1.   Both railroads want major concessions in the form of track rights and divestiture of certain rail lines in exchange for their approval.

2.   But this will entail major political concessions by the government, including the surrender of the state monopoly over electronic media.

3.   Many observers believe that Kiley and Livingstone should be beside themselves with joy at the major concessions they have won.

4.   We made some major concessions in order to protect national security.

5.   The committee has won a number of major concessions from the prison authorities.

6.   The King made major concessions to end the confrontation with his people.

7.   It was the second major concession by the President, the first having been to abandon his election campaign pledge of no new taxes.

8.   President Bush has made a major concession to industry over the implementation of the new Clean Air Act, overturning a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency.

9.   The ANC secretary-general, Cyril Ramaphosa, said the government had made a major concession on the issue of devolution of power to regional governments.

10.   And by June, it was clear to many inside GE and Honeywell that Monti would require the combined company to make major concessions to win his approval.