Whoever becomes mayor will first have to achieve a modus vivendi with the council. |
To some extent, this reflected a standoff or even a temporary modus vivendi between the antagonists. |
If you've already been living apart for four years, you may have established a modus vivendi with your spouse. |
Every administration seems to reach its own modus vivendi, squaring expectations with realities between the policy and intelligence communities. |
The two sides have to find some kind of reconciliation, some kind of modus vivendi over time. |
But the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have worked out a modus vivendi which allows for the business of government to carry on. |