Sentence examples for had opened negotiations from inspiring English sources

By July 2008 Croatia had opened negotiations on 21 of the 35 chapters of EU law.

In addition, he said, he had opened negotiations with separatist movements in Aceh and Irian Jaya.

Last month, the government said it had opened negotiations with several PFI funding companies to reduce its commitments.

Southern Cross's executives first admitted in March that its rent bills were unsustainable and that it had opened negotiations to cut costs.

Giuliani administration officials said yesterday that they had opened negotiations with sidewalk food vendors, whose carts are to be banned from much of midtown Manhattan and the financial district next month.

The representatives of Jose Mourinho have opened negotiations with Manchester United about the manager's job, according to reports.

Senate Democrats, hoping to resolve the impasse, have opened negotiations in recent days, but not with their Republican counterparts.

But the government could have opened negotiations on a better footing by guaranteeing EU citizens the right to stay.

In many parts of the world, indigenous people involved in current disputes about the use of their land have opened negotiations by demanding apologies for generations of hardship.

Gérard Houllier, the former Liverpool manager now in charge of Lyon, has opened negotiations with his old club for the transfer of the Czech Republic striker Milan Baros.

In the Senate, Democrats have opened negotiations with the administration in an effort to craft a measure that Mr. Bush would accept.