Sentence examples for were seeking to settle from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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.

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.

ALBANY — A state ethics panel is seeking to settle cases against top aides to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a year after their alleged involvement in an effort to gather the travel records of Joseph L. Bruno, the Senate majority leader.

Some UBS clients are now in trouble with the I.R.S. and are seeking to settle their tax bills privately, out of the eyes of the tax courts, according to federal prosecutors.