Sentence examples for settle major from inspiring English sources

The conflict was on a small scale the outcome determined by a single night's fighting yet it was highly significant in that it demonstrated the inability of the courtiers to settle major differences without reliance on the power of the warriors.

B4 Progress in Apartment Talks Negotiators for the real estate industry and the union representing workers at 2,900 New York City apartment buildings said that they made modest progress in talks last week, but still need to settle major differences to avoid a strike this Friday.

The commission has increasingly favored settling major investigations to win quicker results, and it could waive fines if the banks agreed to adjust their contracts with Markit and ICE Europe.

He established important judicial precedents as the first chief justice of the United States (1789 95) and negotiated the Jay Treaty of 1794, which settled major grievances with Great Britain and promoted commercial prosperity.

It said: "The risks to the English NHS are increased by the fact that some companies entering the new NHS market have settled major fraud cases in the US".

As chairwoman and chief executive of Lucent Technologies, she has returned the telecommunications giant to modest profitability by eliminating tens of thousands of jobs, slashing billions of dollars in debt and settling major lawsuits with investors.

The lack of a unified strategy to date among the states has also posed another problem for BP; companies are less likely to settle a major lawsuit if they know yet another one is waiting.

Negotiators for the real estate industry and the union representing workers at 2,900 New York City apartment buildings said yesterday that they made modest progress in talks last week, but still need to settle some major differences to avoid a strike this Friday.

As Senate Democrats await new cost projections from the Congressional Budget Office on their latest effort to settle the major internal disagreements over the health care legislation, they are also positioning themselves for a lightning-quick dash to the finish.

For a nation that only gained independence in 1991, Croatia needed little time to settle at major tournaments.

The work may help settle a major debate about the underlying reason for personality, says behavioral ecologist Michael Taborsky of the University of Bern, who wasn't involved in the study.