Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [pron] [adj] counterpart " in BNC.

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1 The accord , formally entitled the " Agreement on Reconciliation , Non-aggression , and Exchanges and Co-operation between the South and the North " , was signed on Dec. 13 , by South Korean Prime Minister Chung Won Shik and his Northern counterpart Yon Hyong Muk .
2 An agreement to increase contacts aimed at resolving the financial dispute between Iran and France [ see p. 37929 ] was confirmed on Sept. 27 following a meeting in New York between Vellayati and his French counterpart , Roland Dumas .
3 The Syrian decision to support the USA undoubtedly reflected the fierce rivalry between Assad and his Iraqi counterpart , President Saddam Hussein , who each headed a rival wing of the Baath party .
4 Jeffrey and his senior counterpart , Douglas Morgan , have had to contend with the vagaries of pitches and climate as they have piloted the sevens squad through Australia and Fiji , but their problems seem miniscule in comparison to Romania 's coach , Mircea Paraschiv , the former international scrum-half , whose side won the bowl competition last year .
5 At talks between the Albanian Foreign Affairs Minister Muhamet Kapllani and his Italian counterpart Gianni De Michelis on March 13 , a three-year programme of economic aid from Italy to Albania was discussed .
6 The agreement was signed in Bonn by Albanian Environment Minister Tritan Shehu and his German counterpart Klaus Töpfer .
7 Through its programme of regular seminars the Institute also acts as a forum for discussion and exploration of matters of common concern to leading academic , legal and business figures in Scotland and their European counterparts .
8 Following a visit to Paris on March 22 German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher and his French counterpart Roland Dumas appeared also to reach agreement on the timing of the different phases of EMU .
9 The Japanese Kyodo news agency reported on May 7 that Yazov and his Chinese counterpart , Gen. Qin , failed to finalize details of an arms deal during the visit .
10 The Japanese Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe and his Russian counterpart , Andrei Kozyrev , held cordial discussions in New York City on Sept. 23 in which they agreed that their deputies should resume talks over the disputed territories at the earliest possible opportunity , as a means of paving the way for a rescheduling of the Yeltsin visit .
11 Western press reports attributed the holding of the MPLA-UNITA meeting to an earlier encounter between US Secretary of State James Baker and his Soviet counterpart , Eduard Shevardnadze , who met in Namibia during the independence ceremonies in March [ p. 37297 ] .
12 The five other Pact countries had initially demanded that the number of tanks allocated to the Soviet Union under the terms of accord endorsed by the US Secretary of State , James Baker and his Soviet counterpart , Eduard Shevardnadze , in New York [ see above ] be cut by 300 .
13 Talks in Houston , Texas , on Dec. 10-12 , between United States Secretary of State James Baker and his Soviet counterpart , Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnazde [ for whose subsequent resignation see p. 37903 ] , were dominated by events in the Middle East , but also covered disarmament issues and regional conflict in Afghanistan and Angola .
14 Qian Qichen and his Soviet counterpart Aleksandr Bessmertnykh signed an agreement on the demarcation of the eastern section of the Sino-Soviet border on May 16 .
15 The talks between Shamir and his Bulgarian counterpart Dimitur Popov centred on future plans for economic co-operation .
16 During a visit to Iran on Sept. 12-15 Interior Minister Ismet Sezgin and his Iranian counterpart Abdollah Nouri signed an agreement on border security and drug trafficking .
17 The Macedonian question reportedly came up in discussions between Lukanov and his Yugoslav counterpart Ante Markovic in the Yugoslav city of Nis on May 30 , although it was not mentioned in the subsequent communiqué .
18 A protocol was signed in the Moldovan capital , Kishinev , by Hungarian Foreign Minister Geza Jeszenszky and his Moldovan counterpart , Nicolae Tiu .
19 On Oct. 12 Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his Azerbaijani counterpart Abulfaz Elchibey signed a treaty of " friendship , co-operation and mutual security " in Moscow .
20 A joint Russian , Moldovan and Dnestr peacekeeping force had been deployed on July 29 to halt the fighting after an agreement signed by Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his Moldovan counterpart Mircea Snegur over the future status of the Dnestr region [ for July agreement see p. 39019 ] .
21 Qian and his Vietnamese counterpart , Nguyen Manh Cam , promised to work together to ensure the success of the UN peace plan in Cambodia [ see p. 38511 ] .
22 As a result in 1947 an agreement was signed with the Americans , known as the UK-USA Treaty , whereby the world would be split up into different areas of operation and GCHQ and its American counterpart the National Security Agency ( NSA ) , would share out the intelligence work on the most economical basis .
23 It was large , square , sunny , and adorned with pictures of the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy and his French counterpart Emile Zola , giving an air of dignity and an atmosphere of appreciation of the arts , specifically literature .
24 Singapore 's Environment Minister Ahmad Mattar and his Australian counterpart Ros Kelly signed the agreement in Canberra .
25 President Bush and his Russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin will sign the Start2 treaty in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Sunday .
26 Or the British academic , Philip Swallow and his American counterpart , Morris Zapp , in David Lodge 's Changing Places — " academics on the move , in the air , on the make " — who have exchanged the plate-glass , concrete jungle of Euphoria State University , USA , for the damp , red-brick University of Rummidge , UK ; or the unworldly dons of the 1987 television series , Porterhouse Blue .
27 Botha , who met dos Santos and his Angolan counterpart , Lt.-Col. Pedro de Castro Van-Dúnem " Loy " , said at a press conference that a solution to the conflict in Angola should be achieved " by Angolans " , although he added that South Africa was prepared , if asked , to " make its contribution " .
28 Signs of willingness to finalize a no-attack treaty came at the conclusion of a third round of high-level talks on Dec. 18-20 in Islamabad , Pakistan , between the Indian foreign secretary Muchkund Dubey and his Pakistani counterpart , Shahryar Khan .
29 This had the effect of realigning the traditional shipping lanes up and down the Gulf which led to the centuries-old general cargo ports in the Shatt al-Arab , Basrah and Khorramshahr , as well as the old-established Gulf ports like Bahrain and Kuwait and the recently installed array of oil terminals nearby : Mina al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdallah in Kuwait ; Ras Tanura and al-Jubail in Saudi Arabia ; Mina Saud and Ras Khafji in the Neutral Zone between the two ; Sitra in Bahrain ; Halul Island off Qatar and its onshore counterpart Umm Said ; Jabal Dhanna in Abu Dhabi and offshore Das Island ; and Kharg Island and Bandar Mah Shahr on the Iranian coast .
30 For a long time I had it in mind to write a story contrasting the fates of Eck and his British counterpart .
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