His purpose by this time was to establish common ground for communication.

Despite a willingness to establish common ground, there were quite a few differences of opinion.

The legal grounds for this decree had been established in 1937.

It established new grounds for the use of German language in pop music.

I can see that any legislation at European level relating to this issue will be establishing new ground.

Once that common ground had been established, he could show her how it failed to jibe with other facts.

Instead, it had been an effort to try to avoid the death penalty and to establish grounds for appeal.

It is important to note that those who are remote complain about the difficulty of establishing common ground.

And that common ground cannot be established without respect for the words as spoken by the speaker, for whatever reason.