The phrase "negotiations were held" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a past event where discussions and deliberations took place between two or more parties. Example: "Negotiations were held between the company's management and the labor union representatives in order to reach a new agreement on employee benefits."
Kerry said that if negotiations were held, "then hopefully that would not be necessary".
The deal was brokered after negotiations were held between President Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother; Cuba's Catholic Church hierarchy; and Spain's foreign minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos.
The last set of negotiations were held just before Drumcree, where Orangemen were again banned from marching down the nationalist Garvaghy Road.
After the agreement was reached, both sides said they had reasons to be satisfied, and loud cheers were heard through the doors of the meeting rooms in the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, where the negotiations were held.
Israel's Ministry of Justice said in a statement late Tuesday that negotiations were held after the family claimed the state had been negligent in its treatment of the case.
The next day, negotiations were held in the rectory of St . Georges Church between Shmarya Gutman, the newly appointed military governor of Lydda, and the Arab dignitaries of the occupied city.
President Obama appeared on Sunday to still be enjoying a bit of good karma from his extended outreach to Congress last week, but Republican leaders who hold the most sway over fiscal negotiations were holding firm in opposition to the president.
After months of rumors that negotiations were holding up the process, the couple finally reached a settlement on Oct. 31, however, Moore did not get the spousal support she was reported to be seeking.
Negotiations are held largely among governments, with very limited access for civil society or other observers.
There is an unspoken rule in Albany that budget negotiations are held in the strictest secrecy.
If there is anything that prevents a level playing field, that stops negotiations being held on equal grounds.
