Sentence examples for causing a standoff from inspiring English sources

The opposition parties and crossbench could have refused to debate the industrial relations bills, causing a standoff that could lead to a constitutional challenge if the prime minister pushed ahead with a double dissolution.

A1 Standoff on Picking Judges Arguments over how to change the New York State judicial selection process, which was ruled unconstitutional last month, are causing a standoff between the Assembly, which has passed legislation calling for publicly financed campaigns, and the Senate, which opposes such a measure.

The decision caused a standoff between the Australian and PNG two governments over who was responsible for the detainees.

One group of about 120 participants continued to bang drums, chant and dance, and began marching downtown around 6 p.m., initially causing a tense standoff with the police.

Crimea's Russian-controlled regional government scheduled the referendum for Sunday after Russia sent troops into the predominantly ethnic-Russian province of Ukraine in late February, causing a tense international standoff.

The minimum standoff distance increases on increasing the glycerol concentration from 40 to 92 % because high viscosity requires high kinetic energy, causing a long tail behind the main head of the liquid filament.

The protest caused a 48-hour standoff with the police, closing three federal buildings.

For their part, Republicans defended the companies, making the billboard fees -- along with proposed taxes on casinos and cigarettes -- among the items that caused a last-minute standoff on the budget.

The contested 2001 presidential elections in which then-mayor of Antananarivo, Marc Ravalomanana, eventually emerged victorious, caused a seven-month standoff in 2002 between supporters of Ravalomanana and Ratsiraka.

The case caused a long diplomatic standoff between Pakistan and the United States, which said Davis had diplomatic immunity and should have been immediately repatriated.

Even so, those preferences have caused something of a standoff with Vice President Al Gore, who readily accepted the commission's plans for three debates.