Sentence examples for roadblocks by from inspiring English sources

Random roadblocks by the police looking for drugs would be forbidden.

And thousands of his supporters defied government curfews and military roadblocks, by abandoning their cars and hiking for hours to reach the remote border post to see him.

Relatives, workers and ordinary people began to come toward the mine, some dodging the police roadblocks by crossing fields and streams.

Roadblocks by unhappy farmers and unemployed workers have sprung up around Argentina in recent weeks and may yet have a serious impact on the economy.

The restlessness may not have been more than a few roadblocks by a handful of people, but it was enough to demonstrate that the popular support for the Taliban had faded.

He was desperate to get to Kandahar despite roadblocks by the Taliban and by bandits, and he talked about putting on a burka and thus disguising himself as a woman.

Russian-backed separatists had been fighting the Ukrainian army for control of the MH17-zone and the entrance to the area was obstructed by roadblocks manned by armed rebels.

Traffic from Jerusalem to this city outside Tel Aviv was tied up by the convoy that accompanied him, by police roadblocks and by some Shas roadblocks with burning tires.

Cameron claims that this only carries on what Tony Blair and Alan Milburn began – until roadblocked by Gordon Brown.

Another eminent Ingush civil society activist, Maksharip Aushev, was killed at a roadblock by unnamed armed men in October 2009.

Vehicles entering suburbs known to be restive at night were being checked by up to six times at a single roadblock by police officers, the businessman said.