When both sides met with a moderator to sort out their differences, Pacquiao's team gave considerable concessions on the drug testing front.
By Tuesday, as talks were still ongoing between all sides, Ashdown was shown a copy of the draft coalition agreement, revealing the Tories had made considerable concessions on tax, Europe and electoral reform.
They made considerable concessions.
By then, Mr. Barak had made what the administration regarded as considerable concessions in relinquishing control to the Palestinians in the outer and inner suburbs of East Jerusalem.
But a spokesman for Barclays said: "Our priority, at every stage, has been the continuity of care for the residents, and Barclays has made considerable concessions throughout this process".
That was used by the governor of Okinawa to prise considerable concessions from America, including the return of the big Futenma air station.In his timing, Mr Ishihara's return to public life has been masterly.
The attitude of the Russians, it seems to me, clearly shows that they are deeply concerned about the military-industrial situation, and that they would be prepared to make considerable concessions if some degree of relaxation was permitted.
In the interview, he said: "Recognising that that is going to happen, we could play a role in saying that if a university is going to charge six, seven, eight or nine thousand pounds … I think we could win some considerable concessions from those universities".
At the same meeting, however, Sarkozy pulled off the remarkable feat of getting the 27 EU member countries to agree (albeit with considerable concessions to recession-hit industries) on reforms that would take their climate-change policies beyond Kyoto, up to 2020.
