Sentence examples for secure a concession from inspiring English sources

Indeed Van Miert's bluster could well be designed to secure a concession from Boeing that it would not seek long-term deals in Europe, in return for approval of the merger.

But securing a concession in Barneys is an assault on the citadel.

Alexis Tsipras, Greek prime minister, secured a concession by ensuring the fund will be administered in Athens but it was a tiny victory.

Having secured a concession late last week allowing them to organize more easily in Verizon's wireless division, the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, have set their sights on other issues.

Rwanda's application comes with the promise that there will be no death sentence if a conviction is secured, a concession from a government that has already executed 22 convicts and has over 200 on death row.

The peers secured a concession that access to web browsing histories should not be given to the police involved in investigations into offences that carried a prison sentence of less than 12 months.

Campaigners fought to protect cancer patients from the welfare cuts and secured a concession when the government agreed they could now be placed in the ESA support group – a category that provides assistance without requiring ongoing medical assessments or back-to-work interviews.

It secured a concession from the King of Saudi Arabia in 1933 to look for oil.

But the N.R.A. secured a broad concession in the legislation, which pushed states to allow people with histories of mental illness to petition to have their gun rights restored.

In the United States, federal prosecutors are investigating whether representatives of his firm bribed government officials in Guinea to secure a multibillion dollar mining concession.

A small loss and she could try again, secure a few crumbs of concession from Brussels, then mop up the extra votes with those fresh assurances.