Example sentences of "a [adj] arms reduction " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Baker and Bessmertnykh failed during talks in Geneva on June 7 and in Berlin on June 20 to settle remaining differences over a strategic arms reduction treaty ( START ) [ see pp. 37979 ; p. 38255 ] . |
| 8 | The two leaders on June 17 signed an unprecedented arms reduction agreement which would eventually cut the two powers ' nuclear arsenals by two-thirds , going far beyond the START treaty signed by President Bush and President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union in July 1991 [ see p. 38320 ] . |
| 9 | Differences were also reported centring on Soviet and Chinese fears that an immediate arms reduction plan for the Middle East would imply a freeze of Israeli weapons superiority over Arab states . |