Sentence examples for painstaking talks from inspiring English sources

But, after long and painstaking, talks, a deal was agreed that will see the earnings cap imposed only on those earning above £65,000 (a small minority of its 13,000 workers).

The truce, a promise of calm reached through painstaking talks mediated by Egypt, holds, in theory, the possibility of a new era in Israel's relations with Gaza and Hamas.

A few hours later, at a White House news conference, a deeply frustrated Mr. Clinton compared the days of painstaking talks that ended in failure to "going to the dentist without having your gums deadened".

After months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation's biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement that could provide relief to nearly two million current and former American homeowners harmed by the bursting of the housing bubble, state and federal officials said.

Still, after months of accusations and counteraccusations from the United States and Iran, the meeting raised the prospect of an intensified diplomatic push to resolve concerns over Iranian nuclear activity, not unlike the lengthy and painstaking talks that resulted in a deal last month with North Korea.

From the back seat, the art director Pat Nebo, an Igbo, gave a lecture on the group's customs and agricultural practices, lots of painstaking talk about palm oil and kola nuts.

The way he stands, the way he talks, his painstaking use of logic.

Animator Daisy Jacobs talks about the painstaking work involved in making the film about two brothers who struggle to take care of their elderly mother.

I thought that this camp, and all the others along this road, needed large historical markers in front of them, with names and dates and details; and there should be ongoing archeology here, and areas roped off, and painstaking excavation, and well-informed docents in heated kiosks giving talks to visitors.

This turned out to be a time-consuming and painstaking process, as migrant entrepreneurs are not very willing to talk openly about their business with unknown people.

But just as we have always done during the four-year cycle, we have a painstaking process, and we work within that process, and we will not talk about any of the specific outcomes of the discussion until we do a formal press announcement about all the changes in the fall".