"They still have so many valuable concessions, and they own assets in virtually every part of the economy."

The British Government has said it won't approve these sales unless the U.S. makes valuable concessions in return.

"That would seem a valuable concession."

Adjacent to the dam are two old mill buildings that are no longer used but used to be a valuable concession (arenda) during Tsarist and Polish times.

The imp decided to humor the mortal and gain a valuable concession at the same time.

With some good lawyers-backed up by generous bribes-Kazakov got some valuable concessions.

Cloete, before returning to the Cape, visited Mpande and obtained from him a valuable concession.

At the time the deal was announced, oil industry analysts marvelled at how this unknown company, with no previous international drilling experience, had landed such a valuable concession.

Its allure to some of the world's richest and most powerful men, and ability to secure potentially valuable concessions, perplex even veteran industry analysts.

Perkins gave more weight than other historians to valuable concessions regarding trade in India and the concession on the West Indies trade.