Sentence examples for off the strikes from inspiring English sources

The BMA says it will only call off the strikes if the imposition of the new contract is halted.

Prices of goods such as yogurt or fresh beef are on average 34% higher, according to France-Antilles, a newspaper.A demand for higher pay to compensate set off the strikes in Guadeloupe.

So when, in Alexander's sabre-rattling with the unions, he asks them to call off the strikes and "show leadership", he'll have to forgive me if I take it all with a pinch of salt.

Back in 1998, Bill Clinton called off the strikes only to call them forth again a month later, launching Operation Desert Fox after Richard Butler, then the chief United Nations inspector, reported to the Security Council that Iraq was neither cooperating nor complying.

He threatened to launch air strikes against the Syrian regime for having crossed his own "red line" over chemical weapons use, then stalled to give Congress a vote on the issue, before calling off the strikes altogether when Russia's Vladimir Putin called his bluff by offering to broker a deal with Assad that would put Syria's chemical weapons under international supervision.

Transport for London (TfL) said it was not too late to call off the strikes.

"Call off the strike," he said.

Reportedly, the US ambassador implored the CIA to call off the strike.

Royal Mail said it would only accept Acas talks if the union called off the strike action.

But that interpretation was disputed by Damian Green, the immigration minister who nevertheless welcomed the decision to call off the strike.

The minister said that Swami Ramdev's representatives had promised that they would call off the strike on Monday.