The negotiations did not seem to impede construction, however.

For the moment, however, negotiations went ahead, and seemed to go well.

But so far, negotiations over remaking the union's structure seem only to have heightened tensions among the 15 member countries.

However, negotiations seem to have stalled, with negotiations continuing as of early 2013.

But in the last two weeks negotiations seem to have stalled.

Certainly I'd expected it; but even when the month came to a close, his negotiations seemed to have led nowhere.

When negotiations seemed at a standstill, many Chinese said it was obvious how to break the impasse.

Nevertheless, the negotiations do seem to be coming to fruition.

Bactrican mining rights were currently on the table, and the negotiations seemed to be going well.

That will make the earlier negotiations seem like a cozy chat around the family kettle.