Sentence examples for In stand off from inspiring English sources

Less than 8km away, police remain engaged in stand off with protesters who tried to block the main highway to the stadium, but around the Arena de Sao Paulo itself the scene will be a familiar one to anyone who has travelled to a major tournament in recent years.

"James O'Connor is a fill-in stand-off and with the pressure the Lions are going to put on that position with their defensive line-speed, you need to have an experienced number 10".

France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down.

She is interested – again in Beckett – in stand-offs between mind and body: "Are they [Vladimir and Estragon] mind and body?... Beckett is drawn to this dualism.

An increase in pressure and temperature did not have any significant effect on hardness, whilst an increase in stand-off distance resulted with a decrease in the thickness of coatings.

Either course of action is better than playing the blame game, name calling, or engaging in stand-offs.

Suspect stand off in car.

While in a two-person stand off, jump and run around still following rule #3.

The Wales coach says Biggar is the in-form stand-off, having impressed in recent Heineken Cup games for Ospreys against Toulouse - twice - and Leicester.

Dan Parks will take his place, coming in at stand-off, with Paterson switching to the wing.

Daniel Garcia, 34, an events promoter in Miami, stood off to one side watching the games.