31.   The agreement was reached after all-night talks.

32.   The agreement, reached after months of tense negotiations, includes wage and benefit concessions from the unions and reduced payments to bus companies.

33.   The agreement, reached after protracted negotiations, commits countries to dismantling hundreds of barriers and admitting foreign banks, insurance companies and investment firms to their markets.

34.   The agreement, reached after three years of talks, has little immediate effect on meat, pork or poultry companies, although there could be long-term benefits.

35.   The agreement was reached after about three months of negotiations.

36.   The agreement was reached after talks with the union, Bernardoni said.

37.   The agreement was reached after two days of negotiations in London and its terms were not released.

38.   The agreement was reached only after a day of negotiations between the top U.N. official in the former Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi, and the warring parties.

39.   The agreement, reached after all-night negotiations, is the biggest yet this year in the private sector.

40.   The agreement, reached after four pressurized days of formal talks, paves the way for ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.