Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] talks [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The longstanding dispute was resolved following talks in Rome between Albanian and UK officials . |
| 2 | The Jakarta meeting was preceded by talks in Bangkok ( Thailand ) on Feb. 21 between Hun Sen and Prince Sihanouk [ for their meeting at Paris conference on Cambodia in August 1989 see p. 36848 ] . |
| 3 | The announcement of the commuting of death sentences was made after talks in London between Shaikh Saad and the United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major . |
| 4 | The preliminary text of a new good neighbourliness and mutual co-operation treaty with the Soviet Union was agreed at talks on Nov. 5-6 . |
| 5 | Following the report in early 1990 by accountants Coopers and Lybrand into the activities of offshore financial businesses in the UK 's Caribbean dependent territories , it was agreed in talks in May between UK government officials and the Chief Minister , Emile Gumbs , that Anguilla 's Constitution would be amended ( by Order in Council within the next few months ) to allow the Governor to assume responsibility for the offshore financial sector . |
| 6 | The union was invited to talks by BR after Monday 's vote by members of RMT , the biggest rail union , to strike in protest at the threat of compulsory job losses . |
| 7 | The big-spending Blackburn Rovers boss was locked in talks with Argyle manager Peter Shilton throughout yesterday in an attempt to finalise a player-plus-cash package . |
| 8 | A protocol promoting border trade with China was concluded during talks in Beijing between the Pakistan Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Sartaj Aziz and senior Chinese trade officials on Nov. 15-19 . |
| 9 | The deal was struck after talks between lawyers and Official Solicitor David Venables . |
| 10 | The nuclear question was discussed at talks between Vranitzky and the Czechoslovak Prime Minister , Marian Calfa , in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia , on Jan. 29 . |