Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] at the united [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move takes the glitter off President Bush 's call at the United Nation 's last month for immediate steps to ‘ halt and reverse ’ the worldwide threat of chemical weapons , and indicates that Mr Bush 's commitment to a poison gas ban is not so ‘ extraordinarily strong ’ as he and his advisors have declared . |
| 2 | Sir Crispin Tickell , Britain 's ambassador at the United Nations , who is rapidly developing the sort of rapport with Mrs Thatcher that Lord Cherwell had with Churchill , has been summoned from New York to describe how the rest of the world can be brought into line . |
| 3 | Shanaz 's relations asked their MP to intervene , and while he made representations to the Minister with special responsibility for Immigration ( Shirley Summerskill , Britain 's representative at the United Nations Status of Women Conference ) she was kept in detention . |
| 4 | However , we hare unhappy that HMG has recently felt unable to support the early conclusion of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty , since we believe — as does the Vatican 's representative at the United Nations — that a halt to nuclear testing is essential to the successful prolongation of the NPT and thus to progress in preventing nuclear proliferation . |
| 5 | Administration officials argue that Mr Bush 's speech at the United Nations was in fact a turning point in the US efforts to ban the prodictoion of chemical weapons because it created an atmosphere in which the Geneva negotiations are likley to be accelerated . |