1.  Despite a ten-year transition period, both countries suffered balance of payments problems on entering the Community.

2.  In recent years, the country has suffered a profound political and economic crisis, and depravation is acute.

3.  Not long after my first visit, Navajo country suffered a severe drought.

4.  The country has suffered from persistent economic problems.

5.  The country has suffered substantial territorial losses in this war.

6.  The country was suffering a deep recession.

7.  The country has suffered through long periods of economic privation.

8.  The country suffered for many years under his dictatorship.

9.  They may have been of impermanent materials, such as wood, or the countries may have suffered greater devastation than their neighbours.