The phrase "deadlock by" is correct and usable in written English
It is primarily used in the context of negotiations or meetings, to indicate that two parties were unable to reach an agreement and could not break the stalemate. For example: "The two sides were unable to come to an agreement, resulting in a deadlock by the end of the meeting."
And that has a pretty ironic backhand when you consider the fact that if, by some miraculous disaster, there is a deadlocked convention, it's extremely unlikely that Republican Party leaders would resolve that deadlock by giving either Santorum or Gingrich the nod.
In theory this would break political deadlock by helping moderates, such as, well, a certain hedonistic Austrian.
Officials in the American-backed government tried to break the deadlock by putting five amendments to the vote.
According to American officials, he broke the Iraqi deadlock by leaning on Sadr to support Maliki, in exchange for control of several government ministries.
This week, after a nail-biting delay, Iraq's National Assembly broke a sectarian deadlock by naming a Kurdish leader, Jalal Talabani, the country's new president.
Blame for much of the violence — including the electricity riots — has been placed on groups seeking to exploit the country's political deadlock by sowing greater discord.
He served in the Irish constitutional convention (July 1917), but it became virtually deadlocked by early 1918.
He says he hopes to break partisan deadlocks by forming a group of "radical centrists".
For months, the process has been deadlocked by lingering bitterness between the Maoists, now a political party, and other parties.
But those surpluses have grown only because Washington has been deadlocked by divided government, unable to agree on what to do with the windfall.
PAGE A6 NATIONAL COURT DEEPLY SPLIT ON WIRETAPPING Deadlocked by a 6-to-6 vote, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit cleared the way for a lower court to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of broadened wiretapping powers.
