Sentence examples for british freeze from inspiring English sources

Mr. Qadi said that he had filed a legal challenge against the British freeze, and planned to do the same in the United States.

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The American proposal of 1981, he said, called for eliminating Soviet missiles not only from Europe but also from Asia, and did not include the proposed French-British freeze or a Soviet prohibition against transferring missiles to allies.

The other two nominees were written by British playwrights: "Frozen" by Bryony Lavery and "The Retreat From Moscow" by William Nicholson.

Meanwhile, the BBC is scrambling to cut costs after the British government froze its funding, which is generated largely by a license fee paid by TV-owning households.

Legal complications from an old contract predating his British sojourn froze his recording royalties, necessitating constant touring to pay his bills; and his audiences were reluctant to allow him to progress beyond the musical blueprint of his earliest successes.

Consumer groups urged British Gas to freeze energy bills for the rest of the year.

It was predictably met with the "big freeze" – British ministers being refused meetings with their senior Chinese counterparts.

The government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain has used powers granted under anti-terrorism laws to freeze British assets of Landsbanki until the standoff is resolved.

And despite the asset freeze, British government sources said Assad would still be able to use the house she owns in London.

As it moved to stabilize the country at home, the new military government also lodged formal requests with the European Union and the British government to freeze the assets of all the senior officials of Mr. Mubarak's government.