1.   The agreement came after months of intense negotiations.

2.   The agreement came after six months of negotiations.

3.   The agreement came in the wake of a fourth attempt, in as many weeks, to reach a consensus among members.

4.   The army insisted that a viable peace agreement could only come with the laying down of LTTE arms.

5.   The ceasefire agreement came after a number of OLF supporters were reported to have been killed.

6.   Analysts said new merger agreements could come soon.

7.   An agreement could come as early as this week, federal lawmakers said.

8.   An agreement could come within a few days, the banker said.

9.   An agreement could come as early as next week, the person familiar with the talks said.

10.   And so when individual agreements come up for a vote, they almost always pass because the strategic cost of defeating them is simply too high.