The phrase "agreeing to a speaker" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey consent or acknowledgment of a speaker's points, but it lacks clarity and proper context.
Example: "After much discussion, the committee found themselves agreeing to a speaker who presented compelling arguments."
Alternatives: "consenting to a speaker" or "acknowledging a speaker's points".
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved a six-month plan to prevent a steep cut in doctors' fees paid by Medicare, agreeing to a short-term solution that Speaker Nancy Pelosi called "totally inadequate" but said the House had decided to adopt after concluding that the Senate was hopelessly gridlocked and could do no better.
But she agreed to a demand by the Assembly speaker, Jack Collins, a likely candidate for governor, that she set aside $100 million to finance such construction from the $300 million a year in anticipated receipts from the nationwide tobacco settlement.
In November 2005, 60percentt of voters in this mostly working-class community, where many residents are not native English speakers, agreed to a half-cent sales tax for the next ten years to support the library as chief among the city's vital services.
House Speaker Will Weatherford has agreed to a hearing on Stand Your Ground in the fall, but he also appointed staunch supporter Matt Gaetz as the hearing chair.
Ackley has recently agreed to be a speaker at the Level Ground Film Festival in February 2014, the first and only faith-based LGBT film festival in the world, designed to create safe space for conversation through the arts.
Tony Blair will add to the riches he has made since leaving office after agreeing to become a paid speaker for Lansdowne Partners, a London-based hedge fund managed by a major Tory party donor.
In agreeing to the deal, Speaker John Boehner, who departs his post on Friday, gives his successor, Paul Ryan, a parting gift: the right to do nothing.
Since the event wouldn't be quite the same without him, he has graciously agreed to attend as a speaker and an expert panelist to work with launching startups.
Faced with deep divisions within the party, Ryan agreed to become speaker only after receiving the promised support from several right-wing groups.
"I don't see why he would agree to be speaker under any other conditions," King said.
