Sentence examples for serious settlement from inspiring English sources

Neither has seen any domestic political benefit in pushing for a serious settlement.

He said the two companies were in serious settlement negotiations that might be resolved soon.

Alternatively, it is possible to place concrete-lined service and cable trenches in this material, sometimes conveniently by the use of precast sections, because the ground loads imposed are seldom sufficient to give rise to serious settlement problems.

"It is resistant to any serious settlement".

The predicted results suggest that without proper treatment, more serious settlement would have occurred, which is unacceptable in engineering terms.

But unless Microsoft can come up with a serious settlement offer, the trial resumes as early as mid-April — thrusting Microsoft back into the line of fire.

That in turn could pave the way to a serious peace settlement that is the only certain way to prevent further loss of life on either side.

Serious Japanese settlement of the island began in 1869, when the territory, which was then called Yezo province, was renamed Hokkaido ("North Sea Province").

The Qinghai Tibet Highway (QTH) in China has been experiencing a serious embankment settlement/heave for more than half a century.

Serious colonization by France began in 1702, when Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and his brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville struggled to found permanent settlements.

"This is definitely an attempt by Pakistan to change tack and show both sides that they are serious about a settlement and an endgame".