Sentence examples for checkpoints all over from inspiring English sources

With military checkpoints all over the place and the fear of Boko Haram attacking them any moment, people are between the devil and the deep blue sea.

But they can't, because the West Bank Jewish settlements also have to be protected -- hence the fences and checkpoints all over the place, which are choking commerce and creating cages that will become factories of despair.

Indeed, during the few days I spent in the city the place was swarming with uniformed and plain-clothes army and security personnel; pick-up trucks with anti-aircraft machine guns were stationed all over the market area and elsewhere in the centre of town, and there were checkpoints all over the city.

"Such a high value commodity, it is corrupting governance on all levels - there are checkpoints all over the place, but no one ever detects that ivory," he said.

"We wish that we can go out and celebrate in the streets like the people did in Baghdad and other parts of the country, but there are checkpoints all over the city," said Imad Zuhairai, a Sunni real estate agent.

Plus if you left your bench to go to the bathroom, you would not only lose your seat but you would have to go through the security checkpoint all over again.

The checkpoints are all over the place".

For those of us who fly frequently, we know that going through the security checkpoints over and over is a pain in the ass and a huge hassle for geeks due to our abundance of electronics on hand.

"It's a terrible law, really disappointing," said Chief Jim Maher of the Escondido Police Department, who sharply expanded checkpoints after taking over the agency in 2006.

The soldiers manning a nearby checkpoint came over, shouted at us, and took his ID.

The T.S.A. is also testing technology to screen more efficiently for explosives and other potential weapons and to improve the checkpoint experience over all.