Sentence examples for offer to cede from inspiring English sources
In Fiji, for example, following Cakobau's first offer to cede the islands to Great Britain in 1858, Europeans began to establish plantations of coconuts and then, during the American Civil War, of cotton and afterward of sugarcane.
Today, nothing could better help Obama to isolate Iran than for Netanyahu to offer to cede the Golan, as four other Israeli prime ministers have, in exchange for peace with Syria, which serves as the conduit for Tehran's troublemaking in the Arab-Israeli arena.
Ayad Allawi, the interim Iraqi prime minister, who on Thursday issued a "final call" to Mr. Sadr to quit the mosque, quickly hailed the cleric's offer to cede control of the shrine and again called on him to disband his militia and form a political party.
Tania Zamorsky, New York Israel waits for an offer Martin Indyk argues in "When your best friend gets angry" (Views, April 20) that "nothing could better help Obama to isolate Iran than for Netanyahu to offer to cede the Golan, as four other Israeli prime ministers have, in exchange for peace with Syria, which serves as the conduit for Tehran's troublemaking in the Arab-Israeli arena".
Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered to cede nearly all of the West Bank.
On Monday December 11th the Anglo-Dutch energy giant reportedly offered to cede control of Sakhalin II, a huge natural-gas project in the east and the country's biggest single foreign investment, to Gazprom, the state-controlled gas titan.
The European Commission said the three airlines, all members of the Oneworld alliance, had offered to cede slots at two airports in the London area, Heathrow and Gatwick, and at John F. Kennedy airport in New York.
A1 Deal Sought for Ex-C.E.O Shareholders in the Russian oil giant Yukos offered to cede control of the company in exchange for the release from jail of Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Yukos's former chief executive and Russia's richest man.
Seeking savings and an answer to English envy of Scotland's growing autonomy, George Osborne, the chancellor, has offered to cede billions of pounds of spending on transport, education, policing and health to clusters of cities that agree to join together and be run by an elected mayor (see article).
Mr. Jagdeo caused a stir last year when he offered to cede the management of his country's entire rain forest — 40-plus million acres, covering 80percentt of Guyana's land mass — to a British government agency in return for British economic assistance.
[Page C2.] Sign of Bargaining in Yukos Case Major shareholders in the Russian oil giant Yukos offered to cede control of the company in exchange for the release from jail of Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the former chief executive and Russia's richest man.
