Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [adj] arms [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In the case of a biological arms race , on the other hand , we can usually see only the end-products . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They were ( i ) the establishment of a permanent arms control verification staff to help monitor compliance with arms control agreements ; ( ii ) the assumption of an active role in the settlement of regional conflicts , even outside Europe ; ( iii ) redefinition of Western efforts to prevent proliferation of ballistic missile technology as well nuclear and chemical weapons ; ( iv ) promotion of initiatives through the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE-for May-June 1989 session see pp. 36749-50 ) to build new economic and political ties with Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | ALAN DAVIES is reportedly keen to repeat the experiment of last September when a ‘ warm-up ’ match was played against the French on a balmy September evening at a floodlit Arms park . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |