Sentence examples for by roadblock from inspiring English sources

"Government by roadblock" has proven a remarkably efficient and relatively harmless method of getting a quick response from the authorities.Since gaining independence in 1962, Jamaica has never witnessed any serious mass upheaval.

Armed with two handguns and a stash of other weapons, the suspect stepped out of a car that had ground to a halt on its rims, its tires shredded away by roadblock spikes after a wild 20-mile chase through west-central Florida, and in a final act of defiance opened fire at six Hernando and Sumter County deputies who were closing in.

Firefly is killed in combat by Roadblock, who deactivates and destroys the orbital weapons.

The capital was locked down by roadblocks and terrorist threats.

Many villages are empty, while those sheltering the displaced are starved of bare necessities by roadblocks and attacked by gunmen.Some make it to camps.

Last term had barely ended, having been extended through the summer to give students, shut out of the university by roadblocks, extra classes.

But public order and his own reputation for strength, which he prizes, have suffered.Traffic around the capital is often paralysed by roadblocks set up by protesters, usually demanding welfare benefits.

Monterrey, Mexico's third largest city and its industrial capital, spent much of the weekend paralyzed by roadblocks set up by rival drug gangs after a shootout to prevent the police from pursuing the gunmen.

Earlier in the week, a 65-year-old Palestinian woman is reported to have died after being delayed getting to hospital by roadblocks and a checkpoint put in place by Israeli police in east Jerusalem.

Mr. de Gucht said the mechanism was necessary because European companies were increasingly frustrated by roadblocks to investment in China at a time when Chinese investors are making inroads into Europe.

That mechanism is necessary because European companies have been increasingly frustrated by roadblocks to investment in China as Chinese investors have made inroads into Europe, Mr. De Gucht said in an interview last month.