Sentence examples for opening negotiating from inspiring English sources

He largely regarded the Conservative manifesto as an opening negotiating bid with the Liberal Democrats ahead of inevitable coalition talks with Nick Clegg.

There, the menu is simply an opening negotiating position, with various dishes just waiting to be shifted to "the side" or off the plate altogether.

But what many characterized in private as a tough opening negotiating stand by the governor was nevertheless viewed with gratitude in public by the Newark, Essex County and YankeeNets officials who support the arena proposal; they applauded it as a first sign of support.

Benitez's demand appears to price Crouch out of the transfer market and though it might well be an opening negotiating stance it smacked of desperation from a manager who evidently has only one prize asset to sell but wants to bring new talent in, with Sunderland's Kenwyne Jones and Cardiff prodigy Aaron Ramsay also on his radar, as well as Birmingham's Maik Taylor as goalkeeping cover.

"With South Africa we are now negotiating opening negotiations with the local players.

After a shaky opening spent negotiating the murk of ten amplified instruments reverberating in a room built before electricity, the band cohered.

This idea crystalized for me upon reading about AT&T's pledge to repatriate 5,000 call center jobs (about 2percentt of its workforce) as part of its opening bid in negotiating with the Justice Department over its proposed T-Mobile acquisition.

America's skilled workers and middle class are undoubtedly much worse off thanks to the market-opening measures negotiated over the past three decades at the encouragement of almost all economists.

Ban, who was previously South Korea's foreign minister, has made a point during his tenure as Secretary-General of finding openings to negotiate with North Korea; he has offered to go to Pyongyang, and he has met with North Korean leaders in New York.

AMAKER NOT GOING TO B.C. Harvard Coach Tommy Amaker, who has been mentioned in connection with the opening at Boston College, is negotiating a multiyear extension to remain at Harvard.

Unexpectedly difficult tunnelling and complicated soil-protection work also raised costs but, he claims, could not be disclosed at the opening because HIE was negotiating Morrison's bill down by several million pounds.HIE might have to spend still more if the resort is to stay open.