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.
Public opinion in both countries reflects widespread mutual wariness, constraining the room both policy-makers and rescue organizers have 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.
When Mr. Obama and his top advisers signaled willingness to give ground after the election, they were slammed by liberals who viewed it as a capitulation.
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.
America continued to give ground by agreeing to discuss anti-dumping the practice of stopping foreign imports which are allegedly being sold at less than the cost of their production.
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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Though his planning minister was due to meet congressmen on April 15th for fresh talks about the enabling bill, Mr Chavez, having promised a revolution, is clearly in no mood to give ground.
Nor does he give ground in our discussion.
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U.S. negotiators are making serious demands on matters they claim to be central to 21st century trade, yet they appear unwilling to give ground on the 18th century protectionism still afforded U.S. textile and footwear producers.
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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.
One guaranteed question Wednesday is calendar driven: Will the president give ground, as his top aides have, and recast the early August congressional recess break as a goal for getting the full House and Senate to pass separate health care bills?
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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.
This will be one of the biggest issues at the center of the upcoming budget wars, and by selecting Lew for this job, Obama is sending a clear signal that he does not plan to give ground easily on these programs in the months ahead.
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.
The expectation among senior Democrats and Republicans is that Obama will acknowledge the need for some kind of move to the middle, but he is also expected to dig in on his principles and not give ground on making major changes to his health care reform or Wall Street reform packages.
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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