Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] talks " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reported the following day , however , that the UAE delegation had broken off the talks . |
| 2 | Last week , Mr Karadzic asked for the talks , co-chaired by international mediators Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen , to be moved from New York to Geneva . |
| 3 | Little progress was reported during the talks , which were largely overshadowed by events in the occupied territories . |
| 4 | The university authorities claimed after the talks that they had offered a package of generous proposals in an attempt to settle the dispute . |
| 5 | Reports in South Africa said a number of members of the Broederbond , the secret Afrikaner pressure group , were included in the talks , as well as individuals known to be close to Gerrit Viljoen , the Constitutional Planning Minister . |
| 6 | Gorbachev declined to comment on the talks , other than to indicate that they had been inspired by the scale of the commercial links which already existed between their countries . |
| 7 | The Edinburgh-based Drambuie yesterday refused to comment on the talks . |
| 8 | On Thursday the FBI played through loudspeakers tapes of previous conversations between negotiators and Koresh and a cult member , Steve Schneider , to make certain that all 105 followers still inside the compound were aware of what had been presented in the talks . |
| 9 | In mid-July , in response to Uruguayan concerns that it had not been invited to participate in the talks , the Foreign Minister Domingo Cavallo stressed that Uruguay was welcome to participate in future discussions and was not excluded from the common market [ for previous Brazil , Uruguay , Argentina trilateral trade accords see pp. 35309 ; 36273 ] . |
| 10 | Reports in the Sudanese media in early April had said that the government 's agreement to participate in the talks came in return for an agreement by the Kenyan government to withdraw material and moral support from the rebel groups . |
| 11 | Both sides agreed that " progress " had been made in the talks , which were aimed at an agreement replacing the 1947 security treaty giving the USA full control over the Clark air base and Subic naval base and four smaller installations . |
| 12 | The FLMN 's Radio Farabundo Martí reported on July 12 that " important progress " had been made in the talks , but gave no further details . |
| 13 | The UK Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew and the Irish Foreign Minister David Andrews agreed on Nov. 16 that progress had been made in the talks when round-table and committee stages gave way to bilateral contacts during the past four weeks , although there had been no bilateral meeting between the Irish government and the Democratic Unionist Party . |
| 14 | A JVC report , presented at the talks by its chairman , Italy 's ambassador in Mozambique , Manfredo di Camerana , said that the Commission could confirm eight out of 14 reported ceasefire violations up to Jan. 10 , adding that the MNR was probably responsible for at least six . |
| 15 | Armando Guebuza , the leader of the government delegation , as being designed to give the MNR time to consider proposals made by the talks ' mediators . |
| 16 | ‘ Editorial highlights of a busy year included the much praised Answers for Ulster series which provided three viewpoints on ways forward coinciding with the talks by Peter Brooke , ’ said Mr Barrons . |
| 17 | The Arab delegations withdrew from the talks on Dec. 17 , the final scheduled day , in protest at the deportations . |
| 18 | Similar opinions came from Alliance and the Ulster Unionists , with DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson saying the party would look at the talks proposals , specifically to see whether they dealt with removing Articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution . |
| 19 | This was the fourth interim " trial measure " agreed at the talks ; the three measures already agreed covered notification of manoeuvres , procedures to identify bombers carrying air-launched cruise missiles ( ALCMs ) , and provisions for reciprocal demonstration of missile identification techniques . |
| 20 | In terms of articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution , I said when I addressed the Dublin chamber of commerce on Friday in conjunction with Co-operation North that the Irish Government had made it clear that articles 2 and 3 would be on the table with regard to any talks , and that is , of itself , a reason to seek to proceed with the talks . |
| 21 | The African National Council — one of whose leaders he is — have responded by breaking off the talks with the Smith government . |
| 22 | Canada was judged to have participated in the talks primarily to safeguard concessions gained under the FTA . |
| 23 | Reporting on the talks the Financial Times of March 10 stated that the UK had failed to persuade China to " speed the work " of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group ( JLG ) , which dealt with problems arising from the 1997 transfer . |
| 24 | Dr Joe Hendron said the parties should return to the talks table without delay — and he made this point to Stormont Minister Sir John Wheeler yesterday . |
| 25 | Cadman , whose company is backed by overseas investors and a bank of ‘ international repute ’ , claims that money has not yet figured in the talks and declines to discuss the size of the FTC bid . |
| 26 | The racism which these YCs were sharing , did not have the tone of bitterness or fear , which was frequently encountered in the talks with white working-class youngsters . |
| 27 | It is expected that the health budget for next year will be settled in the talks , but disputes over education and transport could go to an appeal to the Star Chamber of ministers chaired by Sir Geoffrey Howe . |
| 28 | And so we bring er a special sort of er expertise I suppose to the talks but also the experience of retirement which we think is is really good by someone who has already retired enjoying retirement to be able come to talk to people . |
| 29 | At the end of the first week Allaf was particularly critical of the Israeli delegation 's tactics , saying that the Israeli delegation had arrived at the talks with a " premeditated determination not to allow any progress " . |
| 30 | Final impetus was given to the talks by the presence of President Alfredo Cristiani in New York on Dec. 28-31 at the personal invitation of Pérez de Cuéllar , who gave assurances that the FMLN had given " confidential promises " regarding the peace process . |