Sentence examples for grounds for negotiation from inspiring English sources

Her fellow Mainer Olympia Snowe "said she was striving to produce a plan 'that does not undo the current system in terms of employer-based coverage or the quality of our health-care system.' " It occurred to me that these might be grounds for negotiation if Democrats end up needing to pick up a few Republican votes (a need that came to pass yesterday).

There were realistic grounds for negotiation.

Comparison becomes part of every formal system of employment and forms the grounds for negotiations about wages and working conditions, which in many countries is the domain of trade unions.

Speaking before the latest fighting in Bethlehem, Palestinian and Israeli officials hoped that the release of Mr. Arafat would create new ground for negotiation.

This hardly seems to be a neutral ground for negotiation.

They're politicians and as politicians if they can find any common ground for negotiation on any of his proposals then so be it.

Budget proposals based on evidence of cost and utilization have furnished a level ground for negotiation on quantifiable indicators.

"It's opening up the middle ground for negotiations," he said.

"While we are willing to continue our conversation, we also see too little common ground for negotiations at the moment".

But with civil war raging inside Syria, just getting people around the same table feels like progress; and, it is argued, the talks might lay the ground for negotiations that may one day lead to a ceasefire, or even to power changing hands.

The one-day meeting on climate change, with more than 150 nations participating, was organized by Mr. Ban to prepare the ground for negotiations on an agreement to succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the international accord that limits the emissions of greenhouse gases.