1.   On occasion, old people are difficult to help and neighbourly relations become fraught.

2.   Changes of attitude relating to East--West relations in general were becoming evident in London, Washington and Moscow in the early months of the new year.

3.   But neighborhood relations have become are so strained that Alfredo has found it difficult to convince residents that the issue can be resolved.

4.   For many Venezuelan companies, government relations became the most important aspect of doing business.

5.   For the development and transportation of oil and gas resources to start in earnest, U.S.-Russia and U.S.-Iran relations must become stable.

6.   He evinced great pride in his family, but on occasion family relations became so turbulent that they were played out on the front pages of newspapers.

7.   However sour its relations might become with the Arab world, Israel is loath to risk losing these markets.

8.   Others note that as strained as relations may have become between growers and management, the farmers might not like the alternative any better.

9.   The confluence of these issues shows how delicate United States-Europe trade relations have become.

10.   The report puts less emphasis on Japan than it had done in previous years, suggesting U.S.-Japan trade relations have become more stable, the report says.