Foreign
Meanings and phrases
foreign
- of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
- relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; strange
- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; alien
- not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; extraneous
Foreign Intelligence Service
- Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information; collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime; Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki; SVR
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance; FISA
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
- a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies; F.I.S.C.
Foreign Office
- the government department in charge of foreign relations
Foreign Service
- the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world
French Foreign Legion
- a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France
French Foreign Office
- the French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris; Quai d'Orsay
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- aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another
- At times he has been critical of Afghanistan's reliance on foreign aid.
- The policy on foreign aid is an important area of German foreign policy.
- Burma had refused foreign aid, insisting it was capable to cope by itself.
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- a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another; foreign draft
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- a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast
- He then joined the BBC as a foreign correspondent.
- In 2001, she became a foreign correspondent in Beijing.
- Prior to embarking on his long journey, Levitt was a foreign correspondent.
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- any state of which one is not a citizen
- He tries to act as if he is from a foreign country.
- We'd moved to a foreign country where we didn't know anybody.
- Different claims of a foreign country are taken into account.
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- investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business)
- a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company
- Globally, foreign direct investment has slowed.
- The government of Djibouti welcomes all foreign direct investment.
- A second area of Görg's research is foreign direct investment (FDI).
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- a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another; foreign bill
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- the system by which one currency is exchanged for another; enables international transactions to take place
- Reserves of foreign exchange & gold: $11.78 billion (2006 est.)
- As a result, foreign exchange and customers' markets flourished.
- It also manages the country's foreign exchange and gold reserves.
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- a government minister for foreign relations; secretary of state
- He served earlier as the deputy foreign minister.
- He succeeded Fawzi Salloukh as foreign minister.
- He served as foreign minister and ambassador to Cuba.
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- a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister; legation
- an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work; mission; missionary post; missionary station
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- a policy governing international relations
- She is known for her hawkish foreign policy views.
- The President sets the tone for all foreign policy.
- Elizabeth's foreign policy was largely defensive.
n.
- a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals; terrorist organization; terrorist group; FTO
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- She is in charge of foreign affairs for the Devils.
- He was a member of the foreign affairs committee.
- He worked as a foreign affairs commentator at BBC Persian.
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- Many secondary schools offer French as a foreign language.
- This program is complemented with foreign language courses.
- French is the second most taught foreign language in the EU.
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- 71.5% of the tourists came from foreign countries.
- 58,6% of the tourists came from foreign countries.
- In 1850 Christy began to visit foreign countries.
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- Nigerians make up the largest group of foreign nationals.
- 18.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.
- , 42.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
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- He spoke two foreign languages: German and English.
- He devoted much time to the study of foreign languages.
- Many of those were in foreign languages.
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- Right now, 75% of our foreign trade goes through this city.
- At the same time, China's economy opened up to foreign trade.
- Guyana's foreign trade is handled by foreign shipping companies.
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- Mariquita Sánchez de Thompson's forte was foreign relations.
- He is known for his expertise on American foreign relations.
- FSM has foreign relations with 56 countries, including the Holy See.
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- The economy grew and foreign investment increased with it.
- 600 which deals with foreign investment and investment contracts.
- The Brunei Government actively encourages more foreign investment.
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- Each team can sign up to three foreign players.
- Since then, Real Sociedad have had many foreign players.
- Each team can sign maximum 3 foreign players in the squad.
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- Chile became the first foreign market to sell the T60.
- It was the first foreign football tryouts to happen in Egypt.
- In 1952, the band undertook its first foreign tour in Denmark.
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- There is a flourishing domestic and foreign film production industry.
- The proposal was designed to appeal to both domestic and foreign opinion.
- Low domestic and foreign demand had depressed the economy's overall output.
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- Cuoci has received several awards from Italy, and other foreign nations.
- Some Afghans are also fluent in Urdu, English, and other foreign languages.
- On other foreign policy matters, the party "supports a nuclear-free Israel and Middle East".
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- In 2001, AHUT started to accept foreign students.
- About 20 foreign students are admitted according to merit.
- OIC is open to both Chinese and foreign students aged 2–18.
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- , 42.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
- , 35.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
- , 35.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
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- , 42.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
- , 35.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
- , 35.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
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- All sums may not be convertible into foreign currency.
- On February 1, the sale of cash foreign currency was abolished .
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- Piracy and attacks from hostile foreign powers were a constant threat.
- Struggles in the region lead to Persian antagonism to both foreign powers.
- The Nemuro Peninsula has become occupied by foreign powers during the various wars.
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- Bilateral debt is the money India owes to foreign governments.
- Three foreign governments have also recognized Yohannes’ service and leadership.
- In addition OP-20-G also copied diplomatic messages of many foreign governments.
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- Only a small number of foreign films have been made in Cyprus.
- Slovenes) in the overall number of foreign visitors of Croatia.
- <br> <br> The number of foreign players is limited to 7 per team.
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- Corporate services for foreign companies employ some 3% of the workforce.
- As of December 2005, over 270 foreign companies had been admitted to the AIM.
- The Park is home to several thousand foreign companies and research institutes.
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- In 1933, MacMurray returned to the foreign service.
- In 1930, Colban went back to the Norwegian foreign service.
- He resigned the position in 1929 and briefly left the foreign service.
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- Many people died including many foreign tourists.
- Since then, Real Sociedad have had many foreign players.
- The F1 was used by many foreign armies from 1915 to 1940.
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- The foreign investors only owned a combined 20% stake.
- The ISX opened to foreign investors on August 2, 2007.
- Previous legislation (1997) made no specific inclusion of foreign investors.
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- From 1920 to 1923 he was active in the foreign ministry.
- Mansour began his career at the foreign ministry in 1974.
- The Romanian foreign ministry suspended Ionescu from his post.
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- Most of the boys go abroad as foreign workers by the age 20 or less.
- A sizeable number of foreign workers from other African countries live in the town.
- They are primarily foreign workers from India and Pakistan and some from other countries.
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- For foreign tourists, the cost goes up to INR 200.
- Many people died including many foreign tourists.
- No deaths were reported among foreign tourists.
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- He soon begins to realise that both British and foreign intelligence agents are at work.
- Exiled Russians gave "the Trust" large sums of money and supplies, as did foreign intelligence agencies.
- According to the MI5 website, "foreign intelligence officers acting in the UK under diplomatic cover may enjoy immunity from prosecution.
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- The President sets the tone for all foreign policy.
- The government of Djibouti welcomes all foreign direct investment.
- He argued that all foreign investment would be subject to Guatemalan laws.
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- Globally, foreign direct investment has slowed.
- The government of Djibouti welcomes all foreign direct investment.
- A second area of Görg's research is foreign direct investment (FDI).
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- In total the foreign population makes up around 5% of the population.
- Most of the foreign population lives in Prague (37.3%) and Central Bohemia Region (13.2%).
- Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 9 while the foreign population decreased by 2.
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- Chinese films grossed () in foreign markets in 2016.
- Renault also tried to open foreign markets.
- Gradually, the chervonetz began to penetrate foreign markets.
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- Legislation against foreign traders was implemented in the 1890s.
- Kimanzi has publicly spoken out against foreign coaches in Africa.
- Some of them (e.g., ) fought against foreign armies when they invade.
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- In this capacity, he attended most meetings of EU foreign ministers.
- The meeting on 26 September, unnamed Arab foreign ministers met Brahimi.
- List of foreign ministers in 2005 This is a list of foreign ministers in 2005.
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- Unruh made several foreign study trips with August Borsig.
- He spoke several foreign languages.
- The two men began fighting in the crowd, where both men hit each other with several foreign objects.
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- The area is used by local and foreign athletes for high-altitude training.
- Parallel to this, Francisca Barrios wrote in the local and foreign anarchist press.
- Many other local and foreign anthropologists decried Elizalde's claims, calling it an elaborate hoax.
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- In November 1569, de Vere petitioned Cecil for a foreign military posting.
- The government of Mali asked for foreign military help to re-take the north.
- The withdrawal of the Cubans ended 13 years of foreign military presence in Angola.
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- The increase of foreign visitors has been dramatic.
- This number includes 68.83 million nights by foreign visitors.
- This number includes 68.83 million nights by foreign visitors.
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- He became a foreign member of the Société des Amis des Noirs.
- In 1997 he was made foreign member of the Linnean Society of London.
- In 2006 he became a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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- Cuba–Greece relations Cuban-Greek relations are foreign relations between Cuba and Greece.
- Iraq–Serbia relations Iraqi–Serbian relations are foreign relations between Iraq and Serbia.
- Serbia–Syria relations Serbia–Syria relations are foreign relations between Serbia and Syria.
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- In our time, is engaged in dubbing foreign films.
- Non-English foreign films make use of English subtitles.
- Prior to 1914, however, many foreign films were imported.
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- Increasingly it depended on the Army in foreign and domestic affairs, as well as finance.
- Ancillary would be the growth of reciprocity between different family firms, foreign and domestic.
- Majumdar investigated the shaping of trade by foreign and domestic currencies on the Malabar coast.
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- Bond is sent to recover it before the Union can sell the microfilm to a foreign power.
- Enron International consisted of all of Enron's foreign power projects, including ones in Europe.
- Luka tried to provoke Teja, implying he had been working for a foreign power, and Teja bit off his ear.
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- Sixteen foreign nations participated in the event.
- Congress also has power to regulate commerce with foreign nations.
- The right to recognize foreign nations rests solely with the president.
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- RAID also provides close protection for foreign dignitaries traveling in France.
- Juddha Shumsher, not Chandra Shumsher built Gallery Baithak to meet foreign dignitaries.
- During Wickremesinghe's tenure as opposition leader, he met many foreign dignitaries at Fifth Lane.
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- He was deputy minister of foreign affairs from 1965 to 1975.
- He served as deputy minister of foreign affairs in the 1980s.
- He was appointed as minister of foreign affairs on 3 March 1975.
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- Access to foreign media remains heavily restricted.
- Primakov Readings were covered in more than 70 major Russian and 10 foreign media.
- The press conference was moderated by Goebbels and was attended by both domestic and foreign media.
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- Sam Curran was the most expensive foreign player at Rs 7.2 crore.
- He also won the league's best foreign player award in 2009 and 2011.
- He received the official title of Best foreign player of that season.
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- 18.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.
- , 15% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.
- , 9.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.
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- None were ever officially recognized by a foreign government.
- On June 2018 Allaham disclosed the payments in a filing to register as an agent of a foreign government.
- He met with foreign government and military officials, political leaders and civil society representatives.
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- The foreign policies of the countries have been closely aligned since the Cold War.
- The CPC criticizes the CPSU of pursuing Soviet imperialism in its foreign policies.
- On average, American conservatives desire tougher foreign policies than liberals do.
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- A significant portion of foreign residents are students at the RWTH Aachen University.
- Hietzing was next to the inner city as the district with the highest German foreign residents.
- ISTAT data recorded on January 1, 2011, show that there were 107 foreign residents, as follows:
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- A total of 43,000 foreign troops would ultimately be brought in.
- It was the last close engagement of British and foreign troops on mainland British soil.
- During the Napoleonic Wars, he added the position of Commissioner-General for supply of foreign troops.
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- 8–12 militants, including some foreign fighters were killed.
- Ahrar al-Sham generally welcomes foreign fighters without demanding too much of them.
- There have been a number of foreign fighters that had joined the Syrian Civil War in opposition to Assad.
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- He is also sometimes held responsible for Bulgaria's foreign debt.
- The current account and fiscal deficits widened, and foreign debt grew.
- However, as a result of economic self-sufficiency, Albania had a minimal foreign debt.
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- 7.3% of the population is born abroad and 4.7% are foreign citizens.
- It may be awarded to Romanians, foreign citizens, and military units.
- Killings, unrest, and kidnappings of foreign citizens across Lebanon resulted.
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- Of these foreign born, most are women of color.
- 16.9% (56,354) of Baltimore was foreign born, 563 of them Polish.
- 16.9% (56,354) of Baltimore was foreign born, 1,127 of them Bohemian.
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- The annual exhibitions are now held in the Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall and feature key foreign artists.
- John's action will also make the relevant agencies further hesitate in the future when they invite foreign artists.
- In recent years, the difficulties for foreign artists to enter Canada have caused some problems for the organization.
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- The school has 10% students of foreign origin.
- There are around 4,500 Roman Catholics in the country of foreign origin.
- Ghent is home to a large number of people of foreign origin and immigrants.
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- GIRO code for unlisted foreign banks is 051.
- Several foreign banks maintain Article XII investment companies.
- In 1993, cooperation with foreign banks was actively developing.
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- ENS Paris-Saclay cooperates with many foreign universities, for example in student exchange programs.
- Since 1995, the university has successfully jointly trained doctors with renowned foreign universities.
- A significant percentage of Maldivians living abroad are students pursuing an education at various foreign universities.
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- One of banks was founded with participation of state capital, 23 of foreign capital.
- High coffee prices bolstered the national economy and offset the flight of foreign capital.
- It united ships which belonged different "narkomats" and companies, including the ones with foreign capital.
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- There are 59 injuries, 5 casualties, 2 of them foreign journalists.
- The Ministry of Information claimed the rising costs were necessary to prevent foreign journalists for "distorting stories".
- ABS-CBN's "Newsbreak" reported that Abu Sayyaf abducted at least 20 journalists from 2000 to 2008 (mostly foreign journalists).
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- Foreign, mostly U.S. investment, as well as foreign aid, flowed into the country.
- Graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School and has worked in the legal profession as well as foreign trade.
- From there "Hudson" conducted several patrols along the South American coast, stopping and boarding for inspection American as well as foreign ships.
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- Bulgarian communists also deemed Catholicism a foreign influence.
- This would eventually turn Korea into a hermit kingdom to limit foreign influence.
- Chad's greatest foreign influence is France, which maintains 1,000 soldiers in the country.
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- Cuba–Greece relations Cuban-Greek relations are foreign relations between Cuba and Greece.
- Iraq–Serbia relations Iraqi–Serbian relations are foreign relations between Iraq and Serbia.
- Serbia–Syria relations Serbia–Syria relations are foreign relations between Serbia and Syria.
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- It received foreign diplomats and determined the course of diplomatic relations.
- Barchmann Mansion was built in 1741 and originally rented out to foreign diplomats.
- The casino was founded in 1917 as a site to gather information from foreign diplomats during the First World War.
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- Morocco is also a source of foreign investments.
- It also promotes foreign investments in Germany.
- Flanders also attracted a large majority of foreign investments in Belgium.
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- There is a flourishing domestic and foreign film production industry.
- Domestically produced films played to large audiences, and tickets for foreign film festivals sold quickly.
- In late 2006, "Curiosity Kills the Cat" made a bid to become China's nomination for best foreign film in the Academy Awards.
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- Centres were also opened in various foreign locations.
- Additionally, there are various foreign diplomatic missions in Somalia.
- Soon, SPW started to showcase various foreign wrestlers in their matches.
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- Since September 2015 he has held the post of foreign secretary of the British Academy.
- To rebuild Habsburg prestige and gain revenge against Prussia, Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust became foreign secretary.
- Hume was one of the three surgeons recommended to perform the biliary tract surgery on foreign secretary Anthony Eden on 12 April 1953.
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- MSHCA has over 50 years of history in the area of foreign missions.
- Botswana has a small but far-reaching network of foreign missions abroad.
- Whenever you ask people to support them [foreign missions] Joe, do bar China.
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- Together the two couples leave on a tour of foreign lands.
- He often went away to foreign lands to trade and amass wealth.
- Textile probably was one of the major exports to foreign lands, along with gems.
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- He also won the league's best foreign player award in 2009 and 2011.
- At the age of 19, he was named the best foreign player in the Ekstraklasa.
- He was the best foreign top scorer in that season in the Serbian second tier.
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- Early reports noted extensive casualties and Iraq warned against foreign intervention.
- The defeat at Saratoga caused considerable anxiety in Britain over foreign intervention.
- The leasing country will therefore have to accept the capability for remote foreign intervention in the facility.
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- Brasília also hosts 124 foreign embassies.
- In the 1990s, exhibitions of Sergey Bermeniev were held in foreign embassies.
- Government offices and foreign embassies are also located in the new section.
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- The characters "q", "w" and "x" appear only in foreign words.
- These, and "w", are used in Turkish Braille as well for foreign words.
- However, direct phonetic borrowing of foreign words has gone on since ancient times.
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- It was built after the Sino-Soviet Split and did not receive foreign assistance.
- Once Bolivia's government depended heavily on foreign assistance to finance development projects and to pay the public staff.
- All of these factors contribute to its heavy dependence on foreign assistance to help support its balance of payments and to finance development projects.
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- Tampered wines appeared on the market to cope with foreign competition.
- And, as with historical guilds, such a structure will resist foreign competition.
- The Italian film industry struggled against rising foreign competition in the years following World War I.
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- in what is believed to be the first use of the act relating to a foreign national.
- In March 2012, 2 foreign national champion paragliders have surveyed Mount Panten.
- A foreign national who holds a visa issued by any of these countries can travel freely within the area.
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- It also focused on foreign influences.
- Al-Qaeda ideologues envision the removal of all foreign influences in Muslim countries.
- Another use is for so-called "Voodoo dolls", even though such dolls are the result of foreign influences and not based in historic fact.
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- Struggles in the region lead to Persian antagonism to both foreign powers.
- Hotels along the south coast were full of both foreign tourists and Sri Lankans making use of the long Christmas weekend.
- The struggle for power at the court had unfortunate consequences for both foreign affairs and for internal administration.
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- The UK is the largest foreign investor in Azerbaijan.
- It is Pakistan's oldest and largest foreign commercial bank.
- The two largest foreign groups come from two francophone countries: France and Morocco.
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- There is the opportunity for foreign travel, including a German foreign exchange student program.
- In 1984, he was a foreign exchange student and a prep basketball player at Taylorville High School in Taylorville, Illinois.
- A student living in a neighboring public school district or a foreign exchange student may seek admission to Area School District.
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- Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 7 while the foreign population increased by 1.
- Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1.
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- Al-Sane opposes Project Kuwait and allowing foreign oil companies into Kuwait.
- Egypt also paid more than $6 billion it owed to foreign oil companies within two months.
- In this capacity, he recommended that a tax be placed on foreign oil processed within the state.
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- The Zimbabwean press at times has strained relations with foreign press and governments.
- Diplomats, United Nations employees and foreign press reporters are exempt from this requirement.
- These units both terrified the Rif and captured the imagination of the foreign press with their conspicuous courage and brutality.
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- During this season, Msida's only foreign player, Daniel Nwoke won the top scorer award.
- There were only foreign doctors, and they mostly served the members of the royal families.
- She is credited for being the only foreign diplomat to get access to deposed president Mohamed Morsi.
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- He became concerned that this dominant perspective was shaping the way the dominant media reported foreign news and events.
- "Time" co-founder Henry Luce hired Martyn as a foreign news editor at "Time" based solely on the recommendation of journalist John Franklin Carter.
- In 1999, Brazier married Joanna Roughton, at the time Reuters Asia editor and then Sky's head of foreign news until 2002, with whom he had 6 children.
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- In certain cases, the filler results in a granulomatous foreign body reaction.
- Corneal foreign body is one of the most common preventable occupational hazard.
- If the foreign body causes problems like pain, vomiting or bleeding it must be removed.
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- "Amatsukaze" was one of the earliest foreign ships equipped with the American Tartar system.
- Other Chinese vessels came onto the run and by 1915, foreign ships expressed their interest too.
- However, the shallow water level in the port delayed the actual opening to foreign ships until 1869.
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- At the end of 2013, there stood 35 commercial banks of which most have majority foreign ownership.
- Restrictions on foreign direct investment were removed, permitting 100% foreign ownership in many cases.
- This would be intended to discourage foreign ownership of dwellings and free up housing stock for residents.
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- In 2018, he was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences.
- In 2000, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- In 1870, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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- Mrazović and her husband were deported to Austria, which she considered a "foreign land".
- The Serer tradition is silent on whether this foreign family were royals from a foreign land or not.
- While the government does not restrict foreign land ownership, it does strongly enforce its immigration laws.