Sentences with phrase «in little country»

Nothing happens out here in my little country community.

I am researching buying Tax Acution property in Texas, in little country towns.

I grew up in a little country called Latvia and always wanted to make video games.

This was a big deal back when it aired in my little country.

Before heading to Oktoberfest in Munich, I wanted to make a stop in the little country of Luxembourg and check out the Sofitel Luxembourg Le Grand Ducal.

One Memorial day weekend as we were putting flowers on my grandparents graves in a little country cemetery, this tiny, pathetic little animal comes out from under a bush.

Last Saturday Saint Nicholas (the Dutch version of Santa Claus) arrived in our little country on his steamship and so the festive season has officially begun.

«When we started doing research here, in this little town, in this little country on the edge of the known world, few people were aware of it.

«People have found no better thing than this to do for kings at their crowning and for criminals going to the scaffold; for armies in triumph or for a bride and bridegroom in a little country church; for the wisdom of a Parliament or for a sick old woman afraid to die... tremulously, by an old monk on the fiftieth anniversary of his vows; furtively by an exiled bishop who had hewn timber all day in a prison camp; gorgeously for the canonization of St Joan of Arc.»

Men have found no better thing than this to do for kings at their crowning and for criminals going to the scaffold; for armies in triumph or for a bride and bridegroom in a little country church; for the wisdom of a Parliament or for a sick old woman afraid to die... One could fill many pages with the reasons why men have done this, and not tell a hundredth part of them.

Not exact matches

«Digital profits in Europe exist but are taxed very little or not at all,» said the European commissioner for taxation, Pierre Moscovici, who blamed traditional rules designed for companies with a physical presence in the countries where they offer their services.

Democrat Bernie Sanders, who says the system in this country is rigged against the little guy and proposes redistributing wealth and promoting economic growth by more heavily taxing the 1 percent?

The U.K. government's proposed «snooper's charter» is already scaring tech firms around the world with its threat of forcing them to help break encryption in their communications services, but here's a wrinkle that's received little attention until now: It would also force them to give the country's spies a heads - up about upcoming product launches and upgrades.

In a little over two years, the service has registered 31 % of Zimbabwe's adult population, a group responsible for more than $ 200 million in transactions per month — that's about 22 % of the country's GDP — using their mobile phoneIn a little over two years, the service has registered 31 % of Zimbabwe's adult population, a group responsible for more than $ 200 million in transactions per month — that's about 22 % of the country's GDP — using their mobile phonein transactions per month — that's about 22 % of the country's GDP — using their mobile phones.

«Unfortunately, I know that people talk about this having a lot to do with these seven countries in particular, but I think the net is cast a little bit wider than we know,» Muhammad added.

Indeed, in countries like Spain and Greece, youth unemployment remains above 50 percent and shows little sign of abating despite improvements in the economies of these countries.

AB InBev has made inroads in China's small but fast - growing craft beer market, which analysts say may account for as little as 0.1 % of the country's $ 80 billion a year in beer sales, but which may also be growing at triple - digits in the major cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.

In a country where most citizens have little disposable income, potential franchisees should follow the example of franchisees in other tourism centers, like Indonesia, and focus on tourists to bring in the dougIn a country where most citizens have little disposable income, potential franchisees should follow the example of franchisees in other tourism centers, like Indonesia, and focus on tourists to bring in the dougin other tourism centers, like Indonesia, and focus on tourists to bring in the dougin the dough.

But Terry Campbell, the new president and CEO of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA), has little interest in feuding with the country's official opposition.

«Canada has very little influence over the banking in other countries, and I don't think we should pay anything for their bad management practices,» said one respondent.

From little known beach towns (including one in a country not typically known for it's sunbathing weather - the UK) to rebounding heartland cities, it's an intriguing list of places to consider checking out before all your friends do.

«A lot of people in this country are struggling and if they get a little relief in their taxes, they're gonna like that.»

«The choices Nordic countries have made have little to do with altruism or kinship,» Partanen wrote for The Atlantic in 2016.

In more and more bars across the country, the little - recognized shaker is slipping out the back door.

Marlon Blackwell — whose Fayetteville, Arkansas - based firm, Marlon Blackwell Architects, was named the top design firm in the country for 2016 by Architect magazine — describes Ivy's statement as «too little, too soon.»

Just give it a little time,» Woods told reporters at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, where he will host the Quicken Loans National next month.

Though little known in the Canadian industry, her elevation to country CEO made sense because of her background: 17 years in supermarkets prepared her well to guide Walmart's food expansion, as did her Sam's experience with so - called combination stores that stock both food and general merchandise.

The countryside I traversed had little natural beauty, and most of the wild animals had been killed during the civil war; the souvenirs were five times as expensive as similar items in other countries; the Portuguese - influenced food was bland and boring; and when I asked for a doggie bag to take my leftovers back to my hotel, I got charged five dollars for the bag.

A number of media outlets, including several TV networks, have tried to present a united front and argue that penning journalists up is not acceptable conduct in a country where press freedom is enshrined in the Constitution, but so far they have made little progress.

«You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country not someone who is just going to be a little different than the person in there,» he said.

A new report, conducted jointly by Ericsson, Arthur D. Little and Chalmers University of Technology in 33 OECD countries, quantifies the isolated impact of broadband speed, showing that doubling the broadband speed for an economy increases GDP by 0.3 %.

And one oddly secretive company wasn't pleased to see its bills detailing the fact that 90 % of its calls went to Iran and Nicaragua, two countries that had little in common other than that they were of great interest to the American intelligence community.

Other gifts include a Christmas tree sent to a couple living in a hotel because their home was destroyed in a tornado, a travel care package sent to a woman with cancer who had to travel across the country every three weeks for treatment, and a package of new toys sent to a little girl whose own were destroyed in a fire.

«Little John Waynes,» Li & Fung calls its in - country hagglers, for their cowboy - like independence.

«While stemming the tide against corruption takes time, in the last six years many countries have still made little to no progress.»

As the US was rising to its power and glory during the 19 th Century, we had a horrible civil war, 15 depressions [Yes, with a D.], few human rights, little rule of law, periodic massacres in the streets, etc., etc. yet we still became the most successful country in the 20 th Century.

The little vulgar newsshoprint freebie that started in Montreal back in 1994 now has more than 800 full - time employees in 34 countries making books, films, video, magazines, events and music, all funded through partnerships with some of the globe's biggest brands.

Despite the big - effort, these corporate programs will likely do very little toward making a dent in the country's persistent unemployment problems.

He wasn't sure what the right answer to that question was, but suggested that shifting more of the burden to other countries would be a start; rather than Americans paying too much, perhaps people in other Western countries are paying too little.

Marlon Blackwell — whose Fayetteville, Arkansas — based firm, Marlon Blackwell Architects, was named the top design firm in the country for 2016 by Architect magazine — describes Ivy's statement as «too little, too soon.»

Following the murder of 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida by a lone gunman carrying a high - powered assault rifle, the Trump administration has offered little comfort and few solutions for the country going forward.

The country's former prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has taken to his blog repeatedly to criticize the project — and the administration of current Prime Minister Najib Razak — for allegedly selling land, residency and other benefits to relatively affluent mainland Chinese and bringing little economic benefit to locals in return.

Gnomes Gnomes pop up all over the world, and in every country they act a little differently.

Makes it a little harder to pull this strategy off — I think it works well in low inflation countries.

«After a recession that was milder than in many parts of the country, we are seeing signs of a modest recovery in New York, but little growth elsewhere in the region and unemployment remains painfully high,» said William C. Dudley, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

It is clear that simply investing in broad market indices across many countries does little to protect against bad times.

For example, the U.S. State Department decreased wait times for visa interviews in some countries as long as «a little over a year ago to less than 10 days,» he explained.

Despite Congress's dawdling, there is little question that America's abundance of guns — the country has by far the highest rate of civilian gun ownership in the world — is driving its unique gun violence problem.

While the country has very little debt and relatively huge fiscal exchange reserves, the drop in oil represents a huge change in Saudi Arabia's fiscal position.

Thus, until the advent of the global financial crisis, mainstream authors paid little attention to the fact that wage growth had lagged behind the sum of productivity growth and inflation, in most countries and for several decades, and that as a result wage shares had fallen.