The phrase "agreement sooner" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to express a desire for an agreement to be reached more quickly, but it needs additional context or restructuring to be clear.
Example: "We hope to finalize the agreement sooner rather than later."
Alternatives: "quicker agreement" or "faster resolution".
"It is totally preliminary," Strickland said, hoping that he and the Knicks come to an agreement sooner rather than later.
"The hope," he added, "is we reach a mutual agreement sooner rather than later, but that's been the hope all along".
If Commissioner Bud Selig thought there was a chance the union would invoke the provision, he might push his negotiators to reach an agreement sooner rather than later.
With SETI searches now focusing on habitable exoplants around other stars, it seems prudent to come to some agreement sooner rather than later.
"Bottom line, I think they'll come up with some agreement sooner rather than later," said Udesh Pillay, head of a research project tracking South Africa's preparations for next year's World Cup, a 32-team tournament.
In recent weeks, Mr. Ballmer has said repeatedly that Microsoft remains interested in doing a deal with Yahoo involving its Web search and advertising business, and that he favored coming to an agreement sooner rather than later.
And the rest of us need to hold our governments accountable to deliver the necessary agreements sooner rather than later.
"As a result of our long meeting with president Karzai we have narrowed those diferences and I believe we can look forward to signing the Bilateral Security Agreement... sooner rather than later".
The faster we could reach an agreement, the sooner we could begin the regulatory process and create value through this combination.
For that reason the White House would like to present a final agreement to Congress sooner rather than later.
With both nations wanting the less controversial measures of the agreement to start sooner rather than later (the trade agreement was a Coalition election promise) they agreed to kick the can down the road on the more intractable issues.
