1.   The phrase is a familiar one but this does not necessarily imply that there is universal agreement over its meaning.

2.   The Scandinavian welfare states assume agreement over issues which can be highly divisive in many parts of the world.

3.   A meeting of agriculture ministers in Luxembourg today has so far failed to reach agreement over farm subsidies.

4.   Fans were unable to see the highlight of the game on television last night after Tyne Tees TV and the football league failed to reach agreement over coverage.

5.   Are there owners who would block an agreement over those strike issues?

6.   As both men sat in suits, their talk was cordial, and they came to an agreement over how to resolve their differences.

7.   As part of the agreement over Sarajevo, the Serbs promised not only to withdraw large guns but also to cease all military activity around the city.

8.   As the quiet-spoken Hornbeck tours schools here, there is virtually unanimous agreement over his assessment on what Philadelphia needs.

9.   At the heart of the legal dispute are polar opposite stories about the agreement over the embryos McGill and Schmit entered into after their divorce.

10.   At the other end of the country, the postal sorting office in Caen is only just functioning again, after an on-off agreement over Christmas.