Sentence examples for is a stand off from inspiring English sources

Right now, there is a stand off.

At the heart of the debate there is a stand off between two opposing and seemingly irreconcilable views regarding blasphemy.

Other nations disagree, and there is a stand-off.

The result is a stand-off between the planners and the brewery until one or the other blinks, or the building becomes dangerous.

The Italian bishops expressed "full confidence" in Mr Boffo and, some days later, the Vatican disclosed that the pope had conveyed his "esteem, gratitude and appreciation" to the head of the bishops' conference.The outcome is a stand-off between the church and Mr Berlusconi.

Mr Ibarretxe said his party's gains would strengthen its case, deemed controversial in Madrid, for holding a referendum on whether the Basque region should become "a free state associated with Spain".The latest bone of contention is a stand-off between the PNV and the Supreme Court in Madrid, which has been egged on by the PP.

What we have is a stand-off.

What retailers don't want is a stand-off: consumers waiting (and waiting) for prices to drop, and retailers being forced to lower prices to the point where they're not making any money on the sale.

In the end there is a stand-off, with Jackman and Claire's sons held hostage and suffocating.

So the Kurds' failure to withstand this latest IS onslaught has caused jitters in Baghdad, where there has been a stand-off for several weeks between government forces and the jihadists only about 30km (18 miles) north of the capital.

There was a stand-off.