspiring English sources

WHEN leaders of large countries call news conferences, they usually have something to say.

JPMorgan Chase has more - amounting to the G.D.P. of large countries - a face value of $79 trillion in derivatives.

Complaints about Belgium's exclusion from G-20 membership, and opposition to perceived influence of a "directoire" of large countries in the EU are examples.

Mr Bush, by contrast, was until recently best known for referring to Greeks as "Grecians" and having trouble naming the leaders of large countries.

Asked about the ambitions of large countries like France, Britain and Germany to play an independent role in world affairs akin to that of the United States, China or India, Mr. Solana was gently contemptuous.

Inside the political systems of large countries, there are usually internal incentives to feed overweening patriotism and nationalism, and to win political battles by accusing rivals of having betrayed the country by being insufficiently aggressive against foreigners.

With demand for expensive houses in London having nearly halved this year, owners of large country houses are now expected to feel the chill.

Gone are the days of large country offices and mega-programming that has shown a dearth of results.

All developing regions have enjoyed faster growth since 2002, with particular attention focused on the performance of larger countries.

For some unfathomable reason, the leaders of larger countries have taken to demeaning Finnish food; Jacques Chirac said it was the worst in Europe except for England's, and Silvio Berlusconi sneered that the Finns didn't know what prosciutto was.

Yet a number of larger countries, including Canada, Russia and Australia, still play a majority of their important international matches at a select few stadiums instead of embracing the full-on drifter approach.