Sentence examples for was seeking to settle from inspiring English sources
The transport minister, Alain Vidalies, said he was seeking to settle the parallel dispute poisoning labour relations at the SNCF state railways about internal reorganisation of work practices.
The Justice Department, which had earlier denied a New York Times report that it was in settlement talks, did not address those questions in court filings and instead disclosed that it was seeking to settle the case out of court.
A lawyer for Mr. Altomare, Arthur W. Tifford, told the judge that he had been advised that Tarun Mendiratta, another defendant who is scheduled to go on trial later this year, had agreed to become an informant for the United States attorney in Manhattan and was seeking to settle the civil case.
But he said the two companies might be seeking to settle their dispute.
Russia is seeking to settle the dispute with the separatist "Transnistrian Republic" on its own terms.
The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled late last year that the Havasupai tribe can sue the Arizona Board of Regents, which is seeking to settle the case.
None of the gangbangers who now feel that they can operate with impunity were seeking to settle their disputes through "formal social control" before Ferguson.
Mohammad-Hassan Asfari, a member of Iran's parliamentary foreign policy committee, said: "If Ban Ki-moon is seeking to settle disputes and manage the global situation, he has to make the most of the opportunity offered".
The nation's largest bank, which has previously clashed with its regulators, is seeking to settle with the federal agency that oversees the energy markets, according to people briefed on the matter.
In theory, only those refugees who fail to claim asylum in Greece – usually because they are seeking to settle elsewhere in the EU – or whose claims are rejected will be deported.
Andersen has been seeking to settle the suits quickly; the consolidation of the cases under the leadership of specific law firms should make it easier for negotiations to proceed.
