Sensitive to that potential bind, all sides were working to forge a consensus agreement, aides to the Chancellor and the Mayor said.

The consensus agreement means that countries not happy with the resolution were not compelled to vote yes or no.

Different numbers are used by different indexes; there is no official definition of, or full consensus agreement about, the exact cutoff values.

The consensus agreement, to go into effect in December, is to be announced on Thursday at a meeting of the Iraq compensation commission.

Everyone within earshot is expected to then investigate and reach a consensus agreement to settle the dispute.

'Argument' is not the best specification of that which is to be avoided but, as in the last example, consensus agreement is possible.

"Seeking a consensus agreement between Washington, states and the local areas affected often takes some time."

This draft text is reviewed and revised until a tentative consensus agreement is reached.

At the moment, we do not feel anyone should be excluded, since a consensus agreement would raise fewer objections.

On 23 July it reached a consensus political agreement on modalities to implement the Kyoto Protocol.