11.   But for heating water, the country has adopted an alternative energy source into ordinary life.

12.   But the idea is almost impossible for any single country to adopt on its own because currency trades would simply shift operations elsewhere.

13.   California was willing to wait in return for assurances that the entire country would adopt the two-gram standard.

14.   Cermak, who is also vice president of the Czech Bar Association, would like to see his country adopt legislation similar to that in Germany.

15.   He threw the ceremonial first pitch, an American custom, and later said he hoped his own country might adopt the tradition.

16.   If monetary union goes ahead, European countries will adopt the euro as their single currency, and the Ecu will be abolished.

17.   In fact, one of the early cases to reach the U.S. Supreme Court after the country adopted its first antitrust law involved a trade group.

18.   In principle, the deciding issues are whether a country has adopted the institutions and laws to support both democracy and an open market economy.

19.   Muis said it would be difficult to get other countries to adopt the more detailed American accounting rules.

20.   Not all countries will adopt the euro as their currency.