Sentence examples for thought agreement from inspiring English sources

Although it was a shock to the thousands of communist sympathisers in the west, who thought agreement between the two ideological enemies impossible, the western powers stuck by their commitment to Poland regardless, hopeful that the Polish army would prove more effective than it turned out to be in September.

To some officials, including the French and the Swedes, the new language appeared to be another way of packaging the same idea -- using foreign aid as leverage -- and Mr. Persson said he thought agreement on the issue would not be possible here.

No one thinks agreement will be easy.

Indian officials think agreement is still some years away.Second, Indians worry about China's traditionally cosy friendship with Pakistan, and its alleged help with Pakistan's nuclear-weapons programme.

Richard Sharp, the director of biomedical ethics at the Mayo Clinic, said he thought the agreement "was pretty well handled".

"We always thought an agreement with the United States would come before one with Europe," said Ronald Bown Fernández, president of the Chilean Exporters Association.

Some people involved in the talks said they thought an agreement on back rent could be reached.

In July, the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Guo Shuqing, told Mary L. Schapiro, then the chairwoman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, that he thought an agreement could be reached.

Ms. Okeson-Brandt said that union negotiators thought an agreement had been reached earlier this month, but that district officials later reneged on the deal.

Laudrup met Huw Jenkins, the chairman, the following Tuesday and thought an agreement had been struck, only for the situation to turn on its head.

With Commissioner Roger Goodell deeply involved in the talks for at least a month, some of those involved in the negotiations said they thought an agreement would probably have been reached this week no matter what circumstances existed.