1.   The affair has soured relations between the UK and Russia.

2.   The dispute has soured relations between the two countries.

3.   The global trend towards higher taxation on fuel consumption is souring relations with leading oil-producing states.

4.   The incident soured relations between the two countries.

5.   The month opened with a fresh controversy which further soured relations.

6.   The EC has offered to mediate in the dispute, which has soured relations between the two countries.

7.   And it almost certainly will further sour relations between India and Pakistan, nuclear-armed neighbors and bitter rivals for control of Kashmir.

8.   A rent strike had soured relations between the owner at the time and tenants.

9.   A U.S. sting operation that earlier this year broke up an alleged attempt to smuggle thousands of Chinese-made automatic weapons into the U.S. has further soured relations.

10.   But by then, his approach had soured relations with the Reagan administration.