For Western audiences, the interest of a distant country was an attraction.

They are not restricted to strange cities in distant countries.

In my mind's eye I saw a man from a distant country.

How was he going to cross the border of the distant country without getting issued with all this stuff?

Many years ago, in a distant country, there was a young man.

I'm going to tell them we're from a very distant country, and don't know this part of the world at all.

At stake is not simply some distant country called Kuwait.

Doctors for the neighboring and distant countries are being trained at the University.

Is there among you one who, by chance, comes from that distant country?

But affairs in distant countries can suddenly end up close to home.