Sentences with phrase «actually come to an agreement»

When it did matter, they failed to actually come to an agreement among themselves on exactly what they wanted to do differently.

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It may seem auspicious, coming as it does while the federal government ponders approval of China National Offshore Oil Co.'s $ 15 - billion purchase of Calgary - based Nexen, but the new investment agreement with China that is soon to be ratified in Parliament was actually 18 years in the making.

A little later my dad came in and sat down on the edge of the bed and said quietly that we should have a conversation about Sunday Mass, and probably I was now old enough to make my own decisions about attending Mass, that he and my mother did not think it right or fair to force that decision on us children, that we needed to find our own ways spiritually, and that while he and our mother very much hoped that we would walk in the many rewarding paths of the Church, the final decision there would be ours alone, each obeying his own conscience; that was only right and fair, and to decree attendance now would perhaps actually force us away from the very thing that he and my mother found to be the most nutritious spiritual food; so perhaps you and I and your mother can sit and discuss this later this afternoon, he said, and come to some amicable agreement.

This means that both Alexis and Arsenal seem to have been left in a stand - off position, with both the club and the player wanting to come to an agreement, but with little movement actually taking place.

«They spoke with Peter Storrie [Portsmouth chief executive] and he spoke with Daniel Levy, and I think they came to agreement where the club are actually playing # 5milion in compensation which is a great deal for Portsmouth.

In an interview on The Capitol Pressroom on Tuesday, Skelos pointed to successes of the Senate under coalition rule — ranging from on - time budgets to a property tax cap (a measure that came in 2011, before the formal governing agreement was actually in place).

And a loan agreement that imposes structural adjustment against the wishes of the domestic political class (not to mention the people) is barely worth the paper it's written on, and is certainly a very poor predictor of what policy changes we'll actually see over the coming years.

In a speech to Republican lawmakers, Trump turned up the pressure on Democrats to come to an agreement with Republicans on protections for young, undocumented immigrants, asserting that opposition leaders «talk a good game» but care more about politics than actually resolving the matter.

His men, anachronistically called «knights» (knights won't actually become a thing for another 500 years or so, after the Norman conquest; this is an example of an acceptable anachronism, especially since the Arthurian legends, composed in the age of chivalry, have already imposed knighthood on the historical story (if there was one, more about that later)-RRB- are Sarmatians, drafted into Imperial service as part of a 3rd Century surrender agreement between their people and the Empire (not historical: the Sarmatians remained a power in the Ukraine and Balkan regions through the end of the Western Empire, though there is a theory that the Arthurian legends are influenced by or even sourced in, similar Sarmatian stories (notably one about a lady with a sword in a lake), the influence purported to have come from a community of Sarmatian veterans in Lancashire).

And when it comes time to repay your loan, sometimes you can even improve your credit because as a customer you actually can't be late on a payment — when you sign for your loan, you'll confirm your agreement for the scheduled repayment dates, and the loan re-payments are automatically drafted from the same bank account that you used to receive the funding at the beginning of the loan.

Recognizing strategies that actually work is especially important now, coming off of the climate change talks last December in Lima, Peru, and looking ahead to the next Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris, at the end of 2015, negotiations characterized by the Guardian as the «world's last best chance to reach an agreement on cutting carbon emissions.»

Actually, come to think of it, no matter what software you use for intakes or contact management, you should have an e-sign retainer agreement option.

Prenuptial agreements are flexible, and they help couples actually come together to determine their financial goals and to help them determine their futures in marriage and in the case of a divorce.

«We're actually coming together, discussing an issue, and coming to agreements to not continue to have this behaviour,» Joanne Badke says.