noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a divorce settlement (= the amount of money, property etc each person gets in a divorce )
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She received a $10 million divorce settlement from her first husband.
a peace settlement/deal
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It is difficult to see how a peace settlement can be achieved.
a peaceful solution/resolution/settlement
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The authorities want a peaceful solution to the hostage crisis.
amicable settlement/agreement
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The two parties have reached an amicable settlement.
out-of-court settlement
penal colony/settlement (= a special area of land where prisoners are kept )
reach an agreement/compromise/settlement (= decide on an arrangement that is acceptable to both groups )
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Substantial progress was made toward reaching an agreement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
early
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Figure 2.1: Diagram illustrating the resources exploited by the early Anglo-Saxon settlement at Bishopstone, Sussex.
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Here were the hop fields, and elms and pines and cedars: the country of early settlement , rich and Europeanized.
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There are four main points we need to consider, particularly for the earlier , undocumented settlements .
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Californians also turned down Proposition 202, a proposal to limit lawyers' contingency fees and encourage early settlement of lawsuits.
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An early settlement might be the best option.
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Its faith in private enterprise was nearly as absolute as its earlier faith that settlement would make the climate wetter.
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Are there any examples which clearly show these hamlets to be an early form of settlement ?
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The new rules appear to encourage parties to lay their cards on the table and facilitate early settlements .
final
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The money paid as interim compensation would be adjusted against any final settlement .
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A final divorce settlement still needs to be worked out.
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What prompted the court to transform what was an appeal against an interim relief order into a final settlement ?
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Many final settlements will be far bigger.
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Yet huge obstacles remain to a final settlement .
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You will almost inevitably be asked to accept the offer in full and final settlement of all your claims.
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And at Avranches, it was Arnulf who persuaded Henry to accept the final settlement .
key
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The first criticism is that, although key settlement policies are theoretically sound, they have been poorly implemented in practice.
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The actual definition of key settlements , the hierarchies of settlement types and the nomenclature adopted for these vary enormously among counties.
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The key settlement policies are a case in point.
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It is possible to sympathize with these arguments, but there are more fundamental criticisms of key settlement policies.
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One problem is that key settlements have been seen as panacea for all rural problems, irrespective of social and regional context.
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Even the argument that key settlements offer economies of scale has not remained unscathed.
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When it comes to implementing key settlement policies, local authorities have considerable resources at their disposal.
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Cloke assessed population change, housing development and service provision in the key and non-key settlements within these two counties.
large
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The sea coast provides fishing and in some of the larger settlements , main harbours.
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The company claimed this was the largest settlement it had ever paid in this kind of case.
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Mr Branson demanded his rival came up with a large compensation settlement for its three years of customer poaching and publicity smears.
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The picture is very variable but, as might be expected, larger settlements tend to have better services.
negotiated
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They called for a negotiated settlement restoring the republic's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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The last possible moment for a negotiated settlement was in the third week of September.
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Somehow a negotiated settlement was reached.
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It calls instead for a negotiated settlement based on two principles.
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The defendants had not relied on the clause but had reached a negotiated settlement in similar prior cases.
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No one can underestimate the difficulties implicit in achieving a negotiated settlement .
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It provides the framework for a negotiated settlement .
new
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Thirdly, new land can be taken in, cleared and farmed, and new settlements created.
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In the dreary new settlements revivalist contests also provided entertainment.
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Nevertheless, we can distinguish areas where new land was being taken in and new settlements created.
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And in Kansas he chose Atchison, one of the new settlements .
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In some areas woodland, waste or upland pasture was cleared and developed and new settlements established.
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Also discusses the extent of support for new settlements .
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She decided that building a new settlement was more important than building her career.
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However, the gestation and birth of new settlements is a tricky and often painful business that needs careful management.
peaceful
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The treaty guaranteed the peaceful settlement of disputes between the two countries.
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They helped negotiate peaceful settlements to several independence wars.
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Trying to checkmate a protagonist into immobility-or nonexistence-will not promote a peaceful settlement .
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The press increased its din and accused all who favored a peaceful settlement of being traitors to the nation.
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This was hailed as historic at the time - as a giant contribution towards a peaceful settlement of the Middle East.
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The Old Testament abounds in accounts of peaceful settlements overwhelmed, ravished, and utterly destroyed.
political
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The Geneva meeting, the first summit since Potsdam ten years earlier, was not the result of any political settlement .
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Without a political settlement any truce in Bosnia remains precarious.
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Although the ceasefire appeared to be holding, a political settlement remained elusive.
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This rapidly changing eighteenth-century upper class reaped the rewards of the political settlement hard-won in 1688 after civil war and the interregnum.
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For Soviet officials such international guarantees should become a component part of a political settlement .
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Heresy provided a threat to civil as well as ecclesiastical order, to political settlement and to peace.
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But Mr Reynolds said that renewed efforts were needed to find a political settlement in Northern Ireland.
small
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We might have all insisted on living in small settlements .
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Through the small fishing settlement at Perkins Cove ran a trickle called the Josiah River.
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It's a small settlement , crouched before a fringing ring of cloud covered mountains.
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Carnon Consolidated has applied for planning permission to extend underground by 2 kilometres toward another small settlement , Carharrack.
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A small settlement might have just one tomb: Knossos was ringed by such tombs.
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Elkstone is now only a small settlement with a large farm to the south.
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The case of Riseholme illustrates clearly how the casualties occurred in small settlements rather than in more substantial ones.
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With such small settlements of difference, Davide could cope; but he did not like his work.
■ NOUN
court
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Pop music history is littered with examples of out of court settlements as a result of unlicensed sampling.
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Exxon subsequently withdrew guilty pleas to four misdemeanour charges relating to the spill, thereby formally dissolving the out of court settlement .
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Out of court settlements were consistent with Sinhalese norms.
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The award was made as part of an out of court settlement by the driver's insurance firm.
divorce
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It's judged in somewhat the same way as a divorce settlement , the same sort of amount.
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This partner had been given several million dollars as part of a divorce settlement .
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Her kisses and cuddles with Bryan could drastically reduce the payout she would receive as part of a divorce settlement .
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A final divorce settlement still needs to be worked out.
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Instead, court testimony revealed that Jerry Garcia asked her to draft a divorce settlement , which he signed.
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It is Mr Ekdahl and his puny divorce settlement .
house
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Why not establish an official school in a nearby church or settlement house ?
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These two women ran the settlement house on their block, gave them books, and liked them because they were clean.
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Settlement houses and settlement house workers were at the cutting edge of social change.
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In the 1920s it was the most dynamic settlement house in New York.
pattern
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But settlement pattern contrasts for classic Indus Valley sites are still striking.
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For the Roman period, settlement patterns are perhaps a little more precise.
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All have similarities in settlement pattern and in social organization, with unilineal descent systems and chiefdom organization.
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Part 1 reviews the forces shaping housing development and settlement patterns .
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The Mormon settlement pattern resembled that of earlier Asiatic societies in that each community was engaged in basically the same activities.
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This may be when settlement patterns began to stabilise.
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Let us look, then, at some examples of settlement patterns in different areas.
pay
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Lamont limits public sector pay to 1 Public sector pay settlements have been limited to a maximum of one point five percent.
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In 1981 conflict over pay settlements led to an unprecedented civil service strike.
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The inflation figures, and even pay settlements , have been less awful than might have been expected.
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The Government introduced incentive allowances for teachers in 1987 when it removed the profession's bargaining rights and imposed a pay settlement .
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In manufacturing industry, pay settlements were down from an average of 9 percent. to 5.5 percent.
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Other pay settlements for powerful groups of workers have been preceded by promises to adjust the limits if necessary.
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The continuation order has no bearing on arrangements for next year's pay settlement .
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The pay settlement had changed her mind.
peace
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He found it hard enough to persuade senior officers to go along with the peace settlement .
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The tentative discussions in Washington towards a peace settlement are now irrelevant.
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My conviction is we will see a peace settlement .
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I re-emphasise that the policy of settlements in the occupied territories is a serious obstacle to a peace settlement.
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Baggage handlers at Manchester Airport voted last night to end their three-week strike after management and unions agreed on a peace settlement .
policy
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The first criticism is that, although key settlement policies are theoretically sound, they have been poorly implemented in practice.
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The key settlement policies are a case in point.
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It is possible to sympathize with these arguments, but there are more fundamental criticisms of key settlement policies .
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Not all selected settlement policies propose such a stark categorization of villages.
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When it comes to implementing key settlement policies , local authorities have considerable resources at their disposal.
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Another argument used to advocate key settlement policies is that they favour employment growth.
■ VERB
achieve
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If the Commission thinks the case admissible and worth proceeding with, it sees if it can achieve a friendly settlement .
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The flawed Geneva accommodation had postponed rather than achieved a settlement .
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This evidence assisted, I understand, in achieving a seven-figure settlement offer.
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No one can underestimate the difficulties implicit in achieving a negotiated settlement .
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It plans to issue a protective writ but is hoping to achieve a settlement .
agree
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And in spite of the size of the amount, most firms agree that the settlement is a bargain for E&Y;
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Abbott in a statement denied wrongdoing and said it agreed to the settlement to avoid costly litigation.
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The army denied liability but agreed on an out-of-court settlement .
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Microsoft agreed to a settlement in 1994 that many in the industry considered a mere slap on the wrist.
negotiate
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In an effort to regain equilibrium in the enterprise there are attempts to negotiate a settlement .
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The Justice Department negotiated a settlement in 1994 of charges that Microsoft enforced anticompetitive software licensing terms computer manufacturers.
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Now all he had to do was to convince the mysterious eight twelves to negotiate a settlement .
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They said they had not yet seen written versions of the negotiated settlement .
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Awife whose solicitors have been negligent in negotiating a financial settlement in her divorce proceedings is entitled to damages against the solicitors.
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By midsummer 1953, all attempts to negotiate a settlement of the oil crisis had foundered on Mossadeqs stubbornness.
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The defendants' articled clerk handled the wife's affairs and negotiated a financial settlement with the husband's solicitors.
reach
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This deal was subsequently accepted in the other regions, which had hitherto failed to reach settlements .
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Nithard presented Charles as doing everything possible to avoid battle and to reach a settlement with Lothar.
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Mills and Raines reached a settlement in March, with Mills receiving half of the winnings.
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Henry and Louis had discussed the problem but had reached no settlement .
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His agent, Scott Casterline, reached a settlement with the team that will save Brown one paycheck during his suspension.
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Efforts are now under way to collect these amounts, or to reach a negotiated settlement .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
broker a deal/settlement/treaty etc
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The tradable permit approach has launched a new industry that brokers deals between firms.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Settlements started to appear all along the river.
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a Mormon settlement
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She lived in a small settlement on the edge of the desert.
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The tools were found in an early Iron Age settlement .
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There were only a few scattered settlements of squatters by the river.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Are there any examples which clearly show these hamlets to be an early form of settlement ?
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Four out of every five settlements achieved by conciliation officers are for compensation and only one in ten for reinstatement or re-employment.
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In 1909, the U. S. Government assumed control of the leper settlement at Molokai.
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Lybrand and soon after extracted a $ 25, 000 settlement from Leckie.
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Still more to the point, were they welcomed by the Melians when they took over the existing settlement at Phylakopi?
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The advantages of trying to obtain an out-of-court settlement at a relatively early stage in the proceedings are therefore obvious.
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What leader can bind a people to a settlement wholly repugnant to them?