Sentence examples for negotiated hard from inspiring English sources

Sheryl Sandberg, the author of "Lean In" and the chief operating officer of Facebook, acknowledges the difficulties of negotiation, but nonetheless urges women to push forward ("I negotiated hard," she writes) and to do what they would do if they weren't afraid.

They negotiated hard for it and made it happen against the better judgment of officials from the International Tennis Federation.

Opponents of the development said the city had not negotiated hard enough and argued for a delay.

If Syriza negotiated hard, it would be offered an "honourable compromise" relaxing austerity and lightening the national debt.

Always a ruthless operator, Mugabe is certain to have negotiated hard over the conditions for his relinquishing of power.

Given my foreign qualifications, I negotiated hard for my salary of over $1,500 (£1,000) a month, making me one of the highest paid local staff.

I'm not saying we took the shirt off their back, but I'm saying these were fair, negotiated, hard-fought deals".

It was not an admission that the company should have negotiated harder to cut the golden goodbye payout to former chief executive Moya Greene.

When probed, the founder explained that the male engineer had had many offers and ultimately negotiated harder than the female.

So, you can always negotiate harder and I certainly could have negotiated harder [in this particular case] but I would prefer—I mean, maybe it's a personal style—I certainly would prefer that, you know, they come, or eventually come round to your view.

"The latest rounds of agreements are reached by negotiations and the union doesn't apologise for negotiating hard, same as employers do.