1.   We will try to force further concessions from the government.

2.   The hostages were being held by Extraditables as bargaining counters to force further concessions from the government, which was anxious to end drug-related violence in Colombia.

3.   By threatening to put the country in hock with overseas creditors, finance officials may force concessions from Congress on issues such as raising gasoline prices.

4.   During budget negotiations, the president has been skillful in using his veto and the threat of a federal shutdown to force concessions out of Congress.

5.   For years, Karnow said, the United States and Vietnam have used the MIA issue to force concessions from each other.

6.   He is also charged with using his position to try to force concessions from a lender.

7.   He has often used that power to force concessions from his opponents on a range of issues.

8.   In the past, retaliatory threats like the one made on Saturday have often proved effective at forcing concessions from China and Japan in a variety of disputes.

9.   Instead, they said, they wanted to force concessions from the leadership.

10.   Legal costs like this can force concessions, effectively short-circuiting the judicial process.