we had sought
-avions cherché
Past perfect we conjugation of seek.
This is certainly a very important reason why we have not made the progress we had sought.
Il nous faut donc admettre que ce que nous espérions à Rio comme amélioration des perspectives macroéconomiques des pays en développement ne s'est en somme pas concrétisé.
I think we could have avoided these incidents if we had proceeded differently, in other words, if we had sought a greater consensus within the House.
Je crois que ces incidents auraient pu être évités si on avait procédé autrement, c'est-à-dire si on avait recherché un consensus plus large au sein de cette Assemblée.
This was a typical case for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, in which we found the exact wording only after a vote during which we had sought out a compromise.
Il s'agissait d'un cas typique pour la commission des affaires économiques et monétaires. Nous n'avons trouvé la formulation exacte qu'après un vote au cours duquel nous recherchions un compromis.
We had sought to use this meeting as a means of moving two-thirds of the way to a final accord and while we may not achieve that at this Conference, we will use this occasion to build a platform for the negotiations next year.
Nous souhaitions que cette réunion nous conduise aux deux tiers du chemin vers un accord final et même si nous ne parvenons pas à ce résultat à cette Conférence, nous profiterons de cette occasion pour construire une plateforme pour les négociations de l'année prochaine.
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