Example sentences of "[unc] [adj] visit to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 perhaps the Prime Minister 's pre-election visit to Moscow and her eve-of-election trip to the Venice summit of Western leaders were favourable to her re-election , but ‘ Harold Wilson always asserted that a bad set of trade figures a few days before polling cost him an election , while the effect of being centre-stage during the Iran hostages affair may have been devastating to Jimmy Carter 's fortunes ’ . |
| 2 | The King 's invitation to visit India had been issued by the Indian President , Ramaswamy Venkataraman , during the latter 's four-day visit to Bhutan on Oct. 18-21 , 1988 , the first visit by an Indian President since 1974 . |
| 3 | A signing ceremony was held in Beijing and attended by China 's Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and his South Korean counterpart Lee Sang Ock , during the latter 's official visit to China on Aug. 23-25 . |
| 4 | Walesa 's official visit to Germany from March 29 to April 2 followed the signing of a friendship treaty on June 17 , 1991 [ see p. 38306 ] . |
| 5 | It is of the essence of a religion which talks about hairs on your head being counted and not a sparrow falling from Heaven without mercy attending its descent , that it should be concerned about Mrs McSquirt 's upcoming visit to hospital just as much as any public issue of ‘ importance ’ . |
| 6 | All the money will go to Aid to Romanian Orphans , launched some two and a half years ago , following Anneke Rice 's televised visit to Romania . |
| 7 | The hectic action started in November with Clive Rice 's public-relations visit to India — Wessels 's successes on the tour earned him the man-of-the-series award — and ended six months later in frustration as the West Indians turned imminent defeat into a remarkable victory in one session on the final day of an historic Test , denying two excellent half-centuries by Wessels and Andrew Hudson 's debut century , the first for South Africa . |
| 8 | Baker 's unproductive visit to Geneva came in the middle of a week of meetings with leaders in allied countries . |
| 9 | Philip Miller had taken Kalm to visit the old man in 1748 and although they were ‘ obliged to shout loud ’ , they discussed the Jamaican venture of sixty years earlier , John Ray 's correspondence and Kalm 's impending visit to America . |
| 10 | Ceauşescu was an important intermediary between Egypt and Israel in the lead up to Anwar Sadat 's dramatic visit to Jerusalem in 1977 . |
| 11 | Baker 's two-day visit to Israel on March 11-12 was his first since his appointment as US Secretary of State in January 1990 . |
| 12 | Uncertainty surrounds President Gorbachev 's planned visit to Japan in April . |
| 13 | Boris Yeltsin 's planned visit to Japan was postponed , for the second time in less than a year . |
| 14 | February : Feb 14 : recall of Soviet ambassador from Iceland in protest at Icelandic Parliament 's decision to recognise Lithuania 's independence ; Feb. 15 : Primakov in Tokyo for preparatory talks about Gorbachev 's planned visit to Japan in April ; Feb. 16 ; three European Community Foreign Ministers ( Italy , Luxembourg , Netherlands ) in Moscow for talks on EC-Soviet relations , the Gulf conflict and the situation in the Baltic states ; Feb. 26 : agreement with South Africa to renew diplomatic contacts ( although not diplomatic relations ) . |
| 15 | To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about the Minister of State 's recent visit to Kuwait and Bahrain . |
| 16 | I enjoyed the February issue of Canoeist , especially the account and photographs of Lakefield Canoe Club 's recent visit to Costa Rica to enjoy the challenge of some magnificent rivers . |
| 17 | Observers noted that Kravchuk 's offer , and specifically the offer to settle the ethnic Germans [ for whose status see below ] , could be seen as a snub to the Russian Republic , whose hesitancy in creating a Volga republic for the deported German population had been a topic of discussion in the Russian Foreign Minister 's recent visit to Bonn [ see also p. 38730 ] . |
| 18 | The visit , the first by an Indian minister since the break-up of the former Soviet Union , reportedly aimed to finalize details of a defence co-operation agreement between the two countries ahead of Russian President Boris Yeltsin 's scheduled visit to India in January 1993 . |
| 19 | CONOR Cruise O'Brien , a legendary sage in his lifetime in Irish politics , academic institutions and journalism , was not unduly surprised when the Unionists ' historic visit to Dublin in July 1992 ended in failure . |
| 20 | A crowd of over 20,000 is expected for the third game of the Springboks ' four-match visit to England and North officials have begun negotiations with Leeds City Council to use Leeds United 's ground . |