Sentence examples for table of nations from inspiring English sources

After the humiliating capitulation to the Nazis, a tremendous shock to a prideful and martial France, it was not especially surprising that de Gaulle should seek to restore France to a place at the top table of nations, capable of defending its own interests with its own means at its own pace and pleasure.

If the Americans do hit Iraq without German support but with Britain, France and others alongside, Germany could find itself summarily dismissed from its new hard-won place at the top table of nations.Mr Stoiber, meanwhile, is still hedging his bets.

The UK is in the lower half of a league table of 30 nations for health staffing.

Around the table of our nation.

She presided over the disappearance of that empire, with some vicious colonial wars along the way, and Britain's descent down the table of most powerful nations as the manufacturing industry that had made Victorian Britain so powerful became obsolete.

Click here for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations tables.

This is at the top of Ofcom's smart TV table, alongside France, and ahead of nations such as Germany, the US and Australia on 10%.

The White House wants to dissuade Congress from adopting new sanctions that could drive Iran from the negotiating table, or unravel the coalition of nations that has agreed to cut trade with Iran.

It was the last game in that season's Home International Championship, when England beat Scotland 4-3 to finish top of the table of the four competing nations.

The table provides a list of African Cup of Nations winners.

A useful reminder of the colonial history of one of the world's youngest nations as well as testament to the universal opportunism of young men looking to make a quick buck in a free-market economy.Of course, Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor), will soon be bumped a peg down the league table of the world's youngest nations by South Sudan, falling just behind Montenegro and Kosovo.