Recent events have shown that even when the two Governments want to get along, turbulence is the normal state of relations.

The state of relations continued to devolve from that point on.

This chapter will examine the state of social relations between men and women in contemporary Britain.

Because politics abhors a vacuum, that unnatural state of relations is changing.

This state of relations would not last, however.

Economically the town has benefited but its fortunes are very dependent on the state of relations between the two countries.

Recently, Weldon created a comprehensive framework designed to improve the state of relations between the two countries.

The Iraq crisis and the state of international relations mean we can put it off no longer.

In this context, can it say what the state of economic relations between the Union and these two countries is?

We have reached this decision bearing in mind the current state of relations between the trading blocs.