Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] united [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1970s and 1980s , especially during the United Nations Decade of Women ( 1976–1985 ) , the international women 's movement made media producers , communication planners , and others aware of the need to think about women and the media in the context of development . |
| 2 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the problem faced by the United Nations in recent decades has been entanglement in east-west confrontation and that at this stage of its development it does not need to embark on an extremely controversial and difficult period of structural reform but should make greater use not only of the United Nations charter but of the existing United Nations machinery ? |
| 3 | The definition of refugee is laid down in the United Nations convention . |
| 4 | It was situated close to the United Nations headquarters as well as being only three blocks away from the African American Institute which Mobuto had requested to see at some point during his visit . |
| 5 | a ) Help with clearing land mines ; b ) Targeting rural poverty ; c ) Helping the Cambodian government to make the best use of aid and d ) The UK should use its influence in the United Nations to ensure the fullest support for the move to peace and democracy in Cambodia , and specifically should call for the establishment of a Human Rights Rapporteur for Cambodia reporting directly to the United Nations Security Council . |
| 6 | Mr Dostam supports the idea of an Islamic government for Afghanistan , but gives sanctuary to former communists ( although not to Mr Najibullah , who is holed up in the United Nations headquarters in Kabul ) . |
| 7 | We gossiped for half an hour in the office and then walked up to the United Universities Club and had lunch . |
| 8 | The commitment to balanced and verifiable arms control , the commitment to ensure that Iraq complies in full and unconditionally with the United Nations Security Council resolutions , the commitment to fight terrorism and trafficking in narcotics — all these have our support . |