He summed up the state of relations now: "They don't trust us".
"But it's not sufficient to change the current state of relations rapidly or substantially".
What does Ms. Rojas think about the current state of relations in her town?
Given the state of relations with the FSA, however, the request was swiftly rejected.
They will review the overall state of relations between Washington and Moscow.
More important for Teheran, the poor state of relations with its Persian Gulf neighbors is blocking economic cooperation.
In recent years Boeing has been a good barometer of the state of relations between Washington and Beijing.
But Mr. Reid's rollout was messy, sent conflicting signals and was highly instructive about the state of relations between the two parties as well as among Democrats.
Such is the state of relations between national governments and the European institutions as they negotiate the European Union's budget for 2011 and thereafter.
Ships from one navy or task force can request information or help from another, whatever the state of relations between their two countries.
Meanwhile, the increasingly perilous state of relations with Germany had prompted Wilson, in December 1915, to call for a considerable expansion in the country's armed forces.
