Sentence examples for won a compromise from inspiring English sources
Singapore won a compromise that allows it to impose restrictions on foreign capital flows in a crisis.
Mr. Moses wanted to fill in all the 32 acres of swampland, but an army of amateur and professional ecologist, entomologists, and ornithologists rose up and won a compromise under which he got seven acres, the rest was left for wildlife.
If you recall, when the Senate was in the thick of debating the legislation that eventually became the current health care reform bill, Nelson battled the Senate Democrats to get some kind of Stupak-esque abortion restrictions into the bill, withholding his all-important 60th vote until he won a compromise measure that was inserted into the bill.
He made himself sufficient disagreeable to win a compromise.
He recently stood up to his brother over new oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, winning a compromise agreement that he says will protect Florida's shoreline.
With DaimlerChrysler, IG Metall won a degree of compromise: it preserved the 35-hour week, hallowed in Germany, but gave some ground on working hours for research and service staff, and on future cost reductions.
In some cases the motivation behind making demands so onerous that the opponent cannot possibly grant them is clear: the hard-liner wants to provoke an armed conflict which he thinks he can win, and a compromise solution might forestall the war.
Both Niedermayer and Arnott were diplomatic today, saying that each side won because it was a compromise.
If Mr. Obama fails to win a broad budget compromise, Mr. Podesta said, his domestic agenda in a second term could be limited to finishing the main achievement of his first four years, his health care law.
Of course, like any shrewd politician, Thatcher knew which battles were unwinnable, or had to be postponed; but she always preferred winning a fight to reaching a compromise.
Very few English clubs could feel legitimately compromised by winning a title in a certain style; Leeds are not one of them.
