1.   Barneys said the two parties could not reach agreement on financing, royalties and trade name issues.

2.   Barneys said the two parties could not reach agreement on financing, royalties, equity and trade name issues.

3.   The two parties have reached an amicable settlement.

4.   It is easier for two parties to reach agreement than for three.

5.   There was no prospect that the two parties would reach an agreement anytime soon.

6.   The hiking party reached the crest of the mountain just as it began to thunder.

7.   Then, suddenly, the programme was interrupted by a newsreader who announced that the party had just reached the surface.

8.   The two parties reached the decision mutually and with regret, Lola said in a statement issued on the eve of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.