Sentence examples for considerable negotiating from inspiring English sources

Because the BBC was in such trouble post-Hutton and because the government could ill afford to be seen to be persecuting the BBC, Grade (and subsequently Grade and Thompson) had considerable negotiating influence with the department for culture, media and sport.

One of the lawyers appearing at the court for Timor-Leste, Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, said Australia's unconscionable conduct "manifestly distorts the character of the future negotiations by placing Timor-Leste at a considerable negotiating and litigating disadvantage".

And Medicare has considerable negotiating leverage with providers as a result of its huge enrollment.

And now they are urging President Obama to marshal his considerable negotiating skills on behalf of a viable two-state solution.

He also administered enrollment quotas for what were then 96 degree-granting units (now 101), requiring, as he said in his understated way, "considerable negotiating," all the while balancing relative equity across programs and remaining mindful of resource constraints.

He displayed considerable negotiating skills: at one point 14 of his 30-plus assembly members said they were unhappy with a deal that was acceptable to Mr Robinson, to Republicans, to London and to Dublin.

The highest-ranking Democrat on the Transportation Committee, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore)., said he and Denham spent "considerable time" negotiating details of the bill and he is "quite happy" with the final result.

"I was recently promoted into a role that requires me to do a considerable amount of negotiating, something that I have little experience in doing.

She deserves some personal credit for salvaging this generally benign successor from the wreckage of empire; Lord Owen, a former foreign secretary, says she has deployed "very considerable skill" in negotiating with Commonwealth leaders (some of whom, for equally undemocratic reasons, have been around for nearly as long).

They suggest that Britain would lose considerable leverage in negotiating a new trade deal once it was outside the bloc, and that it could get a better trade deal as part of a negotiation that encompasses all aspects of the new cross-channel relationship.

The Duke Office of Licensing and Ventures (OLV) deserves credit for managing my laboratory's substantial patent portfolio and putting considerable effort into negotiating and administrating licensing deals appropriate for a start-up company.