Sentence examples for for six debates from inspiring English sources

Labour had been calling for six debates, claiming the Conservatives wanted only one, but Labour's chief negotiator, Lord Mandelson, agreed to the compromise of three.

Mr. Rice said that he now had two campaign headquarters up and running — one on South Orange Avenue and the other on Bergen Street — and that he would soon be calling for six debates with Mr. Booker to be held over the next few weeks.

It wasn't that long ago that the Democrats were only supposed to meet for six debates, but both candidates believed it was to their advantage to negotiate for more as it became clear that Sanders was posing a legitimate threat to Clinton's campaign.

Today, Republican leaders called for five debates over the five days in the reconstituted Senate race.

"The only proposal that we are aware of from the broadcasters was for three debates," a spokesman said.

On Sunday night, Mr. Sarkozy attacked the Socialist program as vague and called for three debates in the next two weeks; Mr. Hollande said he would agree to only one.

Mr. Bush's aides insist they are not ducking, and in fact are calling their proposal for five debates -- three presidential and two vice-presidential -- a record number.

It's possible that a bit of normality could return to the presidential contest this week, when the candidates gather for two debates.

Even so, those preferences have caused something of a standoff with Vice President Al Gore, who readily accepted the commission's plans for three debates.

Mr. Bush has chosen those programs as substitutes for two debates set by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which would have been broadcast by all the networks.

He called, as he did in the primary campaign, for two debates a week and no 30-second or 60-second commercials.