Example sentences of "[vb past] talks [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 24-25 the Syrian government hosted talks in Damascus between the Foreign Ministers of Syria , Jordan , Egypt and Lebanon , the head of the PLO political department Farouq Qaddumi , and members of the Palestinian delegation to the peace talks , including Faisal al-Husseini and delegation leader Haider Abdel-Shafi . |
| 2 | Members and guests [ shown above ] heard talks on opportunities in Europe , and on the buildings and architecture of Dundee . |
| 3 | The July peace agreement designed to end the fighting between Moldova and the self-proclaimed Dnestr republic appeared to be holding on Aug. 7 as Russian and Moldovan leaders began talks in Moscow on the implementation of the accord , and on economic ties . |
| 4 | The announcement followed talks in Tehran on Oct. 10-14 between the Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister , Wisma al-Zahawi , and his Iranian counterpart , Manuschehr Motaki . |
| 5 | Reports indicated , however , that the decision to convene the latest meeting , which followed talks in Tehran between SAIRI and the Iraqi National Congress ( INC — sponsor of the Vienna conference ) , had been prompted by SAIRI 's growing concern over the INC 's high profile among Western governments . |
| 6 | Returning on Sept. 21 from a five-day visit to the USA which included talks in Washington with International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) Managing Director Michel Camdessus , Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus spoke positively in a television interview of the Fund 's and the World Bank 's attitudes towards the creation of two separate republics . |
| 7 | Actual workers would only be recruited once there were clients who needed care , but the development officers began to make contact with potential sources of support worker recruitment , for example , churches and church groups , women 's groups ( Women 's Institute , Mother 's Union , Young Wives ) , tenants ' associations , community centres ; they gave talks to meetings of these groups when possible , partly in order to fulfil another of their roles : to increase general awareness , understanding and tolerance of dementia , but also to reach possible support workers . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the government and the MNR resumed talks in Rome on Jan. 26-27 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Major 's difficult domestic position was one of the factors leading German Chancellor Helmut Kohl , who met Major on June 9 , and President Mitterrand of France , who had talks with Major on June 24 , to agree that the Luxembourg summit should not attempt to enforce binding decisions . |
| 11 | Immediately beforehand he had talks with Bush at the latter 's holiday home in Kennebunkport , Maine , at which the two leaders agreed to strengthen modestly the aid programme endorsed in July at the G-7 summit [ see p. 38322 ] . |
| 12 | April : April 1 : Bessmertnykh discussed in Beijing measures to resolve Soviet-Chinese border disputes , and the reduction of troops on both sides of the border ; April 4 : Polish Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki held talks with Gorbachev in Moscow on the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Poland , the internal situation in both countries , and prospects for co-operation ; April 4 : Romanian President Iliescu arrived in Moscow to sign the Soviet-Romanian Treaty ; April 8-9 : Bessmertnykh , visiting Belgrade , supported the preservation of Yugoslavia 's territorial integrity ; April 8 : Viktor Komplektov named as new Soviet ambassador to the USA ; April 9-10 : Bessmertnykh had talks in Athens with Greek President Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Antonis Samaras and signed a treaty of friendship and co-operation ; April 16-19 : President Gorbachev visited Japan , the first visit by a Soviet leader , and had a number of ( inconclusive ) discussions with Japanese officials about the fate of the disputed Kurile Islands — the main obstacle to a significant increase in the amount of Japanese aid and credits to the USSR ; April 17 : as part of a $3,000 million aid package agreed earlier in the year , the South Korean Export-Import bank signed an agreement giving the Soviet Union $800 million worth of credits to purchase South Korean raw materials and consumer goods . |
| 13 | On Jan. 30 , 1991 , Roman had talks in Paris with President Mitterrand of France . |
| 14 | Baker had talks in Jeddah on Nov. 5 with King Fahd of Saudi Arabia as part of a Middle East tour on Nov. 3-7 , followed by a visit to Moscow on Nov. 8 and a series of meetings in European capitals . |
| 15 | March : March 5 : United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major had talks in Moscow with Gorbachev on the Gulf conflict and the situation in the Baltic states ; March 7 : the RFSFR and Czechoslovakia signed a trade co-operation agreement ; March 12 : it was announced in Moscow that the withdrawal of the 50,000 troops stationed in Poland would begin in April , although the process would not be completed before 1994 ; March 14-16 : following a tour of the Middle East , US Secretary of State James Baker visited Moscow for talks on the situation in the Gulf and the presentation of a six-point US plan for peace and stability in the Middle East ; March 18-20 : UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd visited both Kiev and Moscow for discussions on British-Soviet relations ; March 22 : Soviet-Romanian treaty of friendship and co-operation initialled in Moscow ; March 28 : Bessmertnykh held further talks in Tokyo in connection with Gorbachev 's forthcoming visit . |
| 16 | On Dec. 19 , 1989 , Shevardnadze had talks in London with the UK Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , and with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , Douglas Hurd . |
| 17 | In particular the Polish government ( supported by the UK government , with which Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki had talks in London on Feb. 14 , and by Modrow , who visited Warsaw on Feb. 16 ) sought to participate in the second phase of the two-plus-four talks . |
| 18 | The Austrian President , Kurt Waldheim , paid a three-day official visit on Dec. 4-6 , 1989 , at the invitation of Ben Ali , during which he also had talks in Tunis with the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , Yassir Arafat . |
| 19 | Mr Blackburn says he held talks about Hillbark with the council two years ago , but councillors twice rejected WPCL 's bid of £680,000 in favour of a higher offer . |
| 20 | Simranjit Singh Mann , leader of the Akali Dal ( Mann ) faction , held talks on Punjab with Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar in New Delhi on Dec. 28 . |
| 21 | The Chinese Premier Li Peng , visited Amman , the capital of Jordan , on July 6-7 and held talks with Masri on regional arms control , the Middle East peace process and ways to boost co-operation between the two countries . |
| 22 | On March 2 USC leaders held talks with members of the Somali Patriotic Movement ( SPM ) , which under Col. Omar Sheiss controlled areas in the south . |
| 23 | A delegation of Ukrainian Supreme Soviet deputies , led by the deputy chair Volodimir Hrynov , visited Crimea on Feb. 5 and held talks with members of the Crimean Supreme Soviet . |
| 24 | The final assault cast a shadow over a visit to Sarajevo , Bosnia 's capital , by Mr Cyrus Vance , the UN special envoy , who held talks with leaders from the republic 's Serbian , Croatian and Muslim communities and Yugoslav army commanders . |
| 25 | On Sept. 18 , the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister , Manuschehr Motaki , held talks with Aziz in Baghdad which were described as " positive and fruitful " . |
| 26 | A delegation from the European Parliament visiting Lithuania held talks with chair of the Supreme Council ( de facto President ) Vytautas Landsbergis on Nov. 5 . |
| 27 | Joseph Massey , US Assistant Trade Representative , held talks with MOFERT in Beijing on Oct. 21-25 on market access and on protection of intellectual property rights . |
| 28 | On June 6 President Traore of Mali made a brief visit to Nouakchott and held talks with Taya on issues relating to the dispute with Senegal . |
| 29 | April : April 1 : Bessmertnykh discussed in Beijing measures to resolve Soviet-Chinese border disputes , and the reduction of troops on both sides of the border ; April 4 : Polish Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki held talks with Gorbachev in Moscow on the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Poland , the internal situation in both countries , and prospects for co-operation ; April 4 : Romanian President Iliescu arrived in Moscow to sign the Soviet-Romanian Treaty ; April 8-9 : Bessmertnykh , visiting Belgrade , supported the preservation of Yugoslavia 's territorial integrity ; April 8 : Viktor Komplektov named as new Soviet ambassador to the USA ; April 9-10 : Bessmertnykh had talks in Athens with Greek President Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Antonis Samaras and signed a treaty of friendship and co-operation ; April 16-19 : President Gorbachev visited Japan , the first visit by a Soviet leader , and had a number of ( inconclusive ) discussions with Japanese officials about the fate of the disputed Kurile Islands — the main obstacle to a significant increase in the amount of Japanese aid and credits to the USSR ; April 17 : as part of a $3,000 million aid package agreed earlier in the year , the South Korean Export-Import bank signed an agreement giving the Soviet Union $800 million worth of credits to purchase South Korean raw materials and consumer goods . |
| 30 | Rolf Ekeus , the head of the joint UN and International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) special commission on Iraq , held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi government on Feb. 21-24 following a UN ultimatum to the Iraqi regime to comply with UN ceasefire terms or face " serious consequences " . |