Sentence examples for were to settle the from inspiring English sources

"If they were to settle the case on terms that were weaker than we believe should be accepted, we would not agree to that settlement," said Tom Miller, the attorney general of Iowa and the leader of the 19 state attorneys general pursuing the case.

Experts say it would not be surprising if the Justice Department were to settle the upcoming trial against American Airlines, in which the air carrier is accused of lowering ticket prices at a steep financial loss in order to force out smaller rivals.

Now he insisted that, if he were to settle the contest, he had to be fully recognised as Scotland's feudal overlord.

Back then, the goal was to settle the West.

The hope is to settle the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to block the T-Mobile deal.

Otherwise "the only practical option was to settle the claims [against the intelligence services] for significant sums without admitting liability".

His first act was to settle the miner's strike and send the country back to work full time.

A major goal of the lightning observation is to settle the controversy on the occurrence of lightning in the Venusian atmosphere.

The primary approach to achieving this is to settle the issues surrounding security, natural resource use and sustainable nutrition for cattle.

The initial aim of treatment is to settle the symptoms of an acute attack.

The first aim of Laidlaw and Dunkin was to settle the dispute over the causative agent of the disease.