Sentence examples for by roadblocks from inspiring English sources

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 his efforts to obtain viable cells from the NIH registry were thwarted by roadblocks and red tape: The cells took months to arrive, they were expensive, and they didn't grow well in the laboratory.

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.

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.

"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.

A study by Roadblock shows that, on average, motorways and trunk-road schemes end up costing 68% more than originally budgeted - a cost overrun being investigated by the National Audit Office.

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

Nebraska's 11th-ranked defense, anchored by roadblock nose tackle Ndamukong Suh, will have to stop Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, who is heaven-bent on claiming perfection and the Heisman Trophy.

Traffic from Jerusalem to this city outside Tel Aviv was tied up by the convoy that accompanied him, by police roadblocks and by some Shas roadblocks with burning tires.