Sentence examples for severing relations from inspiring English sources

Archbishop Akinola has called for severing relations between his church and those dioceses that he believes are sanctioning sinful behavior.

One looming question is how far General Musharraf can go, or is willing to go, in severing relations between Pakistan and the separatists.

Since Sept. 11, General Musharraf has become a vital ally in the American war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, severing relations with the Taliban and allowing the United States to use Pakistani bases for staging the war.

I think of the final stanza of John Crowe Ransom's splendid "Parting, Without a Sequel," in which a woman has just put into a mail carrier's hands a letter severing relations with her lover: Away went the messenger's bicycle, His serpent's track went up the hill forever, And all the time she stood there hot as fever And cold as any icicle.

Few of them, even in the hubristic bubble that working in finance in the early years of the last decade had inflated in their minds, dared to dream that this letter might not only get written, but also be published as an op-ed article in The New York Times, explode across the internet, and wipe $2bn off the stockmarket valuation of the company with which they were so publicly severing relations.

Don't give anything sharp such as scissors (which symbolize severing relations).

Houphouët-Boigny maintained a strong anti-communist foreign policy, which resulted in, among other things, severing diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1969 (after first establishing relations in 1967) and refusing to recognise the People's Republic of China until 1983.

The only room for maneuver, he said, is on the question of severing diplomatic relations.

Egypt's severing of relations with Syria also adds pressure on Mr. Assad.

On receiving this reply, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador left Belgrade Serbiaa), severing diplomatic relations between the two countries.

At the same time, Alterman and other analysts predicted that officials in Riyadh would stop short of severing diplomatic relations with Tehran.