Example sentences of "[vb pp] to the us " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ludwig Erhard , who succeeded Adenauer as Chancellor in October 1963 , was an experienced minister , the man held responsible for German economic success since 1949 , deeply committed to the US alliance and who , at 66 , could look forward to a long career as Chancellor — given the record of his predecessor . |
| 2 | The price of the Russian language version is pegged to the US dollar and is exactly 50% of the price of the English language version . |
| 3 | Although the classification of countries in Table 8.1 suggests that a large majority of countries have opted for stable exchange rates , in fact this is not so ; those countries which are pegged to the US dollar will find their exchange rate moving against other currencies , because the US dollar itself is an independently floating currency . |
| 4 | Some 150,000 Jews , Armenians and ethnic Germans have come to the US since 1975 , and 80,000 more are expected over the next year . |
| 5 | Most of the entrepreneurs have come to the US because of the access to capital and the willingness to accept risk . |
| 6 | Once the scientists were sure sucralose was safe , a petition to allow its commercial use was presented to the US Food and Drug Administration in 1987 . |
| 7 | The treaty , however , was not presented to the US Senate for ratification , following Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan in December 1979 . |
| 8 | A report presented to the US Congress 's General Accounting Office in late July indicated that drug trafficking and money laundering were on the increase in the country since the removal of the regime of Gen. Manuel Noriega Moreno in December 1989 [ see pp. 37112-13 ] . |
| 9 | Existing US Administration policy represents an inadequate response to the threat of global warming , according to a report presented to the US Congress by the National Academy of Sciences in Washington . |
| 10 | A bill has been presented to the US Congress to ban advertising in space . |
| 11 | In summary , the ideal situation is to be transferred to the US by your employer . |
| 12 | In March 1991 a rescheduling agreement was signed covering US$22,000,000 of the US$127,800,000 owed to the US government . |
| 13 | Ms Nadia Comaneci was still performing on the long bar for Romania , but her gymnastic trainers had already defected to the US . |
| 14 | The UK and French governments had initially expressed a preference for " four-plus-zero " ( that is negotiations among the four allies without German involvement ) , but had subsequently agreed to the US proposal . |
| 15 | Apple Computer Inc says it is fighting a claim by the US Internal Revenue Service that it owes $290m in back taxes for 1987 and 1988 : issues include transactions with offshore entities , transfer pricing and the timing of deductions ; Apple has appealed to the US Tax Court . |
| 16 | Countries which currently use drift-nets will be obliged to provide documents certifying that fish exported to the US have not been drift-netted . |
| 17 | Thirty-one crocodiles illegally exported to the US have been returned to their indigenous Nigeria . |
| 18 | Big Healey made its reputation as a rally car — here shown on 1963 Alpine rally — but most cars were sold to the US |
| 19 | Corporate Jets , the British Aerospace subsidiary which makes the best-selling 125 business jet , recently was sold to the US company Raytheon for £250m . |
| 20 | no less , has testified to the US Congress that a shortfall in cobalt supplies could have a ‘ devastating ’ effect on aircraft production . |
| 21 | In his discussion , King brings out major differences between the selection of party leaders in the UK as compared to the US . |
| 22 | As far as Sullivan recalled , the Shah seemed relieved to be invited to the US and suggested he should fly to Andrews Air Force base outside Washington . |
| 23 | The prospect of Gen Noriega being brought to the US to face trial on drugs charges , one purported object of the US invasion , was causing some alarm among US Intelligence officials yesterday , who feared that Gen Noriega 's former links with the CIA could prove embarrassing in open court . |
| 24 | Indeed , when a collecting programme was first proposed to the US National Science Foundation in 1973 it was severely criticised by reviewers , who claimed it would be an expensive and essentially hopeless venture to search the vast polar wastes for meteorites . |
| 25 | It came amid reports that the government had in July accepted US funds to establish a new 100-strong secret service , to be called the Council for Public Security and National Defence , closely linked to the US Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) . |
| 26 | For instance , if a sculpture is to be shipped to the US and is valued at above £39,600 ( both the EC and UK limit ) , the exporter needs to fill in an EC licence application . |
| 27 | A similar statement sent to Catholic bishops in the United States in June was leaked to the US press in mid-July . |
| 28 | Two further 767s will be assigned to the US run and named ‘ James Dean ’ and ‘ Janis Joplin ’ to make US customers feel at home . |
| 29 | The legal cloak given to the US action by the formal request for US assistance by the new government of President Guillerm Endara is not convincing , since the government was sworn in on a US military base with a US general standing by . |
| 30 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — The Colombian government said it had rejected an offer last year from drug traffickers to give up the drug trade in exchange for not being extradited to the US , and firmly ruled out any dialogue with the traffickers . |