Example sentences of "the talks had " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , no doubt mollified both by the President 's dramatic decision on Tuesday to announce the release of eight long-term political prisoners and by the urbanity of his style , the archbishop did note that the talks had proceeded in ‘ a far better atmosphere ’ than previous encounters he has had with the government . |
| 2 | Yesterday Mr Olsen said the company had been approached by CITIC about the possible purchase of a holding back in November and the talks had reached a point at which they had had to be made public . |
| 3 | The cause for celebration was the Clinton administration 's decision to recognise Angola 's government , which came just 48 hours before the talks had broken down . |
| 4 | The communiqué that was issued after the meeting noted that the talks had been ‘ frank and useful ’ and did not disguise the fact that there were still ‘ major differences ’ on a series of key issues ; but the two leaders had achieved a better understanding of their respective positions and had agreed on the importance of maintaining a ‘ constant dialogue ’ . |
| 5 | Although the talks had been called at short notice in an attempt to reduce bilateral tensions , particularly in the light of recent failures in official negotiations , they were felt by press observers to have produced only ambiguous results . |
| 6 | This latest session of the talks had been suspended on March 28 because of sharp disagreement over when and how the new Bulgarian President should be elected . |
| 7 | The talks had taken place in a remarkably cordial atmosphere , and at a joint press conference at their conclusion on May 4 , de Klerk declared that he regarded the working document [ see below ] as " an important breakthrough in the peaceful process " , while Mandela said that as a result " not only are we closer to one another , but we are all of us victors " . |
| 8 | The Iraqi delegation left abruptly for Baghdad the next day , and Sa'adoun Hammadi announced that the talks had collapsed because the Kuwaitis had not shown any serious willingness to tackle the " major damage inflicted on Iraq " . |
| 9 | However , a Kuwaiti official told reporters that the talks had collapsed " because Kuwait did not give in to Iraqi demands to write off debts and to relinquish some of its territory " . |
| 10 | The agreement surprised many observers because the talks had appeared deadlocked over the issue of independence for the copper-rich island of Bougainville , with each side accusing the other of responsibility for atrocities committed during the two-year guerrilla struggle . |
| 11 | The first meeting of the SNC opened in the disused Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on Sept. 17 , but after two days the talks had ground to a halt , the main stumbling block being the appointment of a SNC chair . |
| 12 | Emphasising that " the key to a peaceful solution lies in the hands of Afghans themselves " , he said nevertheless that the talks had been made possible by the " new , positive and changing " United States attitude , a comment widely regarded as a reference to recent US congressional moves to cut aid to the mujahedeen by 10 per cent . |
| 13 | He made it clear that he had " no specific proposals " beyond " the wish of the international community for a peaceful solution " , and conceded on Jan. 14 that the talks had been " polite but unfortunately unsuccessful " . |
| 14 | Claiming that the climate for the talks had been rendered unsuitable by Team Spirit , the North also cited other factors including the South 's co-operation with the coalition forces in the Gulf war and the suppression of anti-government protests in the South . |
| 15 | The TAO director , Wang Zhaoguo , said on May 3 that the talks had achieved " initial success " and had promoted understanding and consensus . |
| 16 | The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on May 13 that the talks had " further promoted mutual understanding " . |
| 17 | Jordanian sources denied that the talks had included discussion of a possible renegotiation of an economic adjustment programme signed in 1989 [ see p. 36602 ] . |
| 18 | Reports on July 9 , quoting French officials , said that the talks had been " long , complex and delicate " and hinted that US and French insistence on the doctrine of " minimum deterrence " ( the capability legitimately needed by countries to defend themselves — see p. 38217 ) had prompted suspicion that it was a ploy to secure existing shares in the international arms market . |
| 19 | The talks had begun on Aug. 1 , having originally been due to start in mid-July . |
| 20 | Scheduled to begin on Aug. 30 , the talks had been delayed due to North Korea 's refusal , at an unofficial contact between foreign ministry officials prior to the talks , to respond to Japan 's repeated call for information about a Japanese woman known as Li Un Hye , who had allegedly been kidnapped by North Korea to tutor the former North Korean agent convicted of the 1987 bombing of a South Korean passenger plane [ see p. 35905 ] . |
| 21 | Tehran Radio reported that the talks had centred on the resolution of the Afghan problem and on recent trilateral meetings in Islamabad and Teheran [ see pp. 38338-39 ; 38394 ] . |
| 22 | The first meeting of the SNC convened in the disused Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on mid-September , but after two days the talks had ground to a halt , with disagreements over the appointment of a Chair . |
| 23 | Hostility to the talks had led to divisions within the military itself , between those who supported moves towards national reconciliation and those who believed that the URNG should be denied a political platform . |
| 24 | The first phase of the talks had taken place in Madrid between Oct. 30 and Nov. 3 when the Israelis and the Arabs had met around one table before breaking up into bilateral negotiations [ see pp. 38594-95 ] . |
| 25 | The talks had been postponed in February because the government claimed that the CNGSB had not defined its position , that its delegation contained no leaders " with full powers to commit all parties " , and that it persisted with attacks on oil installations and townships . |
| 26 | A Cuban Foreign Ministry briefing afterwards stated that the talks had laid a new basis for bilateral relations , both sides having agreed to cast off the " ideological narrowness of the past " in favour of a new " mutually advantageous base " in keeping with " the possibilities and real interests " of both parties . |
| 27 | It provoked accusations from the Azerbaijani side that the talks had been used as a cover for an intensification of military action . |
| 28 | The talks had been undertaken by the English-speaking provinces with a view to agreeing a package of reforms which would induce Quebec to remain within the Canadian confederation . |
| 29 | Although the self-imposed deadline for the talks had passed at the end of May without agreement , the federal Minister Responsible for Constitutional Affairs , Joe Clark , expressed optimism that an agreement would soon be forthcoming . |
| 30 | The talks had been postponed in May following allegations of an assault on an Indian diplomat stationed in Pakistan [ see p. 38914 ] . |