Example sentences of "two countries had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relations with America are on the mend after months in which the two countries had been arguing about the fate of nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil . |
| 2 | Joyce began this at once , before war between the two countries had been declared , though after the attack on Poland was launched . |
| 3 | A joint statement issued by Iran and the United Kingdom in New York on Sept. 27 announced that full diplomatic relations between the two countries had been resumed " on the basis of mutual respect " . |
| 4 | Negotiations over a joint fishing agreement between the two countries had been disrupted by incidents between Trinidadian fishermen and Venezuelan coastguards which had led to the death of one Trinidadian in October 1989 . |
| 5 | In the most positive response to date to South Korean calls for an inter-Korean summit meeting , a North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister , Kang SokChu told reporters in New York on Sept. 17 that President Kim Il Sung hoped to hold such a summit with President Roh Tae Woo , now that the two countries had been admitted to the UN and " recognized as legitimate governments by the international community " . |
| 6 | Relations between the two countries had been normalized in November 1991 [ see p. 38574 ] . |
| 7 | Although relations with China had improved at a less dramatic pace , in 1990 a South Korean team had participated in the Asian Games in Beijing and a trade agreement between the two countries had been signed [ see p. 38623 ] . |
| 8 | Relations between the two countries had been severely strained because of persistent allegations of support by the Solomons for the secessionist rebellion on the island of Bougainville which , although formally a part of Papua New Guinea , was geographically and ethnically closer to the Solomon Islands . |