The phrase "agree a compromise" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct expression would typically be "reach a compromise" or "come to a compromise."
Example: "After much discussion, we were finally able to reach a compromise that satisfied both parties."
Alternatives: "reach a settlement" or "find common ground."
This is why central European countries such as Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia were unwilling to follow Merkel and agree a compromise on distribution quotas.
It would be difficult enough for Abbas to agree a compromise on the right of return in a deal that immediately ushered in a Palestinian state; much more so if there is no state nearer than on some distant horizon.
The pair said they were hoping to increase pressure on politicians to agree a compromise but the idea of a "grand bargain" over debt reduction "is at best on life support", said Bowles.
Last night, Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate were racing to agree a compromise that would extend the US debt limit beyond the $16.7trn limit which it could hit on Thursday.
However, City have been increasingly encouraged by what they have heard behind the scenes and are confident of finally getting their man, providing they can agree a compromise over the fee.
As a lawyer, he represented Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers "as they negotiated appropriate independence rules with the SEC", as he puts it.Intense lobbying by accounting firms at the time forced Mr Levitt to agree a compromise whereby the firms would merely disclose each year how much they had earned from selling non-audit services to each firm that they audited.
The church's last big international conference had agreed a compromise on homosexuality, of private tolerance but no public acceptance.
Diplomats agreed a compromise that would extend Operation Sophia's mandate for six months, while suspending sea patrols.
Many Conservatives were pushing for immediate decriminalisation but agreed a compromise with the government allowing for a long consultation about the idea.
Jacques Chirac, France's president, agreed a compromise at the Nato summit that opened the way for troops from other Nato countries to operate outside Kabul.
A series of further votes on the EU withdrawal bill will take place on Wednesday, but no defeats are expected after ministers agreed a compromise wording over post-Brexit plans for a "customs arrangement".
