Sentence examples for overseas capitals from inspiring English sources

The son of a foreign correspondent, Jason grew up in a series of overseas capitals -- Ankara, Bucharest, Beirut.

Competition for membership is intense, and campaigning goes on in overseas capitals and the corridors of the United Nations for months before the voting.

Underneath the political tension is an economy that has proved increasingly attractive to overseas capital.

At last, some refreshing news about the movement of overseas capital to Russia.

Either way, overseas capital will be needed which could create political problems.Community initiatives may be cheaper and more politically durable.

Court negotiated successfully for overseas capital investment, the construction of railways and ports, and the signing of export contracts, principally with Japan.

Having grown by at least 9% a year for three years, it was attracting more overseas capital than it knew what to do with.

But its first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, was not deterred by geographic limitations and immediately pursued a labour-intensive industrialisation policy that was open to overseas capital.

To overseas capital London house prices went down by 50%: a 20% drop in the asking price and a 30% drop in the pound.

The flood of overseas capital, and the (perfectly legal) appropriation of land by foreign investors has blocked the possibility of such organic development in poor countries.

Neocolonialism prevails in most islands, and West Indians are acutely aware of their dependence on overseas capital, decision makers, and technologies, particularly in the French-affiliated islands of the Lesser Antilles.