Sentence examples for troubled ties from inspiring English sources

As the son and grandson of Muslims, Mr. Obama has had years to reflect on America's troubled ties with the Islamic world.

Combined, coincidentally, with news of a cabinet row over a now cancelled contract to provide advice to the Saudi prison system, it throws a harsh and officially unwelcome spotlight on the often troubled ties between London and Riyadh.

But Pakistanis rallied behind it after a November 26 Nato cross-border air attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, plunging already troubled ties with Washington to their lowest point in years.

Unfortunately, she inherits troubled ties with Japan the result of perennial tensions over the history of wartime sex slavery, and also over the Dokdo islets (known to the Japanese as Takeshima), which both countries claim.

An Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire along the border in a clash likely to unsettle already troubled ties between the neighbours.

They were suspended after a Nov. 26 cross-border NATO air attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and plunged already troubled ties to their lowest point in years.

NOT much noticed by outsiders, long-troubled ties between two neighbours sharing a long border have taken a substantial lurch for the better.

The government exudes a certain sense of vindication that what was once condemned as a human rights horror might now help improve long-troubled ties with Washington.

The soft-spoken Northern Irishman has entered the world of acting, becoming – albeit reluctantly – the go-to choice for "troubled man who ties up women".

The reason "banks aren't doing more lending is that they still hold a lot of troubled assets that tie up equity".

Rather than glamorize his protagonists through their ties to troubled lands, he humanizes the troubled lands through their ties to his unpretentious protagonists.