Sentence examples for broken off ties from inspiring English sources

His parents had broken off ties with their relatives who lived on the Mainland, who in turn pitied the Islanders as uneducated, superstitious, and impoverished.

There were repeated debates in the United States government over whether to break off ties with him.

Would he really break off ties with the US, for years one of his country's closest allies?

Hugo Chávez worked with Douglas Bravo until shortly before the 1992 coup-d'état attempt, when they broke off ties.

In the past, Israel has threatened to break off ties if Mr. Haider becomes part of a governing coalition.

Mr Maduro broke off ties with Panama, which had requested a debate at the Organisation of American States on the political unrest in Venezuela.

Bridgestone and Ford executives were berated on Capitol Hill and ultimately broke off ties after a very public fight over who caused the mess.

"If all the Christians leave, you break off ties with the past," he told The Independent, in a rare interview by Skype from inside the Old City.

Ecuador broke off ties after the Colombian military crossed the border into Ecuador on March 1 in a raid that killed a Colombian rebel leader.

Amin turned to Libya's Muammar Qaddafi, who agreed to sell jets to the Ugandan, but only if the latter would break off ties with Israel.

If Israel goes back into Gaza, both Egypt and Jordan — the only two Arab countries with peace treaties with Israel — would come under pressure from their people to break off ties, a move that would undoubtedly strengthen Hamas.