61.   But it suggested the move -- weeks ahead of a pullout of UN forces from Croatia -- would fuel tension in the region.

62.   But while he shuttled between the two sides hoping to end the deadlock, a spate of suicide bombings and clashes has fueled tensions.

63.   But it suspended the project the following year to avoid fueling tension with the mainland.

64.   Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov fuelled tensions when he accused Russian Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov of masterminding the abduction to derail the negotiations, Moscow Echo radio reported.

65.   The plane downing has fueled tensions between Washington and Havana.

66.   The spate of hijackings have fuelled tensions between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.

67.   The United States has expressed concern that sending Serb refugees there could fuel ethnic tension.

68.   The United States said the Taiwanese drills could fuel tensions with Beijing.

69.   The tensions have been fuelled by US sanctions against third countries investing in the Iranian or Libyan gas and oil industries.

70.   This tension has been fuelled by unsubstantiated rumours that neither the incumbent regime nor the opposition would take defeat lying down.

v. + tension >>共 395
ease 16.21%
defuse 7.54%
reduce 6.93%
raise 5.55%
heighten 5.47%
create 4.03%
increase 3.73%
escalate 2.29%
cause 2.15%
inflame 1.78%
fuel 1.74%
fuel + n. >>共 692
speculation 8.32%
inflation 4.49%
growth 4.20%
concern 3.49%
fear 3.11%
tension 2.09%
demand 2.01%
rise 1.75%
debate 1.65%
gain 1.58%
每页显示:    共 85