Example sentences of "[prep] [art] two countries [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Yeltsin made an official visit to Italy on Dec. 19-20 , signing with the Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti a joint declaration establishing the basis for the two countries ' relationship . |
2 | This envisaged , among other things , the connection of the two countries ' electricity grids , giving priority to providing direct telecommunications links , joining railway lines at the border , and joint agricultural and water conservation projects . |
3 | The new National Front government 's foreign policy objectives , as outlined in the President 's address on Dec. 20 , 1989 , were for a strengthening of links with India 's neighbours and co-operation through the medium of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation ( SAARC ) , continued dialogue with China leading to a resolution of the two countries ' border dispute , development of the traditional friendship with the Soviet Union and of a new relationship with the United States , and economic co-operation with Japan and the European Communities ( EC ) . |
4 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
5 | But by combining SkottiS — an exchange planned by the two countries ' Music Information Centres — the scale of this year 's festivities was unprecedented . |