Sentence examples for stage of discussion from inspiring English sources

We sense that things have moved past the stage of discussion or debate — even staged discussion and debate.

"It still seems that some things are in a fairly preliminary stage of discussion," said Joyce Chang, head of emerging-markets research at J. P. Morgan Securities.

"I think it is going to be approved, but we never got to the stage of discussions," said Nelson Ndirangu of the Kenya delegation.

Anybody who has watched it unfold would not conclude that, if today turns out to stay at a very early stage of discussions, it's an abject failure.

Shares in the mortgage lender soared by more than 50% this morning after it revealed that it is "at an advanced stage of discussions" over the offer.

A source close to the BBC Trust said today that the strategic review is still "at the stage of discussions", and that no one at the corporation knows exactly what the outcome will be on services and spending priorities, because this has not been agreed.

However, Entergy is believed to be seeking -- at least in its initial stage of discussions -- wage cuts and increased employee contributions to health care.

We tallied the factors participants selected as important during the third stage of discussions.

In a statement released yesterday, the company said it was "in various stages of discussion with respect to a number of possible acquisitions".

The idea is still in the early stages of discussion, but some people say it would allow the church to "double dip" -- to benefit twice -- from the creation of the public area.

But the officials said it was far too early to make such a decision because they were still in the earliest stages of discussion and planning for a memorial.