Sentence examples for were trying to finalize from inspiring English sources

Secretary Panetta was forced to react to the photographs while attending a summit in Brussels where the United States and its NATO allies were trying to finalize agreements to wind down the war in Afghanistan.

1. Ethiopian co-operative establishment and regulation: Farmer co-operatives are a core part of the new Nuru Ethiopia Agriculture Program, so hearing a GLG expert's insight and experience was invaluable and timely as we were trying to finalize some of the details around the legalities of Ethiopian co-operatives.

It was as if he was "trying to finalize things," she said.

The team is trying to finalize the sale of 10 limited partner shares for $20 million each.

Gulati, Arena wrote, was trying to finalize a deal without Arena's agent, Richard Motzkin, getting involved.

So all that we are doing in this stage of the process is trying to finalize the divorce.

"We are working on getting a contingent together and we are trying to finalize some details," Nelson Luis, a Rockets spokesman, said today.

Microsoft is mad because Google is trying to finalize a deal that would give it a monopoly over the right to make digital copies of orphan books.

Forrest R. Taylor, chief of staff to Gifford Miller, the Council speaker, said last night, "Some of the issues that have been playing out previously -- recycling, education, those sorts of things -- we are trying to finalize those details on those issues".

They said U.S., NATO and Afghan officials are trying to finalize a date for a change-of-command ceremony in Kabul, but they expected Allen to stay in the job several more weeks.

The agency hasn't confirmed the effort, which was first reported by Politico, but some Medicaid policy experts told me officials have coalesced around the concept and are trying to finalize plans on how to present it.