Sentence examples for pack of countries from inspiring English sources

On one side is a pack of countries led by France and Germany which recently launched a joint initiative to harmonise the tax base for corporate taxes in the EU as a prelude to establishing minimum rates.

A few places have tripped up in their haste to take advantage of rich seafarers: Sardinia imposed a luxury tax earlier this year, but the move drove some big boats away.As the craze for yachting spreads round the world, a new pack of countries will soon be providing talented mariners as well as attractive havens.

There is a pack of countries pushing for this logging loophole to stay in the agreement, namely Japan, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Austria and Sweden.

"The US is breaking out of the pack of crisis countries that includes the euro area, the UK and Japan," he said.

Just at about the time of industrial revolution and the advent of renaissance, the United Kingdom led a pack of European countries, the United States and Japan towards higher stages of economic growth, creating a dichotomy of rich countries and poor countries.

Here is a chart showing the share of a country's population that say they have relatives or friends they can count on for help in times of need: The United States is in the middle of the pack of the countries surveyed, with 92.3 percent of Americans saying they have a support network.

— The U.S. is currently way ahead of the pack of individual countries when it comes to E&M spend.

The United States now leads the pack of the wealthiest countries in annual working hours.

"Too much blood is still being shed on the earth," he said, addressing the thousands of people, from scores of countries, who packed the makeshift pews or stood in small corridors of space between them, alternately singing hymns and snapping photographs with their digital cameras.

You'd think French rest stops packed with travelers from dozens of countries would yield at least a few interesting conversations, but other voyagers are seen as devoid of "intelligence" and "sensitivity," "simply idiots," and therefore not worth the authors' time.

The most optimistic case is that we're in a clump of countries leading the pack.