Justice Minister Lord McNally refused to give ground, dismissing the amendment as "unnecessary" and "not appropriate".
America is loth to give ground on bananas and beef following its hard-won legal victories.
Like any compromise, this required everyone to give ground on issues that were important to them.
Some EU officials privately blamed the looming US presidential election for the host nation's failure to give ground.
Like any worthwhile compromise, both sides had to make tough decisions and give ground on issues that were important to them.
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Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said it was essential both sides returned to negotiations and showed "willingness to give ground".
Union leaders have signalled a willingness to give ground, but if they give too much they may not be able to win their members' backing.
At the same time, at least one key shareholder in BA is urging the airline to hold firm and refuse to give ground in the dispute.
The chances are slight that the commission will give ground.
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But Israel's rulers, challenged by rivals on the right, would find it hard to give ground on this sensitive issue in the run-up to a general election on February 10th.
Peers have traditionally been in favour of allowing hunts to continue, but Monday night's widespread support by MPs for outlawing the traditional country sport means they were under pressure to give ground.
Getting back into advanced manufacturing is easier said than done because, entirely overlooked by the optimists, fundamental forces have long been at work to induce U.S. manufacturers to give ground to foreign competitors.
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Nor does he give ground in our discussion.
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Perhaps, in frustration at his failure to advance the peace process, he wanted to put down a marker, warning Mr Netanyahu that he would not tolerate his continuing refusal to give ground on a whole range of issues.
But what a barren victory: how can he or any other Israeli centrist persuade Israel's religious hawks to accept the need to give ground on Jerusalem, for example, while America has a president who is not willing to make such a demand?
The Chair of the Lib Dems in Parliament, the Solihull MP Lorely Burt, is convinced that her party is determined to press the case for a change of course, and that Mr Cameron and his colleagues are signalling their readiness to give ground.
Whereas this accusation appears to be straining relations that were already stretched, there are signs that the EU is preparing to give ground on one of the major demands of developing countries - that further emissions cuts for rich countries are made under the Kyoto Protocol.
But so far Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government has shown little readiness to give much ground.
On two of Turkey's most ticklish issues, the Kurds and Cyprus, he has yet to give much ground.
All of the existing MS drugs, he says, will probably give some ground to Tysabri, but nobody knows how much.
Sadly, he will give no ground on the layoffs, which he intends to see happen before contract negotiations can proceed.
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Lately, college football's major conferences have hardly sounded like they're in a mood to give more ground to the smaller schools.
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Does the administration see the potential for his voice being added to add pressure to the Republicans to give some ground in negotiations today?
While either candidate would likely have to give some ground to get their plans through Congress, the mere possibility of higher taxes could lead many to cull profits where they have them.
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Soros not only predicts the euro will survive but that the Greeks will elect some compromise government that will give enough ground to satisfy the Germans and thus forestall a Greek exit from the euro.
We've learned that both the French President and the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) are willing to give some ground, to resolve this crisis. (A lot, in the case of President Sarkozy.) But this morning the German Chancellor was again giving very little away.
"That should not give Intel much ground for optimism, " said Vinje, who said that Jaeger's decision will almost certainly influence the panel of three judges who rule on Intel's appeal.
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