Example sentences of "[noun] agree to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps instead of competing with each other to sell their wares , Third World countries could get together and force the West to agree to a standard minimum price for commodity prices , like oil-producing countries did with OPEC . |
| 2 | The practice of ‘ back-door ’ rights issues enabled companies to evade the requirements of pre-emptive rights by getting shareholders to agree to a paper issue ( an expansion of the authorized capital which , if not being sold to raise additional capital , may be used in a share swap ) for the purpose of taking over an investment trust . |
| 3 | In practice , this is unlikely to prove a problem for directors of private companies who are probably also the shareholders , but directors of public companies do have to consider whether it is in the interests of the company and the shareholders to agree to a lock-out clause at a figure which may not be the highest obtainable . |
| 4 | Thus last year , the council of ministers of the EEC agreed to a £20 million research programme in materials , parts of which should boost recycling techniques and produce substitutes for the strategically important metals . |
| 5 | The union wants employers to agree to a specific date for equalising eastern and western wages , though it is willing to wait beyond 1994 . |
| 6 | While 45 per cent of German Jews agreed to a return , Arab Jews were 100 per cent opposed . |
| 7 | In the late 1980s Bluetts agreed to a mangement buyout and capital investment but the firm 's inability to meet the cost of the rent on its new premises opposite Claridge 's Hotel , and the slackness of trade as perceived by Chesfield , has meant that they are no longer willing to go on supporting the company . |
| 8 | The new Russian leaders seemed anxious for a thaw in the Cold War , and despite Dulles " reservations , the President agreed to a " summit " meeting at Geneva in July 1955 . |
| 9 | International pressure on the Cambodian factions to agree to a settlement had increased markedly in late August and early September . |
| 10 | They agreed a 30-point plan calling for industrialized countries to agree to a new fund to support environmental security in the South . |
| 11 | Attempts to resolve differences met with little success when Latin American regional heads of state gathered in San Jose , Costa Rica , in October and sought to persuade Brazil to agree to a new price-support scheme based on a reduction of its 30 per cent quota allocation in return for a similar agreement by Colombia to cut exports . |
| 12 | He eventually got the girl to agree to a date and walked around with an idiot smile on his face for the few weeks beforehand . |
| 13 | What happens , reckons the study ( which looked at 88 big , troubled firms , 41 in chapter 11 and 47 in workouts , between 1983 and 1990 ) , is that creditors give up some of their seniority rights as a carrot to get management to agree to a deal . |
| 14 | While appearing to be a tactical move by the BCP to try to force the UDF to agree to a coalition , this also reflected strong criticism voiced at the BCP congress of Atanasov 's failure to tackle economic problems . |
| 15 | In March 1991 EFTA agreed to a request to start free trade negotiations with Israel . |
| 16 | Xhibition 93 has managed to get COSE to agree to a question-and-answer session by application developers and computing managers during the Xhibition Executive Conference in San Jose . |
| 17 | The Iranian air strike was the first against Iraqi territory since the Iran-Iraq war and one of the most serious clashes since the two countries agreed to a ceasefire in 1988 . |
| 18 | In the Minutes of March 1908 , the Committee agreed to a proposal from Mr. Keene , a cab driver . |
| 19 | But after several members argued against the closure the committee agreed to a site visit . |
| 20 | Even if the committee agree to a grant , it ca n't be more than a couple of thousand — not enough to keep you going for a few months . |
| 21 | Initial discussions were fruitless , but on April 24 a majority of the mujaheddin groups agreed to a three-stage plan . |
| 22 | After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples . |
| 23 | The FNT agreed to a six-month no-strike deal in return for a government undertaking that it would suspend plans to dismiss 25,000 state-sector workers , stabilize the currency and adopt a " realistic " view on questions of economic regeneration , privatization and title to property seized under Sandinista rule . |
| 24 | Grudgingly Penry agreed to a little housework , after which , he said firmly , she must rest . |
| 25 | Reports in late August said that Germany had increased pressure on its western allies to agree to a ban on short-range nuclear weapons and was locked in conflict with France over its refusal to cancel the Hades short-range nuclear missile programme . |
| 26 | Never one to let a lack of cash stand in his way , Desmond persuaded the liquidator to agree to a long closing — i.e. to wait for his money until UPH had re-sold the site . |
| 27 | Ine did not allow the displeasure of Canterbury at his failure to agree to a partition of the diocese of Winchester to drive him into action on the matter , despite threats of excommunication . |
| 28 | As earn outs are based on future performance and are only payable in the future , they enable the purchaser to agree to a price it may not be able to afford at completion and which it will not be obliged to pay unless profits are generated . |
| 29 | Two weeks ago , the federal and Länder governments agreed to a 75:25 split for 1994 and set individual salaries at 84 per cent of the rate for western Germany . |
| 30 | Nuclear Electric officials agreed to a request from Leiston district councillor John Geater for details of the costs of nuclear generation to be presented at a future meeting . |