Yet history records that the nation was not waiting for a programme of national reconstruction.

But the longer the nation waits, the harder the problems will be to fix.

While the nation waits for the answer, it worries.

The nation was waiting for an important announcement on the outcome of the talks.

Other nations, especially Japan, wait impatiently in the wings with their offers of soft loans.

But so far, the nation is still waiting to find out what its new leader has in mind.

The nation in effect waits longer for its tax revenue and gets less, as private equity partners get more.

"The whole nation was waiting for this game and expecting us to win."

The report said the language did not constitute, as some have asserted, a demand that nations wait to be attacked.

Other nations are waiting to see what Japan does before joining in this project.