noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a disarmament treaty/agreement
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There will be US-Russian talks on a new disarmament treaty.
a peace treaty/agreement/accord
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The formal signing of the peace agreement took place in Lisbon on May 31.
non-aggression pact/treaty/agreement etc
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The countries will come together next week to sign a new non-aggression treaty.
ratify a treaty/an agreement/a decision etc
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We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
abm
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Such a system is banned by the ABM treaty .
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On the ABM treaty , the Soviets were adamant on a ten-year extension of compliance by both sides.
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Is not the United States trying to scrap the ABM treaty so that it can push on with its star wars programme?
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He instructed officials not to shut the door on eventual agreement with Clinton to modify the ABM treaty .
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The three other principal nuclear powers also cling to the ABM treaty , even though they are not parties to it.
ballistic
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He hopes to scrap the anti-\#ballistic missile treaty , destabilising the world's nuclear equilibrium.
bilateral
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States form an interlocking network of bilateral and multilateral treaty relationships, which reinforces the interdependence that characterises contemporary international relations.
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The diplomatic channel was generally used, and few bilateral treaties dealt with the subject.
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Even bilateral treaties impinge upon non-parties: the distribution of values between two parties can rarely be contained within neatly drawn lines.
global
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Talks resumed in Geneva on Nov. 27, aimed at finalizing a new global treaty by the end of 1992.
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Next week he will appeal to the Senate to ratify a global treaty to ban chemical weapons.
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George Bush's decision to trash the Kyoto global warming treaty is appalling.
international
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If that magic number is reached, the deal becomes an international treaty .
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In 1909, a new international treaty established the amount of water that could be diverted from the Falls.
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To the devil with international treaties .
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These were the growth of organised and comprehensive diplomatic archives and the publication of the first great printed collections of international treaties .
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Addis Ababa asked Rome to respect an international treaty by revealing the location of stockpiles and helping to clear them.
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A range of international treaties makes governments, armed groups and the international community responsible for putting these rights into practice.
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Certain straits have been specifically designated as international waterways by treaty .
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However the vast numbers of international treaties alone makes such an expectation unrealistic.
maastricht
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True, the new treaty will not compare in scope with the 1992 Maastricht treaty, which launched the single currency.
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Wim Duisenberg insisted that the yardsticks laid down in the Maastricht treaty were all that mattered.
new
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True, the new treaty will not compare in scope with the 1992 Maastricht treaty, which launched the single currency.
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Paris must now stage-manage an intergovernmental conference leading to a new treaty .
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In 1909, a new international treaty established the amount of water that could be diverted from the Falls.
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Talks resumed in Geneva on Nov. 27, aimed at finalizing a new global treaty by the end of 1992.
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Over three, perhaps four difficult days they must put the finishing touches to a new treaty .
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The new treaties will define that role and extend it.
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Subsequently, perhaps in 418, perhaps in 419, a new treaty brought the Visigoths back to Aquitaine.
nuclear
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Would not an extension and strengthening of the nuclear test ban treaty be a means of helping the Soviet people?
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The President had given top priority to achieving a nuclear test-ban treaty and was despondent when he could not get it.
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The 1987 intermediate nuclear forces treaty eliminated all United States and Soviet ground-based intermediate range nuclear missiles.
private
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In effect this stage is equivalent to exchange of contracts in a sale by private treaty , with completion four weeks later.
■ NOUN
ban
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But it has refused to sign up to the comprehensive test ban treaty .
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Would not an extension and strengthening of the nuclear test ban treaty be a means of helping the Soviet people?
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We must also pursue a comprehensive test ban treaty .
cfe
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The CFE treaty provided for the destruction of around 40,000 tanks, artillery, helicopters and other equipment by 1995.
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The Tashkent agreement was then incorporated into the terms of the CFE treaty .
draft
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Will the Government veto a draft treaty Hon. Members Would you?
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Such measures were included in the December 1991 Maastricht draft treaty .
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It is our aim to do the same on the draft treaty on political union.
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He made it clear that at that point a judgement would be taken as to whether the draft treaty was acceptable or not.
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Luxembourg, the conference chair, has ignored these ideas in its draft treaty .
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The draft treaty of the Political Community, with 117 articles, was presented in Strasbourg on 10 March 1953.
friendship
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Included in the friendship treaty was a defence co-operation agreement, covering material provision for the armed forces and officer training.
missile
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He hopes to scrap the anti-ballistic missile treaty , destabilising the world's nuclear equilibrium.
obligation
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One analysis is that a party to the Protocol has agreed to accept some treaty obligations .
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Since these include the pacta tertiis rule, a precondition of Statehood can not be the acceptance of third party treaty obligations .
peace
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It could remain quietly in being at least until the peace treaties had been formally concluded.
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It is the first of several accords that are expected to culminate in a peace treaty to formally end the Chiapas conflict.
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Following parliamentary ratification, Chissano promulgated on Oct. 14 legislation approving the actual peace treaty as well as a general political amnesty.
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Abetted by her husband, she refused to countenance the renunciations which Henry was to make in the peace treaty .
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In the spring of 1950 decisions were reached in Washington that at last pointed the way forward towards a peace treaty .
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agree
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One analysis is that a party to the Protocol has agreed to accept some treaty obligations.
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They agreed on a treaty with Chief Massasoit that lasted half a century.
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That is clearly understood by our partners and has been agreed in the treaty .
bind
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Thereafter they moved around the Balkans, sometimes in open war with the Romans, sometimes bound by treaty .
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The goal is to write a legally binding treaty that would be signed in December by as many countries as possible.
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The scope of that Article was to bind member States to treaties concluded by the organisation, not contracts under municipal law.
conclude
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Millett J. concluded that the treaty was a membership agreement, not one forming an agency relationship.
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As an alternative to this bloc policy Khrushchev offered to conclude treaties of non-aggression and friendship with the states concerned.
enter
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States are expected to ensure that they do not enter into conflicting treaty arrangements.
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Britain, like most other countries, has been entering treaties and alliances with other countries for hundreds of years.
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Individuals as third parties Individuals can not enter into treaties , although States may enter into them on their behalf.
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In the present context, the question is whether one State can enter into a treaty on behalf of another.
negotiate
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He negotiated a similar treaty with Tripoli in 1659.
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But he was also instructed to negotiate a treaty with Siam.
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There, in October, they negotiated a remarkable treaty , ending the ancient hostilities between the Blackfoot and the Nez Perce.
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Fast-track authority allows the administration to negotiate a trade treaty without any additions or deletions by Congress.
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Albright was to have breakfast Saturday morning with former President George Bush, who helped to negotiate the treaty .
ratify
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We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty and implement its terms.
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The Senate ratified the treaty in 1854.
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On 28 August, he ratified the Greenwich treaties .
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The parliaments of both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of February 1991.
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Next week he will appeal to the Senate to ratify a global treaty to ban chemical weapons.
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Any state attempting to join later would have to ratify the treaty first-usually a long process.
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But Mr Hurd said that the amendment would have no effect and that the Government would ratify the treaty anyway.
reject
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But the 11,000 island voters have rejected the treaty in six referendums since 1983.
sign
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The Prime Minister says that signing the treaty is merely taking an option on the right to join.
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Another non-solution is to sign a treaty and then forget about it in a few years or declare it impossible to achieve.
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Mr Mori said sanctions could not be lifted unless both sides signed the treaty .
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On 24 November 1682 she signed a treaty along the lines dictated by her protector.
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I want to sign the final treaty in Moscow ... when?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
broker a deal/settlement/treaty etc
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The tradable permit approach has launched a new industry that brokers deals between firms.
conclude an agreement/treaty/contract etc
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As an alternative to this bloc policy Khrushchev offered to conclude treaties of non-aggression and friendship with the states concerned.
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States which did not consider a customs union to be necessary could conclude agreements with the customs union on a free-trade zone.
sign an agreement/contract/treaty etc
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Clients sign contracts to become participants and agree to adhere to a rigorous schedule.
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It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work.
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Kiptanui rushed off, saying he was going to make Kimeli sign a contract.
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Paup had wanted to sign a contract extension with Green Bay during the 1994 season, but the Packers never approached him.
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Pre-season David Campese signed a contract with commercial broadcaster Channel Ten.
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The lead police detective signed a contract with a television movie production company.
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You must stop your ears whenever you are asked to sign a treaty selling your home.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After months of negotiations, he eventually persuaded them to sign a peace treaty .
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Some countries are still refusing to sign a treaty banning chemical weapons.
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The Treaty of Versailles ended the First World War.
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The Soviet Union and the U.S. signed a treaty reducing long-range missiles.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Few of the people we asked either understood the treaty or favoured a ballot.
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Important as that fact was, it had little effect on Chinauntil later, when one-sided treaties began to be imposed.
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Mr Hurd said the amendment would have no effect and that the Government would ratify the treaty anyway.
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One analysis is that a party to the Protocol has agreed to accept some treaty obligations.
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Pages 37831-35 include extracts from the key treaties on unification.
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The treaties covered bilateral protection and promotion of investments, penal cooperation, cultural exchanges and customs cooperation, officials said.
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There are no provisions in the treaty that would exclude them from taking part in it.
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This justifies any discrepancy with the rigid treaty rule in favour of extending the rights and obligations under the treaties.