Sentence examples for very low countries from inspiring English sources

It strikes me that this is a very Low Countries obsession: think of the work of Belgian sculptor Thierry de Cordier, or the early, mud-coloured, big-booted works of Van Gogh.

"After Argentina [risk] spreads are very low and countries are borrowing like crazy," notes Mr Roubini.

A law passed in the dying days of the last parliament now prevents vulture funds profiteering on the old debts of very low income countries in British courts – a huge step forward.

Assessments drawn on for this study are partial due to an absence of comprehensive, long-term national evaluations of system change; a lack of opportunity to combine national and municipal reports2 with site visits; an absence of very low income countries among the cases studies; and the impossibility of knowing what would have happened if reform had not taken place.

In certain circumstances — particularly in very low income countries — good reasons can be found to continue a health/well-being approach to children 0 3 years and their families, hoping that the opportunity for cognitive stimulation and language development in this period will not be neglected.

Levels of missing data were generally very low across countries indicating the acceptability of the questionnaire.

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan receive disproportionally low amount of aid compared to their overall burden of disease (27, 47), falling into the Very Low Aid Countries category despite their increasing poverty and evident needs for better performance (48).

However, there are several global health interventions that are inherently complex to implement, such as the social marketing of condoms and the DOTS (directly observed therapy, short course) strategy for tuberculosis control in very low income countries [ 24].

But Latin America is a low-aid continent: almost all its countries are very low-aid countries (that is, they receive less – usually far less – than 1% of their gross national income in aid).

The two cohorts are likely to be at different stages of nutritional transition, considering the rural cohort is from a very low income country while the urban cohort is from a middle income country.

Officials told the BBC that although the likelihood of Israel being drawn into fighting with Syria was very low, the country nevertheless had to prepare for that scenario.