If we could find a way of negotiating and reach an arrangement that would be just fine.

"An unorthodox way of negotiating, but one I believe the electorate will accept when they see the results."

I would thank the Irish Presidency for its constructive way of negotiating.

That is reprehensible, and, we are told, it is not a socially acceptable way of negotiating.

She sat facing me: calm, sympathetic, but at a distance I had no way of negotiating, as I listened dismayed to what she revealed of those islands, that lost continent.

It has now become clear that the European Union is not equal to Turkey's insolent way of negotiating, which my colleague described, somewhat sarcastically but perfectly accurately, as bazaar-style haggling.

The finding of our cross-party visit to Iran is that we must find our own way of negotiating, and that can only be done without prior conditions, without holding a knife to anyone's throat.

"You can't expect Israelis to adopt the limitations of the Syrian way of negotiating," he said, rebuking Damascus for pushing for such major concessions as Israel's withdrawal from the Golan Heights before trade and diplomatic ties are resumed.