Sentence examples for settlement instead of from inspiring English sources
Kushner agreed to a settlement instead of facing disciplinary charges, the athletic commission said.
Mr. Picard contends the estate is entitled to a cash settlement instead of Mrs. Madoff's actual assets.
Negotiations could lead to a settlement instead of a trial, but Mr. Brosnahan made no such suggestion.
The Chinese government hoped from the start of the trade case with the European Union for a negotiated settlement instead of a legal battle.
We all understand the requirement imposed on the brigade to save money, but we need to talk about these matters in an adult, professional way and negotiate an agreed settlement, instead of threatening to sack every firefighter in Greater Manchester.
We say of this case, as the court has said of interstate differences of like nature, that such mutual accommodation and agreement should, if possible, be the medium of settlement, instead of invocation of our adjudicatory power.' But the efforts at settlement in this case have failed.
For the columnist Nahum Barnea of the daily Yediot Ahronot, the government's decision meant choosing settlements "instead of research, instead of high-tech, instead of industry".
So why is there such a focus on the settlements instead of on Palestinian terrorism and intransigence?
A Guardian Housing Network poll on garden cities and new towns found around half of respondents were unconvinced about their effectiveness and their chances of becoming sustainable, self-contained settlements instead of mere commuter towns.
Yes, Palestinians broke the Oslo accords, but so did Israel, which expanded settlements instead of freezing them, expropriated land and sprinkled checkpoints throughout, cantonized occupied territory and confined Palestinians.
If the courts are focused on the resolution of disputes between private parties, we are likely to see settlements instead of sweeping opinions on the legality of what the banks did during and before the crisis, and what the government did to mitigate it.
