No one can force the U.K. to accept changes to the EU that threaten our interests or undermine our sovereignty.
It secured a resolution in Canada's parliament instructing the country's negotiators in world-trade talks not to accept changes to a price-support scheme.
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The failure of Mr Estrada to persuade Filipinos to accept changes to their constitution will continue to impede foreign investment and hinder efforts to expand the economy.
Mr Clegg said he would be willing to accept changes to take account of new technology - such as ensuring each mobile device had its own unique IP address.
Having lost that battle, Mr Kuchma then said he would only accept changes to the electoral laws, along lines set out by Mr Yushchenko, if the opposition leader in turn agreed to constitutional reforms that would water down the powers of the president.
And it would give us credibility with them so they would accept the changes.
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Conversely, countries that accept change will be rewarded with a more vibrant and better-off society, even if they have to accept social changes that they may not welcome.
This will matter, because there will doubtless be an attempt to amend the bill in the Commons - and the government might accept some changes - but that will be backed up by a much more serious threat in the Lords, where the Commission's membership can muster formidable support for the changes they want to make.
Policing minister Nick Herbert has written an open letter to all officers appealing to them to accept all of the changes as good for their service.
He said goodwill encompassed situations where "police officers are recalled to duty and work additional long hours often without claiming reward, readily accept last-minute changes to shifts to fill the gaps on the street, cancelled leave and days off".
Toyota's U.S. factories are able to accept nearly 90% of the changes requested (see chart, below).
Toyota's U.S. factories are able to accept nearly 90% of the changes requested (see chart, p. 24).
Of course, what they really want are other policy concessions, such as whatever spending cuts or regulatory changes they can force Democrats to accept as the price for the extension.
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Republicans speak dismissively of such pledges, saying that in earlier negotiations, the president has never been willing to close a deal with the type of changes he often says he will accept.
But Clinton had no success trying to persuade Yeltsin's hand-picked successor, Vladimir Putin, to accept a new defense deal that would involve changes to the ABM treaty, and so he leaves the hard decisions on national missile defense to his successors.
"If you accept the NASD's over 600 new bylaw changes, in this very rushed balloting process during the holiday season, your firm may be regulated out of business within a short time, " the letter says.
Some supporters still opposed the changes, but others argue that the club should accept change to help secure major funding.
"Let's accept the premise that Congress is not going to institute a reform that changes a system that dramatically favors incumbents, " says McCain.
More important, and cooler, it can accept digital maps of real bike routes like the Ironman Kona and simulate elevation changes up to a 15% grade by making pedaling harder.
They do not accept responsibility for their lack of cooperation with regulators, or, administrative decisions related to changes in VAR models and the tweaking of asset valuations.
But if high-quality free courses suddenly become available across the board, that changes the business model for the for-profit sector and makes schools that accept MOOC credits more affordable.
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