6 sentences with 'concessions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word concessions and other words derived from it.
• « Moreover, Alexander the Great was happy to offer alliances and concessions to surrendering Persian subjects, sometimes even honouring with lands and positions those who had fought against him and lost honourably. »
• « Even after the plebeians gained legal concessions, the rich always had the upper hand because wealthy plebeians regularly joined the patricians in outmanoeuvring the poorer plebeians. »
• « Under the Roman Empire genuine concessions had been made to the common people, especially the soldiers, and the only people who really lost out in the short term were the old elite patrician families, who no longer had political power independent of the emperor (though they certainly retained their wealth and status). »
• « The Vikings attacked Constantinople at least three times in the 9th and 10th centuries, extracting tribute and concessions in trade, and perhaps most importantly, came to rule what would one day become Russia. »
• « With this in mind, nowhere did kings succeed in simply collecting taxes without having to make concessions to their subjects. »
• « They knew that there would have to be some concessions to a generation of people who had lived with equality before the law, but they worked to reinforce traditional political structures while granting only limited compromises. »