1. In the past it has been a gentlemen's agreement: keep your words under control, and we'll keep the papers – both legal and tabloid – off your doorstep.

2. It is a gentlemen's agreement among leading regulators which all countries with international banks are encouraged to adopt, but which relies on national law for its implementation.

3. There is an old Chinese saying: 'A gentlemen's agreement is beyond the letter.

4. In fact, for 2010 a gentlemen's agreement means no team is using it, though that does not mean it may not return in the future.

5. In Japan, such matters would be settled by gentlemen's agreement.

6. The commitment to perform sometime precede the preparation of the Charter Party and whatever is may be that we have agreed verbally shall become a part of our gentlemen's agreement.

7. His position could cause tension with Iran. Since the Iran-Iraq war, the two countries have had a gentlemen's agreement to maintain similar quotas within Opec.

8. Japanese immigration to the United States had been regulated since 1907 by the Gentlemen's Agreement.