Sentence examples for first rapprochement from inspiring English sources

Our national defence strategy is composed of three lines: first, rapprochement with mainland China; second, making contributions to the international community; and third, military power.

A week after Cheney's return, the Saudis and the Kuwaitis were arranging their first rapprochement with Iraq since the Gulf War.

But Grace Jones at 60 is still immediately recognisable as the imperious neo-Nubian princess who crystallised the mood of the late-Seventies Studio 54 disco culture before effecting the first rapprochement between dance and new wave music with anthems such as "Nightclubbing" and "Slave to the Rhythm".

Romney visited Trump last weekend at his New Jersey golf club in what was the first visible rapprochement after Romney scalded Trump's fitness for the White House earlier this year.

Abbott's first cycle of rapprochement with colleagues has been contrition.

The kids sailed through the first few words — "rapprochement," "cioppino," "apolaustic" — which read like someone was getting paid by the "p".

This is why we have made cross-strait rapprochement our first line of defence.Over the past six years, we have striven to make Taiwan a peace-builder, a provider of international humanitarian aid, and a promoter of cultural exchanges.

In my book "Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony," I argue that the so-called "Turkish march" is the first step toward a rapprochement between West and East, the culmination of which is achieved in the finale's second double fugue.

The band said a meeting between Brown and Squire at the funeral of Mani's mother had been the first step towards a rapprochement – the pair's long-running spat had been a major obstacle to a re-union.

She told BBC News: "Many of us think it's important that the right unites and it's almost a first step to a rapprochement between the Conservative party and Ukip". Such a move would appeal to Tories who "have some synergy" with Ukip on issues like Europe, opposition to gay marriage and support for grammar schools, the Mid Bedfordshire MP said.

Take the possibility of the US deciding to attack Iran (which, despite the first signs of a rapprochement with that member of the Axis of Evil, Blair and Bush still refuse to rule out) but the British government sticking to the idea that President Ahmadinejad's nuclear ambitions are best dealt with diplomatically, and stepping aside.