51.   At the same time, Major announced Britain would disrupt EU business until there was a clear framework for lifting the ban.

52.   Britain has angered its EU partners by launching a systematic campaign to disrupt EU business until they lift the ban.

53.   Britain would continue to disrupt EU business and the beef issue would stay on the front pages, aggravating the already huge slump in consumer confidence in beef.

54.   Businesses were also disrupted on Tuesday, including a dentist who could not treat his patients because there was no electricity to run his equipment.

55.   There is concern here that the IRA, having ended its cease-fire, might now try to disrupt business in the City.

56.   Major said Tuesday Britain would do its best to disrupt EU business until the export ban was lifted or eased.

57.   Since then punters have jammed illegal makeshift dens on side streets and in markets, blocking traffic and disrupting normal business.

58.   The European Commission on Tuesday urged Britain not to disrupt EU business in its efforts to get the ban on its beef exports lifted.