Sentence examples for off disputed from inspiring English sources

BEIJING — China launched its revamped coast guard last week and immediately sent four ships, emblazoned with the new red, white and blue logo, to patrol waters off disputed islands in the nearby East China Sea.

In 1996 and 1997, Catholic protesters were forced off disputed streets to make way for Orangemen.

Since then it has been a fenced-off, disputed area, which UN resolutions and tense negotiations seem unable to resolve.

Colin Forbes then beat Kevin Weekes at 9 38, and Wade Redden scored the tying goal on the feed from center Radek Bonk off the disputed face-off.

Claims to authorship of great products have set off disputes stretching back eons.

Still, his message was aimed at China, which has asserted sweeping claims over the South China Sea, touching off disputes with several other countries that border the sea.

Spain claims jurisdiction because EDP is 31percentt owned by the Portuguese government, and Spanish law requires Madrid to rule on deals involving state-owned companies, a provision that has set off disputes with the commission in the past.

Soon after, in January , 2012 multiple leaks and reports forced the Taliban to admit publicly that they had been talking to the U.S., setting off disputes in the leadership and stunning the rank and file.

Under AKP, Turkey has been delving into areas that its traditional westward-looking foreign policy establishment considered off-limits, acting as a power-broker in far off disputes from Afghanistan to Palestine.

The nationalisation comes amid escalating threats against operators drilling for oil off the disputed Falkland Islands.

Last week, Japan's Fisheries Ministry said it would not license South Korean boats to fish in Japanese waters if they also fished off the disputed islands.