Sentence examples for weeks of bargaining from inspiring English sources

Weeks of bargaining followed.

"No one expected six weeks of bargaining would produce absolutely no movement or compromise by the company," said Robert Master, a communications workers spokesman.

After three weeks of bargaining, the parliamentarians signed an accord based on the draft, with all the Lebanese factions conceding more than they ever imagined they would.

The Mass in Santa Clara was broadcast live on national television, a last-minute concession by the Cuban authorities after weeks of bargaining with the Vatican.

The appointment came as the prime minister named a new cabinet after weeks of bargaining among the competing cities, tribes and militias that formed the loose coalition that overthrew the Qaddafi government but are now struggling to share power.

In the past several weeks of bargaining, the negotiators have focused on revenue sharing and a worldwide draft in one thread of the talks and on other issues in another.

In the past few years, U.S. retailers have stretched "Black Friday," which once meant the day after Thanksgiving, across days and even weeks of bargains.

No owners attended the week of bargaining sessions.

After a week of bargaining and optimism, the two sides in the National Basketball Association's labor dispute are now faced with a sobering obstacle: they can't agree on the mechanics of a basic economic issue, a development that may soon lead to canceling more games.

Delegates there agreed after two weeks of hard bargaining to forge a successor treaty.

But the happy conclusion was preceded by days and weeks of tough bargaining, along with occasional flashes of drama.