"once we agree" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an agreement between two or more people, or to refer to a decision that has been made. For example: "Once we agree on the terms of the contract, we can sign it."
But, once we agree that the facts are facts, they can do amazing work.
In "Magic Marker Strategy" (column, Sept. 6), John Tierney states that President Bush made a lot of mistakes last week, and for once we agree.
Sitting at a round table in the kitchen, Mr. Chizzola explained that he and Ms. Ferrara plan to do a bigger renovation on the house, "once we agree on what to do".
And think again: "President Bush is a bozo" actually is a fact, or a factual contention, once we agree on a definition of "bozo," which isn't hard if we are honest.
But bequeathing opportunity, Hayek argued, is what families are all about:Once we agree that it is desirable to harness the natural instincts of parents to equip the new generation as well as they can, there seems no sensible ground for limiting this to non-material benefits.
Once we agree that there may be some small percentage of people whose moral cognition is seriously disordered, how can the law identify those people in a way that will not allow the materialism of science to expand the definitions of excusing conditions to include all criminals?
(A promised wait of 20 minutes became 7, however, once we agreed to share a table).
"Once we agreed, their concern for the landmark went away," he said.
"Once we agreed upon a price, I said to Roger [Enrico, Pepsi CEO], 'OK, there's just one more thing.
Then, once we agreed on the total package, we negotiated how we could slice it up in a structure that satisfied both sides".
Once we agreed to that it was a matter of figuring out (and this is where the real negotiation took place) what their real CPM was and how much traffic they would drive.
