Sentence examples for lead to a stalemate from inspiring English sources

The Babangida government believed that the elections would never take place and felt that, even if they did, the north-south divide would lead to a stalemate, as Abiola came from the south and Tofa from the north.

The Bush administration fears that sequential votes could lead to a stalemate, but if Washington is serious about working with other nations to restrain Iraq, it can't expect to dictate every move to the U.N.

This also lead to a stalemate in the budget debate, which caused Mitch Daniels call a special session of the Indiana General Assembly.

He says that our strategy is going to "lead to a stalemate" and we need to "take the battle to Tripoli" but not with ground troops, which I guess means turn Tripoli into Dresden.

After further bloody fighting led to a stalemate, an armistice was signed in 1953.

The Malaysian proposal to preserve that ability led to a stalemate at a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade meeting in Brunei last week and forced the deferral of the issue to future meetings.

But the political infighting has led to a stalemate in the search for an end to the war, in which rebels are fighting for autonomy for the largely Christian and animist region from the largely Muslim north.

It would also put aside the divisive question of how to provide better access to health insurance for the unemployed, which more than any other issue led to a stalemate on economic legislation before Congress recessed for the holidays last month.

[A contentious legislative budget session has led to a stalemate that put the fiscal plan 10 days overdue as of yesterday after the state furloughed some 25,000 workers and suspended many services. But lawmakers said the impasse was broken late last night.] Mr. Rendell seems to be facing an uphill task.

The political infighting has led to a stalemate in the search for a political solution to the civil war in southern Sudan, where rebels are fighting for autonomy for the largely Christian and animist region from the northern Muslim and Arab region.

These conflicting fears have led to a stalemate in many areas of Russia's relations with the U.S. and European Union.