| The successful parleys led to the independence of the predominantly Protestant Northern Netherlands and the foundation of the Dutch Republic. |
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| The team would hold parleys with higher authorities of the state government. |
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| These informal parleys over our communication system keep us in good humour. |
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| Discussions, secret parleys and meetings, at various places, marked the last few days. |
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| The report indicated that the matter has seen hectic parleys between the various industry chambers and the government. |
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| In the halls of NBA front offices, in the power lunches, agent meetings and cell-phone parleys, it was a summer of impressive work by the league's best teams. |
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| Upon their return from exile, they are refused their promised share of the kingdom, and, though parleys are held, war is inevitable. |
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| It had actually been a very difficult job to identify to hotel, where the duo had been presumably in deep sleep, readying themselves for the next day's parleys. |
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| History is replete with instances of misguided leaders believing they were statesmen and entering into parleys and talks with intractable and cunning enemies. |
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| Several parleys were held and whenever any reasonable solution to the problem was in sight, the government backed out of it on one pretext or another. |
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| So far in 2005 he has been to Kenya, Sudan, Congo, Gabon and Côte d'Ivoire for peace parleys and truce-signings. |
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| But the Congress veteran, who was in the midst of hectic parleys connected with the ongoing crisis in the party, failed to make it for the function. |
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| Nearly everyone seems to agree: these party parleys risk irrelevance. |
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| Guy's depiction of the succession of convocations and parleys where this struggle was enacted could have been as wearing as the meetings must have been for the participants. |
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| Here, at Monday morning parleys between the two party leaders and in meetings of Cabinet Office panjandrums, compromises are brokered, assurances given and caveats established. |
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