1.   Brunell and the team will enter into contract negotiations next week.

2.   However, with the contract negotiations starting, Lipton and others know that they are fighting a battle against time.

3.   Several important legal questions arose in the contract negotiations.

4.   She hired an agent to represent her in the contract negotiations.

5.   The contract negotiations between the hotel workers and management were reasonably amicable.

6.   A rise in April prompted by uncertainty of African production, strikes in Peru and supply disruptions resulting from US labour contract negotiations, failed to gain ground.

7.   Hence, contract negotiations became more hard-nosed according to the director of contracting, as the district sought to maximise benefits for patients.

8.   All three overtures were made before the club entered into serious contract negotiations with Jackson, said the person close to Riley.

9.   Although Haley declined to comment on the future contract negotiations, he said that overtime would be an important part of the talks.

10.   Almost immediately, the PBA began a strategy to bypass the city by getting the state Legislature to shift its contract negotiations to a more generous state arbitration board.