Sentence examples for are bargaining for from inspiring English sources

"We are bargaining for our lives," one vendor told Charlie.

Any more fines and litigation costs would come as Tenet's earnings are falling sharply, not only because of the loss of outlier payments but because private insurers are bargaining for better terms and because costs are rising.

Public-sector unions often are bargaining for things that are broadly in the public interest: for keeping down class sizes so that students learn better, for having better nurse-patient ratios in public hospitals, for upping levels of police protection, things like that, that are in the broader public interest and not about workers' wages or compensation.

In many states, including Wisconsin, Indiana, and Missouri we're seeing very calculated attempts coming from the political right to attack workplace rights head-on by letting people avoid paying dues to support the unions that are bargaining for them and representing them.

When the authorities set the level of remuneration it was as if they were determining the value of agri-environmental services; on the other hand, a conservation auction might make it appear as though the farmers are bargaining for public charity an image that the Israeli farmers would be reluctant to be associated with.

Be careful how you word things when you are bargaining for your profit.

Cahill went to Arizona, Gonzalez to Washington, and they are bargains for their new teams, earning less than $4 million each this season.

We found one highly rated analyst who is somewhat bullish on the sector, Morgan Keegan's Bob Patten, who says there are bargains for investors with steely nerves.

This intrepid captain was bargaining for fuel.

"I was bargaining for three kids.

I later realized that our host was bargaining for our lives.