Sentence examples for precondition and from inspiring English sources

The "one China principle" has long been the precondition and obstacle set up by China to refuse talks with Taiwan.

He said if doping were legalized, it would become "a precondition, and you no longer have a choice".

But there is little sign of movement, with the main exile opposition group demanding the departure of President Bashar al-Assad as a precondition and Mr. Assad saying he will not talk with those bearing arms against him.

I propose that the United States impose economic sanctions on Ethiopia (while continuing to extend humanitarian aid without precondition) and impose travel bans on Ethiopian officials implicated in human rights violations.

But the report said: "Learning about history should be a consequence of the pride and security of becoming a citizen: it should not be an imposed precondition; and a memorised curriculum by itself gives little understanding of the real traditions and nature of a country.

The formal definition of precondition and postcondition is identical to the one in the previous section.

Temperature preconditioning may therefore share common cardioprotective signalling pathways with many preconditioning stimuli, such as ischaemic preconditioning, and mitochondrial uncouplers, such as DNP.

They have also drawn a distinction between "preconditions" and "preparations" for such talks.

But the difference between them wasn't really a matter of preconditions and propaganda points.

Mr. Kibaki, meanwhile, has blamed the opposition for confronting him with "preconditions and ultimatums".

But Mr. Obama drew a distinction between his administration beginning negotiations with Iran "without preconditions" and getting directly involved himself.