Sentence examples for settled by compromise from inspiring English sources

"Scientific debates are rarely settled by compromise, and when we look for 'biocultural' explanations of behavior we dilute the interest of both sides," he writes.

This and a similar crisis in France were settled by a compromise.

Usually these disputes are eventually settled by a compromise that allows both sides to claim victory.

The status of slavery in the newly acquired lands was eventually settled by the Compromise of 1850, but only after the nation had come perilously close to civil war.

This has much to do with the greater stability and popular support of our governments compared with those with parliamentary systems, where top leadership is settled by political compromise.

The matter of counting slaves in the population for figuring representation was settled by a compromise agreement that three-fifths of the slaves should be counted as population in apportioning representation and should also be counted as property in assessing taxes.

The bill passed, but its passage had drastic political effects, as the differences between North and South that had been settled by the Compromise were reopened.

The dispute was eventually settled by a compromise in which St Augustine's continued to make the payments but they were specifically stated not to be for sacraments.

The slavery extension question had seemingly been settled by the Missouri Compromise nearly 40 years earlier.

In a paradox, the push-pull is embraced and used as a source of energy while in a trade-off the push-pull is minimized and settled by reaching a compromise middle-ground solution.

Skirmishes between Commons and Lords are usually settled by some sort of compromise.