serious negotiation

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meaningsofseriousandnegotiation

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serious
adjective
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/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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negotiation
noun[C or U]
uk
/nəˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/nəˌɡoʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
the process of discussing something with someone in order to reach an agreement with them, or the ...
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(Definition ofseriousandnegotiationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is really a question of getting down toseriousnegotiationabout them.
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We therefore continue to press both sides of the conflict to undertakeseriousnegotiationtowards a lasting and just peace.
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No, he took party officials, because it was perhaps really a party trip and not aseriousnegotiation.
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Indeed, the longer thatseriousnegotiationis left, the greater divergence will come.
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Perhaps it was a party trip after all and not aseriousnegotiation.
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It has been suggested that there has not beenseriousnegotiation.
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What we should all like to see isseriousnegotiationon lower levels of arms.
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Only when they fail in that effort do they get down toseriousnegotiation.
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It takes months ofseriousnegotiationto reach an agreement.
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These will be the subject ofseriousnegotiation.
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Cannot we get back to quiet butseriousnegotiation?
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I do not call it aseriousnegotiationto arrive at an airport and to read out a cut-and-dried plan.
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Therefore, we must ask why a proposition of this kind is put forward when they know that it can hardly form the basis forseriousnegotiation.
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Then we can enter intoseriousnegotiation.
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Is this not the first occasion on which any country seeking to revalue its green pound has had to have aseriousnegotiationabout the issue?
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The next proposition is that this event prejudiced serious negotiations that could have delivered a peaceful solution.
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What a posture for a great nation to take after conducting serious negotiations for over a year.
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There will be no way in which serious negotiations can take place unless we do that.
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The time scale allows opportunities for serious negotiations.
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