Sentence examples for strained negotiations from inspiring English sources

The narrative shows conflict, strained negotiations, and power imbalance, but at the end she is still his patient, and his method seems to work.

When Republicans seized control of the House of Representatives during the Obama administration, lawmakers and White House officials embarked on a number of strained negotiations to try to reduce the gap between spending and tax revenue.

The requests complicate already strained negotiations between Republicans and Democrats.

The acerbic level of discourse reflected what have long been strained negotiations, but ones that in recent days have devolved into the hardened bargaining positions that both sides appeared to leave behind when they made some progress late last week.

But attendees on Tuesday got a peek at the hard knuckles behind those smiles — on both sides — as strained negotiations broke into public over how Walt Disney Studios and the AMC theater chain should split ticket revenue.

After several months of often strained negotiations between the company, mainland and Hong Kong banks, foreign bondholders and the government, Mr. Gronow and his co-workers, acting as liquidators, worked out a deal that gave back Asia Aluminum's bank creditors in Hong Kong 100 percent of their capital.

The government argues that a bilateral ceasefire would only give the guerrillas reprieve from constant military operations against them, which they could use to rearm and regroup, as they did during past, failed peace talks.Although talking while the fighting continues has sometimes strained the negotiations, these are far more serious than their predecessors.

President Hamid Karzai, whose relationship with the Americans has been strained recently by negotiations over a long-term security contract, expressed sympathy for the victims of the attack but also seemed to use Wednesday's airstrike to criticize his NATO allies over the issue of civilian casualties.

Relations between Barton and the club have been strained after contract negotiations broke down in the summer but McKay, who received a call from Newcastle managing director Derek Llambias on Sunday night saying Barton could leave the club, said he was still surprised by the decision.

There were tense negotiations.

Negotiations became strained, the executives said, after the talks was reported last week in The New York Times.