Sentence examples for unilateral ties from inspiring English sources

Poland's Foreign Minister, Radek Sikorski, complained this year that some EU member states were holding others "hostage" by forging unilateral ties with Russia.

On the question of Iran's nuclear programme, Rouhani said "we'll be able to resolve the issue" through stronger unilateral ties with Western countries.

Building these unilateral ties seems to have had the effect of isolating the ruling party, the KDP, who control the foreign relations of the KRI, while a growing opposition look on, ever concerned about the effect of the KRI's strident foreign policy: Turkish--Kurdish fighting has re-surfaced and the US continues to pursue a "one Iraq" policy.

The clamps between both half-spheres are tied by unilateral contact.

The sole superpower's unilateral actions have its military tied down in Iraq, American fans wearing khakis in Athens, and its Olympic basketball team shooting four for twenty-one from beyond the three-point line.

A new model is proposed in this paper to analyze the effects of a complete loss in the pre-tensioning force imparted to the cross-ties, which leads to the "unilateral" free-vibration response of the network (i.e., a cross-tie with linear-elastic internal force in tension and partially inactive in compression).

Unilateral US sanctions against Iran not tied to its atomic programme, such as those related to human rights, will remain even after the nuclear deal is implemented.

Since they left the stage, Franco-German ties have been repeatedly strained by unilateral decisions that upset the other partner.

Chevron's board recommended that shareholders vote against the proposal, arguing in the proxy statement that "setting unilateral, long-term [greenhouse gas] emissions targets tied to global emissions reduction trajectories is not prudent" because it would put the San Ramon, Calif., company at a competitive disadvantage.

Their political, diplomatic and economic ties are too intertwined for either side to pursue unilateral solutions.

"I don't want a unilateral national decision on this," Mr. Stoiber said, stressing Germany's ties with the European Union, NATO and Washington.