Sentence examples for damaging relations from inspiring English sources

Others in the administration fear further damaging relations with China.

Mr. Gilad publicly criticized the demand as "madness," saying that it risked damaging relations with Egypt.

It fears Chávez is seriously damaging relations between the Catholic church and the state by identifying the church hierarchy as part of the privileged class.

More than half of those questioned said they would avoid approaching the regulator because they feared damaging relations with a retailer.

But the Balkan Warrior story is now damaging relations between Serbia and Montenegro, which became independent only in 2006.In February the Serbs asked the Montenegrins to arrest and extradite three alleged gang members.

WASHINGTON — President Obama met privately with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, at the White House on Saturday, despite a warning from Beijing that the meeting would risk damaging relations between China and the United States.

The ASBL is pursuing information on potentially damaging public relations contracts awarded by the agency to APCO Worldwide Inc., a large public relations firm specializing in crisis management.

As some MPs and community leaders have pointed out, asking the police to enforce a ban that only affects specific ethnic minorities also risks damaging race relations.

Israel had told the activists to keep their boats away but ultimately decided to allow them to land, apparently to prevent a potentially more damaging public relations drama.

The retailer took rapid steps to distance itself from the case, attempting to offset a damaging public relations storm as news of the prosecution triggered widespread criticism.

The standoff was particularly damaging to relations with France and Germany, which sought to give United Nations inspectors more time to seek prohibited Iraqi weapons.