Sentence examples for In the stand off from inspiring English sources
In the stand off between Catalonia and Spain over whether the Catalans can become independent, the shoe is rather more on the other foot compared to the Scotland and UK situation.
Former BBC Chairman, Lord Grade believes broadcasters have gone too far in the stand off over the leadership debates, and said the BBC should not show an "empty chair" if a leader decides not to turn up.
The United Nations initially said 81 Filipinos were involved in the stand-off.
Cook confirmed that he now expected to become involved for the first time in the stand-off with Pietersen.
The army offers to mediate in the stand-off, but is reluctant to be seen this time round to take sides.
This was a clever parallel because of a similarity in the stand-off between an entrenched upper-class and a restless proletariat in those places at those times.
After handing over the captaincy to Jon Wilkin at the start of the season, he was a tryscorer in the stand-off role at Wakefield in March but made only three more appearances before his hip injury recurred.
A high turnout will be seen as a major boost for Iran's ruling Islamic system, showing popular support and allowing it to stand firm in the stand-off over its nuclear programme.
But on the other side of the ledger are areas where the interests of the two countries collide.A quarter-century of bad bloodAmerica and Iran support opposite sides in the stand-off in Lebanon.
The West is left feeling edgier than ever, and no more certain whether it could or should use force in the hope of imposing peace with justice.The only person who seemed confident of a breakthrough in the stand-off between Mr Milosevic's Serb forces and the ethnic-Albanian majority in the Serbian province of Kosovo was President Boris Yeltsin.
Then, there is the question of who will blink first in the stand-off between the police and the Home Affairs Committee, chaired by Keith Vaz, over a secret list of firms that were allegedly involved with rogue private investigators convicted of "blagging" – illegally obtaining information such as bank details and phone numbers.
