Sentence examples for a lockout for from inspiring English sources

What the hell we have a (lockout) for.

The outcome of two meetings this week could decide whether the N.H.L. season will be salvaged or lost to a lockout for the second time in nine years.

The only thing they agreed on: the other side had been committed to its plans — decertification and litigation for the union, a lockout for the owners — all along.

When the year began, few were confident the owners and players could negotiate an agreement without a work stoppage, because the two sides had not negotiated a new agreement without a strike or a lockout for 30 years.

New York City Opera's future darkened this weekend when the company declared a lockout for the first rehearsal of the season, scheduled for Monday, amid a labor dispute with its unions.

Commissioner Roger Goodell and a team of lawyers and owners are poised for a lockout of players in 2010.

Yes, there is now a lockout law for kebab eating.

During the first full week in January, when reports spread that ESPN was ready to extend its "Monday Night Football" contract for $2 billion a year beginning in 2014, the union was already taking legal action, arguing that the N.F.L. had wrongfully entered into new television agreements to create a lockout fund for owners.

Queensland, like NSW before, is set on introducing a lockout policy for pubs and nightclubs.

Clement concluded his argument by saying the fastest way to get football back on the field was to let both sides use their labor law tools — including a continuing lockout for management — to resolve the dispute.

The NBA outmaneuvered Mr. Hunter from the get-go, and the players weren't properly primed for a lockout or the potential for lost games and income.