Sentence examples for had started negotiations from inspiring English sources

The villagers had started negotiations demanding 100 jobs.

Even this February, if only we had started negotiations.

General Manager JIM DUQUETTE said the Mets had started negotiations with their first-round draft pick, Rice pitcher PHILIP HUMBER, but the two sides are not close to an agreement.

At the end of 2009 it was reported that Simon Cowell had started negotiations to bring Robbie Williams, formerly of Take That, in as a judge, although talks seem to have stalled.

A mainland newspaper, the 21st Century Business Herald, quoted market sources as saying China Life had started negotiations to acquire Wing Hang shares from the Fung family.

Shares of BNP Paribas soared by 12.9%, to 28.17 euros ($37.36), on Wednesday, after Fortis confirmed it had started negotiations with the government of Belgium and BNP, following recommendations that had been made by a committee of experts on changes to agreement reached in October.

"We have started negotiations through tribal elders and other influential local elders to secure their release," he said.

EDF was thought to have started negotiations demanding a figure of £100, with the Treasury's gambit being £80.

But according to the player's agent no deal has been agreed, and in fact two rival English clubs have started negotiations with Aurier.

Istanbul club Galatasaray has started negotiations with Shanghai Shenhua to buy striker Didier Drogba, the club said in a statement to the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

Last year the airline is understood to have started negotiations to buy up to 50 planes from Boeing's biggest rival, Airbus.