11.   The problem lay with reaching a decision in the first place, partly because the Japanese authorities operate by a process of consultation and consensus building called nemawashi.

12.   Their compromise was Jiang Zemin, the Shanghai party boss whose strongest suit was consensus building.

13.   Unlike Mao, who exaggerated differences, Deng was skilled at coalition and consensus building.

14.   Two professionals who are experienced in the business world and are accustomed to consensus building are ideal candidates, she explained.

15.   But as international mediators saw in Kosovo and Bosnia, the process of consensus building among disparate and hostile factions often defies optimistic deadlines.

16.   Instead, he has followed the Japanese tradition of trying to win the post through back room consensus building with other party powerbrokers.

17.   It was a departure for the soft-spoken man with a reputation for consensus building.

18.   Sony preferred a slow process of consensus building.