Sentence examples for have been rigid from inspiring English sources

As for the territorial claims, they have been rigid.

"They have been rigid ideologues, and I think if you want to govern effectively you have to be willing to find the common ground.

In the past few days the Saudis have been more flexible, but the Egyptians have been rigid, not letting anything through," the shipping source said.

"My view of what needs to be done is to address a combination of three problems that have been rigid impediments to our growth," Padoan told me.

The Nationals have been rigid about Strasburg's workload, holding him to 5 innings or 85 pitches, whichever comes first, for Harrisburg.

But while their approach may not have been rigid, it was rigorous -- perhaps because they were choosing artists to appear before some of the most demanding audiences of all: classrooms of schoolchildren.

The US has been rigid in its demands for stronger intellectual property protection to champion the rights of its global giants such as IT companies and its film and music industries.

The last time we met, on a Question Time panel 10 years ago, he had been rigid with nerves - a rod of anxiety in a suit - so I was wondering how we'd get through two days together on a remote Scottish island.

Castro's stewardship of the Cuban economy has been rigid and dysfunctional in its opposition to private enterprise, and partially accounts for the island's poverty.

Unfortunately, since the 2009 OAS General Assembly in San Pedro Sula, when Resolution VI of Montevideo 1962 was repealed, thus lifting Cuba's suspension from the regional organization, the Cuban attitude toward the OAS has been rigid, rooted in past conflicts, and lacking creativity.

You can't tell, because his face has been fixed rigid for about five years, but he does.