Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] relations with " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seems to have enjoyed friendly relations with successive kings and queens of England and even with the papal legate Ottobuono . |
| 2 | He added that Albania would also benefit from full diplomatic ties with the member countries of the European Communities ( EC ) , saying that " we want friendly relations with all countries , irrespective of their social system " . |
| 3 | Kapuscinski exercises a personal charm which must have helped him to establish friendly relations with the people he met , and to gather material , and which can seem to befriend the Western reader . |
| 4 | He had already begun to establish friendly relations with the man , portraying himself meanwhile as an amiable if somewhat tedious fellow with francophobic leanings . |
| 5 | He promised that Poland would become " an element of the peaceful order in Europe " , would seek friendly relations with its neighbours , and would continue the dramatic market reforms launched in early 1990 [ see p. 37194 ] . |
| 6 | In the sphere of foreign policy he promised improved relations with those capitalist countries " which respect our sovereignty " , and called for the signing of a peace treaty between North Korea and the United States , and the negotiation of a non-aggression pact between North and South Korea . |
| 7 | Is it proper to be excited about , to anticipate and enjoy sexual relations with one 's spouse ? |
| 8 | Yet , at the same time , Sobhuza maintained cordial relations with his Marxist neighbour , President Samora Machel of Mozambique . |
| 9 | The Romanian government maintained cordial relations with the Soviet Union , taking a cautious approach to the situation in the neighbouring Moldavian SSR , most of the territory known having formed the Romanian region Bessarabia before its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940 [ see p. 37257 ] . |
| 10 | He could enjoy good relations with a France at odds with Great Britain . |
| 11 | The unanimous decision was intended to signal the Council 's willingness to establish closer relations with those East European countries embarking on political reforms . |
| 12 | Reports of plans inviting former Warsaw Pact countries to establish closer relations with NATO had been confirmed on Oct. 3 following a joint US-German declaration recommending the creation of a pan-European " North Atlantic Cooperation Council " . |
| 13 | In addition , you will need good relations with the media for you 'll often find yourself ringing a newspaper asking for a couple of hours " grace . |
| 14 | It was doubly difficult for Unionists to resist the substitution of Sir Henry Wilson for Robertson , for Wilson was the most Unionist of all the General Staff and Robertson had not enjoyed good relations with Unionists ; Derby 's weakness at the War Office and Law 's loyalty to Lloyd George were sufficient to defuse the situation . |
| 15 | TDC 's managers have tried to establish good relations with universities so that they hear about promising developments in time to support them with cash . |
| 16 | Among the Anglo-Saxons Charlemagne sought to establish good relations with Northumbria . |
| 17 | Our operations controlling officer , Sammy Powell , often accompanied us to France and always worked hard on both sides of the Channel to establish good relations with our French colleagues . |
| 18 | Other evidence for Alaric II 's reign suggests that he was concerned to establish good relations with the catholic Gallo-Romans in the years immediately before " Vouillé " . |
| 19 | A series of foreign visits and treaties during July furthered Romanian relations with the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union . |
| 20 | He says he has good relations with the police . ’ |
| 21 | Yet the fact that many primitive peoples regulate interpersonal relations with a fair degree of predictability and humanity , without the help of a centralized political system , is one that most anthropologists would now endorse ; however , unlike Engels , they do this without pointing out the political implications of such an observation . |
| 22 | In Whitehorse the RCAF personnel maintained close relations with the USAF base there , and I was soon on speaking terms with the Americans , most of whom were engaged in flying or servicing aircraft operating between the States and Fairbanks , Alaska . |
| 23 | Whereas Egypt and Saudi Arabia constituted the Arab backbone of the anti-Iraq coalition , Jordan had , by necessity , maintained close relations with Iraq . |
| 24 | Thailand maintained close relations with neighbouring Myanma despite widespread international disapproval of the failure of the ruling junta in Myanma to transfer power to elected civilians . |
| 25 | The votes had little constitutional force ( although Iceland , for instance , moved at once to establish diplomatic relations with Lithuania ) . |
| 26 | It was announced on Feb. 14 that the Soviet ambassador in Reykjavík , Igor Krasavin , was being recalled until " suitable explanations " were given by Iceland regarding the Jan. 31 decision to establish diplomatic relations with Lithuania as an independent republic . |
| 27 | By August 1990 , the government reported that agreements had been signed to establish diplomatic relations with approximately 100 countries and that 21 missions had already been established in Windhoek . |
| 28 | Reflecting the Nordic countries ' close relations with the Baltic states Iceland on Aug. 26 , 1991 , became the first country formally to establish diplomatic relations with Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania [ see p. 37945 ] . |
| 29 | The Soviet decision to establish diplomatic relations with South Korea was seen as a betrayal , and the meeting in June between Soviet President Gorbachev and his South Korean counterpart , Roh Tae Woo , was condemned by the North Korean official news agency as " unpardonable , traitorous bargaining " [ see p. 37533 ] . |
| 30 | Norway had become the first NATO member to establish diplomatic relations with Russia , following moves by Bulgaria and Hungary . |