Sentence examples for obtained a concession from inspiring English sources

In a statement to the media, the Irish Finance Ministry said that last July it had already obtained a concession to extend loan terms up to 30 years.

In 1888, Rhodes obtained a concession for mining rights from King Lobengula of the Ndebele peoples.

The settlement appeared to be progressing so well that in January 1623, Calvert obtained a concession from King James for the whole of Newfoundland, though the grant was soon reduced to cover only the southeastern Avalon peninsula, owing to competing claims from other English colonists.

Bargaining power refers to "the power to obtain a concession from another party by threatening to impose a cost, or withdraw a benefit, if the party does not grant the concession".

The expedition regathered, and after obtaining a concession from the Costa Rican government, returned to the island the following year.

García said the initiative lost momentum when its supporters went to the Communications Ministry and discovered that they'd need another 25 million pesos to obtain a concession license.

On a botanical expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro in eastern Africa, he obtained a land concession that helped draw the frontiers between British and German territories in that region.

On Monday Mr. Carter said in Israel that he had obtained a significant concession regarding negotiations over a future Palestinian state, declaring that Hamas leaders said they would respect the creation of a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza if it were ratified by a referendum of all Palestinians.

In one memorable episode, he confronted Anatoly Patchenko, a representative of Rusal, Russia's largest aluminum company, which had obtained a lucrative mining concession at a low price during the Conté years.

Three years later he helped fuel rumours that he was bankrupt but then he almost magically obtained a 20-year concession from the Thai telephone authorities for his cellular network and his future was assured.

Once Moffat, as assistant commissioner for the crown colony of Bechuanaland, had, in February 1888, persuaded Lobengula to sign an exclusive treaty of friendship, Rhodes sent three of his trusted agents to obtain a mining concession based on the treaty.