Sentence examples for downgraded tie from inspiring English sources

The problem with this was that one of the groups remained incomplete, because a fixture between Northern Ireland and Italy had at the last minute been reclassified as a friendly when the referee got stuck in fog and the Italians refused to accept a replacement (this downgraded tie turned into the famously violent Battle of Belfast) and had not yet been rescheduled.

On Monday, Bahrain and Sudan also severed relations with Iran, and the United Arab Emirates downgraded ties.

Turkey, a NATO member, downgraded its ties with Baghdad after the 1991 gulf war, but has twice threatened to restore full ties.

Last month Turkey's government threw out Israel's ambassador and downgraded diplomatic ties.

Riyadh and a number of its allies severed or downgraded diplomatic ties with Tehran in response.

Mr. Thaksin ordered a suspension of all business, cultural and other activities with Cambodia and downgraded diplomatic ties to the chargé d'affaires level.

Turkey, which has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and expelled the Israeli ambassador in Ankara, the capital, says it is prepared to seek legal action against the Gaza blockade in the International Court of Justice.

It was jettisoned in the autumn of 2006, when the government downgraded existing ties with the Muslim Council of Britain (in which movements close to the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamists of Pakistan were strongly represented) and tried to find different interlocutors.But attempts to define a new policy towards Islam in Britain have been floundering since then.

Of the other countries to have recognized the Taliban, Saudi Arabia downgraded its ties to the chargé d'affaires level in 1998, in protest over the Taliban's refusal to hand over Mr. bin Laden after he was linked to the bombings of two American embassies in Africa.

At one time, the US and Thailand were allies but Washington downgraded diplomatic ties and stopped $4.7 million of security-related aid after the 2014 coup.

It came after a vote in the Majlis (parliament) to downgrade ties and in effect expel Gass.