Sentence examples for bargaining posture from inspiring English sources

The bidder's complaint could be a bargaining posture.

The impact on the Mets of Mr. Giuliani's public bargaining posture remained unclear yesterday.

The president's initial bargaining posture reflects the leverage he gained, by both parties' reckoning, through his own re-election and the additional seats in Congress that his party won last week.

Some government officials involved in reviewing the project contend that the Garden's threat to renovate could be a bargaining posture intended to gain concessions on the design of the new arena in the Farley Post Office.

That's all thanks to Canpotex and PhosChem, and their success in ascertaining that nothing dampens the crippling effect of population growth and social stability imperatives on the bargaining posture of buyers -- wealthy nations like India and China.

These variables have set this case on an international stage with unprecedented attention from the news media, something that will undoubtedly affect the strategic trajectories of all involved -- including the plea bargain posture of both sides, the legal issues raised in court and the chances of the accuser's filing a lawsuit.

In that atmosphere, Mr. McGuinness's remarks may represent posturing to advance Sinn Fein's bargaining position ahead of future talks.

They may be posturing or taking an opening bargaining position they expect to abandon, but they do not sound that way.

For starters, while members of Congress bargain and posture in the days leading up to the deadline, federal agencies have to prepare for the possibility of a shutdown, whether it happens or not.

On one level, you could dismiss it as just posturing, a bargaining ploy over the years meant to wrest something new from the city — tax breaks or a stadium.

On the former worry: " open-door bargaining also encourages representatives to posture by adopting overly aggressive bargaining positions that increase risks of breakdown in negotiations" (2004, 30).