Sentence examples for private warning from inspiring English sources

It underscores a longstanding American policy, but officials acknowledged that it bears a resemblance to a private warning sent to Saddam Hussein before the Persian Gulf war.

It underscores a longstanding American policy, but officials acknowledged that it bears considerable resemblance to a private warning that Secretary of State James A. Baker III sent to Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi leader, before the Persian Gulf war in 1991.

This is the real fear of commanders like Carleton-Smith and the British ambassador to Kabul, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, in his private warning to his French colleague that present strategies are "doomed to failure".

1962 U Thant Warns on Congo UNITED NATIONS — Seeking to head off new violence in the Congo, Secretary-General U Thant has issued a stern private warning to African and Asian countries to avoid sending men or arms to the Congo, apart from what they are supplying to United Nations operations.

The EU, in contrast, will stick to private warnings for the moment, to avoid "playing into the hands" of Taiwan's "populist" president, Chen Shui-bian, by giving him "undesirable" publicity.Portugal, which took over the six-month rotating presidency of the EU this month, has duly drafted a private warning to Taiwan, saying that a referendum risks raising tensions and would be "unhelpful".

The embattled group admitted that the potential investigation by the UK Listing Authority into the May 2012 sale of its Zhol Zhondeushi railway maintenance business "may result in enforcement action … or an agreed settlement in respect of the issues identified (either of which may include a combination of a public censure, a private warning, the payment of a fine)".

In private warnings to American scholars and diplomats, the Chinese have vehemently warned against the sale of Aegis warships, calling such a sale a violation of China's sovereignty and of previous agreements.

For this he might be charged with naivety in the face of private warnings.

But UK ministers and senior civil servants had already had private warnings about the sharp surge in yes support.

Prior to Judge Wright's referral, Mr. Clinton had no prior disciplinary record with the committee, including any private warnings.

Over the years, there have been private warnings issued to China, notably after an attack on the computer systems used by the office of the defense secretary two years ago.