Example sentences of "be broken off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most significantly , and as far as most English observers were concerned most ominously , diplomatic relations with Rome which had been broken off at the Reformation were now restored . |
| 2 | Two days of high-level bilateral talks , held in Madrid , the Spanish capital , on Feb. 14-15 , ended in an agreement signed by the United Kingdom and Argentina to restore full diplomatic relations , which had been broken off at the beginning of the Falklands ( Malvinas ) war in April 1982 . |
| 3 | Talks in Rome were reported on Feb. 1 to have been broken off at the end of January by the South African-backed rebel Mozambique National Resistance ( MNR or Renamo ) which accused the government of violating the ceasefire agreement signed on Dec. 1 . |
| 4 | Relations with Iraq had been broken off at the time of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and US diplomatic business in Baghdad was handled by a US Interests section at the Belgian embassy ( headed by the author of an authoritative work on Kurdish affairs , William Eagleton Jnr ) . |
| 5 | Humphrey Maud presented his diplomatic credentials to Menem on July 18 , becoming the first United Kingdom ambassador to Argentina since diplomatic relations were broken off at the time of the Falkland ( Malvinas ) Islands war of 1982 . |
| 6 | But negotiations were broken off by the government on 3 May once the compositors at the Daily Mail refused to set the type for an editorial on ‘ For King and Country ’ . |
| 7 | Although agreement was reached on establishing a UDF newspaper with a maximum 70,000-copy circulation , the talks were broken off by the UDF delegation on Jan. 18 after the BCP had refused to give written guarantees that the other promises would be fulfilled . |
| 8 | In Argentina , serious negotiations with the state oil firm YPF were broken off after the 1930 coup . |
| 9 | We get a little Federation Cup , which is on now and again , and just the final from Brighton which is broken off at the end of the second set for snooker . |