11.   One further Iraqi aim in continuing the land battle was no doubt to begin negotiations for a settlement from a position of maximum advantage.

12.   Next day the government began negotiations with trade union leaders.

13.   America West flight attendants voted to begin union negotiations three years ago.

14.   An additional round of preliminary talks will take place Monday, then the talks will adjourn until September, when proponents of the process hope to begin substantive negotiations.

15.   An agency selects a firm to do its work and begins negotiations on a fee.

16.   Analysts said they were surprised that BGB and NordLB agreed to begin negotiations so quickly.

17.   And both sides would begin accelerated negotiations on a final settlement between them, to be finished before next May.

18.   And Congressional leaders will not be prepared for months to begin negotiations leading up to the October deadline.

19.   And so, last year, the two countries began negotiations on a joint parliamentary declaration intended to present a mutually acceptable view of the past.

20.   And the negotiations that began in June and are scheduled to resume next month have inspired little confidence, and will not include the political representatives of the IRA.