Sentence examples for a standoff over a from inspiring English sources
Last year saw a standoff over a 12.5-acre textile mill between the National Textile Corporation and the Republican Sena, which represents Dalits, or untouchables.
This is unusually long for civil jail time and is an open-ended judgment rooted in a standoff over a bare-knuckle alimony fight.
The opportunity to enact these essential components of health reform will not come again soon if the Democrats' plan is defeated in a standoff over a public option.
TOKYO — The Japanese Foreign Ministry summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday after Chinese ships entered Japanese-controlled waters for 13 hours, a prolonged incursion that seemed to escalate a standoff over a group of disputed islands.
The OAS mission had been observing negotiations to resolve a standoff over a disputed round of voting in August and October that led officials to suspend a runoff election that had been scheduled for 24 January.
The divide has played out repeatedly in recent years on items that are normally not very controversial, including a standoff over a farm bill.
Though the bill had bipartisan support, it stalled on the Senate floor after Democrats and Republicans fought to a standoff over an unrelated amendment that would block the Bush administration from changing rules that govern overtime pay.
In particular, the two sides remain in a standoff over implementation of a nonproliferation agreement signed nearly a year ago.
A6 Pleasant Talk in Shanghai President Bush and President Jiang Zemin celebrated warming relations between their two countries, but behind the smiles the two sides remained in a standoff over implementation of a nonproliferation weapons agreement signed nearly a year ago.
The sale ends a standoff over OSI, a biotechnology company whose main product is Tarceva, a drug used to treat several kinds of cancer in conjunction with chemotherapy.
[C3.] Yukos and Russia Still in Standoff The Russian oil giant Yukos and the government continued a standoff over the fate of a controlling stake in the company.
