Sentence examples for had held negotiations from inspiring English sources

But the previous evening CBS had declined to say whether it had held negotiations with any other companies.

As evidence, he said the leaders of the state security agencies had held negotiations between protesters and the government, often pressing ministries to meet workers' demands.

The agency has held negotiations with people who said they were leaders of the group.

The syndication divisions of all three networks have held negotiations with Ms. Couric and her representatives, and for some time the speculation centered on her remaining at CBS, with a part-time role on that network's newsmagazine "60 Minutes".

Responding to the farmers' calls to guarantee them prices well above current market rates, government officials have held negotiations and appear to be haggling over how much assistance they will provide.

The workers here say that employees in each department of the factory held a meeting, discussed who would be their most persuasive representative and then selected that person to represent them on a factorywide council of about 20 workers that has held negotiations with management.

For decades Colombia and Venezuela have held negotiations to no success over the maritime delimitations in the Gulf.

Yesterday was the first time the two sides had held formal negotiations since talks broke down the night of Nov. 18.

During World War I, European powers had held secret negotiations to divide among themselves the provinces of the Ottoman Empire.

Asked what had held up negotiations for so long over penalties for problematic workers, he said, "We have nothing we can report on that at this time".

A year ago Obama and the Cuban president, Raúl Castro, revealed that they had held secret negotiations and were prepared to begin re-establishing full diplomatic relations.