Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] its border " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the refugees who arrived after Hungary opened its border with Austria on 11 September , and aboard the special trains last week , have been taken to reception camps where they are given West German citizenship papers and DM200 ( £66 ) . |
| 2 | Another 735 East Germans arrived by way of Hungary and Austria , bringing to 31,000 the total of East Germans who have come out since Hungary opened its borders on 11 September . |
| 3 | Another 500 East Germans came out through Hungary in the 24 hours to yesterday morning , bringing the total who have left since Hungary opened its borders on 11 September to 26,500 . |
| 4 | The flow of East German refugees swelled during the 24 hours to Sunday morning from the normal 500-600 to 1,184 , bringing the number who have taken that route since Hungary opened its borders on 11 September to 35,000 . |
| 5 | Hungary tightened its border controls on Oct. 4 , enforcing a 1983 decree which restricted entry into the country to those with valid documents and sufficient means for subsistence . |
| 6 | Ukraine mobilized its border forces on March 17 to protect its internal security , and threatened " possible retaliatory measures " against Cossacks travelling through Ukraine . |
| 7 | West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl broke off his visit to Poland on Friday and flew home to deal with a dramatic political situation after East Germany opened its borders to the West . |
| 8 | Since the late 1950s especially , when Nepal opened its borders to outsiders , trekking and mountain-climbing groups have increased markedly and , as is the case in many developing countries , have been encouraged as a source of foreign income . |
| 9 | On Aug. 9 Iraq closed its borders to foreigners trying to leave Iraq or Kuwait ; on Aug. 12 Donald Croskery , a British businessman , was shot dead by Iraqi forces on the Kuwait-Saudi border ; and on Aug. 16 all US and British citizens in Kuwait were ordered to surrender themselves to the Iraqi authorities or face unspecified " difficulties " . |
| 10 | When Bosnia 's Serbs rejected the plan , Belgrade declared its border with Bosnia closed except for food and medicines . |
| 11 | In early August Greece closed its border with Macedonia and imposed an oil embargo . |