Sentence examples for it a precondition from inspiring English sources

Under its interpretation of the One-China policy, Beijing has made it a precondition to establishing diplomatic relations that the other country acknowledges its claim to Taiwan and severs official ties with the government of the Republic of China.

Benedict has pretty much made it a precondition for relations between the Vatican and the Muslim world.

He is right to seek reform from the Palestinians but wrong to make it a precondition of negotiation.

Secretary of state Hillary Clinton repeatedly forecast and demanded his overthrow, making it a precondition for negotiations.

At Reykjavik, Gorbachev had made it a precondition for treaties on both long-range and intermediate-range missiles, and had insisted that testing of S.D.I. should be confined to the "laboratory," and the meeting broke up over that.

(Although the PLO would not take part in the discussion, even through an intermediary, Anwar Sadat made it a precondition of his own involvement that the rights of the Palestinians form a large part of the talks).

That's when you have to use your intuition or a rule-of-thumb, which for me was: find out what's the most important thing for you and just go with it.Why is it important to be risk savvy?It is a precondition for a functioning democracy that people should not be easily frightened into surrendering their money, their welfare and their liberty.

The car is not just an aspect of modernity, it is a precondition for it.

But it is also because it is a precondition set by Mr Sharif, who wants revenge for his toppling by Mr Musharraf in a 1999 coup and his subsequent exile.

Their refusal stung Mr Olmert into saying that such recognition was "not subject to either negotiations or discussion", making it look as if he were demanding it as a precondition to peace talks though Israeli officials say it will not be.Ms Rice shuttled and shuttled, but could not stop Israel from repeatedly raising the bar.

Reichenbach's claim is that there is a principle of probability that has an equal status: it cannot be empirically established, but it is a precondition of empirical knowledge.