tough negotiation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftoughandnegotiation
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tough
adjective
uk/tʌf/us/tʌf/
strong; not easily broken or ...
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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 oftoughandnegotiationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The proposal to negotiate under the threat of withholding a licence is a prettytoughnegotiation.
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It: is going to mean atoughnegotiation.
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The question then comes down to what "sooner or later" means, and that is purely a matter for hard,toughnegotiation.
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It was atoughnegotiation, and it went only part of the way.
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It is atoughnegotiation; it is a matter of give and take.
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There is atoughnegotiationabout the multi-fibre arrangement in progress.
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It will be atoughnegotiation, but we are going to try to get the very best out of it that we possibly can.
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But in such an arrangement it is essential to havetoughnegotiationbetween contractor and customer, who are financially separate.
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In my short experience, there is stilltoughnegotiation.
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We of course have our difficulties, our disputes and some verytoughnegotiation.
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It took a long, laborious andtoughnegotiationto reach a satisfactory arrangement with the firms in that case.
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It will be atoughnegotiation.
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We anticipate atoughnegotiation.
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It will meantoughnegotiation.
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We must not let democracy be a disadvantage in very tough negotiations.
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Tough negotiations lie ahead on the first part of the document.
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Opposition protests are due to their lack of experience in these tough negotiations.
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I have no doubt that they will be tough negotiations, and that we must give our negotiators every possible encouragement.
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Tough negotiations in which our common interests prevailed have enabled 25 countries to share their hopes for the future.
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We have managed, through tough negotiations, to bring in a prohibition of deterioration.
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