• In that context, it would be almost impossible for the Treasury to acquiesce in a decision to shrink the business being sold by Lloyds.

    BBC: Lloyds sale of Verde hits huge obstacle

  • He warns that Sinn Fein will not acquiesce in this.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Preparations for 'virtual assembly'

  • The Likud, like Kadima and Labour, purported to support (or at least to acquiesce in) the view that the Israel-Palestine conflict can be solved by creating two sovereign states existing side by side.

    ECONOMIST: Israeli politics

  • Additional taxation over the rest of Italy is contemplated, together with an increase of the State railway rates and a 2 per cent. patriotic loan, and the nation is ready to acquiesce in these new and heavy sacrifices.

    ECONOMIST: From the archive

  • Although, if opinion polls are to be believed, voters were sceptical about the chances of success, they were nonetheless willing, in effect, to acquiesce in the government's attempt to discover whether the old model of public services could be fixed with decent funding and a few tweaks.

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • "The argument that the rest of Europe will simply acquiesce in whatever kind of arrangement the British electorate opts for in a referendum, because Britain's partners need the U.K. as much as or even more than the U.K. needs them, is an illusion, " argues Peter Ludlow, a longtime Brussels-based analyst of EU politics.

    WSJ: Cameron's Plans Bring Fears, Schadenfreude

  • The worst deal Republicans could make would be to acquiesce to Bernanke in exchange for his support of their spending cuts.

    FORBES: The Downsides of Paul Ryan's Reach

  • In the event Saddam did not acquiesce this "last" time, we are assured, it would provide a casus belli that would enjoy widespread, if not universal, international support.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • If the issue came up, I suspect ESPN would acquiesce at some level, either because they believed in the principle or were fearful of the backlash for its refusal to allocate any family-based tickets.

    FORBES: Corporate Sponsors Trump Families For Access To College Bowl Tickets

  • He put up a loyal faction of his men to demand publicly that he not allow the other half (who thought his plans lunacy) to pack it in, so that he could appear to acquiesce to the public will.

    ECONOMIST: Displaced persons

  • Republicans eventually acquiesce, naively assuming that Democrats will be their new best-friends-forever in the fight against big government.

    FORBES: Divisions Rise Among Conservatives On Accepting Tax Hikes To Cut Deficit

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