Example sentences of "a [adj] arms [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Adnan Khashoggi , a Saudi arms dealer , is being tried with her , accused of helping out in the property deals . |
| 2 | Warsaw Pact deputy foreign ministers and military commanders meeting in Prague agreed on Oct. 27 to cut 490 tanks and 400 artillery pieces from their conventional arms holdings , clearing the way for a European arms treaty due to be signed in Paris in November . |
| 3 | The UN Security Council , convened at the request of France on Sept. 25 , adopted Resolution 713 sponsored by Belgium , France and the UK calling for a complete arms embargo on Yugoslavia and the immediate cessation of hostilities and requesting the Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , to assist with mediation . |
| 4 | Mr Hussein is also said to have an indirect stake in Matra , a French arms company ( which is also a shareholder in Hachette ) , and in Germany 's Daimler-Benz . |
| 5 | Among the passengers was Mahamat Soumaila , Chad 's Minister of Planning , seated next to Jacques Renaudat , a French arms dealer . |
| 6 | Not unnaturally it was handed to me , now being officially outside the Ministère and a recognised arms dealer . |
| 7 | Already the Americans are working on improved versions of the original cruise missiles , and this continuous East-West jockeying for supremacy looks like developing into a full-blooded arms race . |
| 8 | The key comparison here involves the areas of sympatry , which allows us to catch a glimpse of the dynamics of evolution and to test the view that cuckoos and hosts are engaged in a coevolutionary arms race , with cuckoos being one step ahead in areas of recent sympatry . |
| 9 | From my present point of view the question of whether the manufacturers on opposite sides of a human arms race are enemies of each other or identical with each other is irrelevant , and interestingly so . |
| 10 | A Soviet-made pistol was found at the scene of the explosion and a large arms cache — including 17 mines , assault rifles and hand grenades — was later discovered at the home of the two men . |
| 11 | In October 1987 the army clashed with an armed group in Gaza and later arrested over fifty Islamic Jihad suspects and uncovered a large arms cache . |
| 12 | In December 1989 the following security developments were reported : ( i ) the seizure by the police on Dec. 5 of a large arms cache and the arrest of five people suspected of being members of a white extremist assassination squad ; ( ii ) the acquittal of 12 police officers and a soldier on Dec. 11 by the Cape Town Supreme Court in South Africa 's first private prosecution for murder , arising from the 1985 " Trojan Horse " ambush in which three people were killed , and brought by the father of Shaun Magmoed , 16 , one of those killed in the attack ; and ( iii ) the setting aside on Dec. 15 of the convictions against all 11 defendants in the " Delmas " treason trial , which had ended in December 1988 [ see p. 36913 ] . |
| 13 | Suggesting that " the time is right to move forward on a conventional arms control agreement , to move towards more appropriate levels of military forces in Europe " , he proposed that the USA and the Soviet Union should each reduce to 195,000 the number of their combat forces in central and eastern Europe . |
| 14 | Party colleagues , notably Mr Singh , deserted him , and his own reputation was tarnished by allegations that he had taken bribes from Bofors , a Swedish arms company . |
| 15 | The electronic and acoustic weapons systems of bats , which we discussed in Chapter 2 , have all the finely tuned sophistication that we expect from the end-products of a long arms race . |
| 16 | The EPLF , however , continued to claim that Israel was a major arms supplier , notably of cluster bombs , Kfir aircraft and Soviet-made tanks , and that Israel sought to develop military base facilities . |
| 17 | The conclusion of a major arms agreement with the United States was perhaps the central achievement ; but still more important was the restoration of normal relations with the other global superpower after the collapse of detente in the late 1970s . |
| 18 | Even Mickey Rourke , after an abysmal run of roles , makes a respectable ‘ comeback ’ as a charismatic arms dealer . |
| 19 | In the case of a biological arms race , on the other hand , we can usually see only the end-products . |
| 20 | A nuclear arms race is a good recipe for national bankruptcy but it is very profitable for those who design and manufacture the weapons . |
| 21 | The DIA 's interest in them sprang from their association with a Chinese arms dealer named David King , also known as David Loo Choy , who represented the People 's Republic of China and had played a part in the North network 's illegal supply of arms to the Nicaraguan Contras in association with Monzer al-Kassar . |
| 22 | They 've all come from the same factory — a small arms factory in Belgium . |
| 23 | THE American government has seized assets of a Chilean arms dealer who allegedly took part in a complex $1 billion ( £575m ) fraud that brought defence group Ferranti to the brink of collapse . |
| 24 | I 'd also begin a worldwide arms conversion programme , and rehabilitate those involved in the arms trade . |
| 25 | The most significant single development at the summit was the signing of a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty which committed each side to a reduction of 30 per cent in its stock of weapons . |
| 26 | It is absolutely essential to ensure that , so long as the possibility of control or influence over the Russian republics remains , steps are taken to bring about a strategic arms reduction . |
| 27 | US Defence Department officials reported on Nov. 28 that the proposed cuts up to 1994 were a " worst case projection " and the maximum possible , based upon a projected CFE agreement and signing of a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( START-for June 1989 session see p. 36751 ) , with 50 per cent cuts in Soviet and US strategic nuclear arsenals . |
| 28 | A joint statement on Dec. 12 announced " good progress " on the completion of a strategic arms reduction treaty ( START ) [ see also p. 37518 ] , and expressed the hope that a treaty would be ready for signing during a Bush-Gorbachev summit meeting , scheduled for Feb. 11-13 , 1991 . |
| 29 | Soviet and United States arms control negotiators resumed talks in Washington on Jan. 21 aimed at clearing obstacles to a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( START ) on cutting long-range nuclear arsenals by 30 per cent . |
| 30 | His announcement came amidst reports that he had warned Soviet Foreign Minister Alexsandr Bessmertnykh , during a private meeting in Washington on Feb. 1 , that the US administration would be unlikely to submit a Strategic Arms Reduction ( START ) treaty to Congress for ratification if the Soviet Union failed to respond to US complaints about Soviet violations of the CFE treaty . |