Sentence examples for standoff caused from inspiring English sources

The ensuing eight-month standoff caused huge turmoil in the country, ending only when Mr Ratsiraka fled to France, where he now lives in exile.

The sprawling plant here was not damaged by the earthquake or tsunami but sits idled anyway because of a standoff caused by a legal quirk: Japanese law requires reactors to be shut down every 13 months for routine checkups, which typically take three or four months.

The standoff caused Davis to miss a largely ceremonial deadline for having the budget signed by the new fiscal year, which began July 1.

The standoff, caused by the lack of a full City Council on Tuesday due to Mayor Laura Friedman's absence, prompted at least one on the dais to ask for a redesign of the mayor appointment process.

And although racing officials are quick to note that their sport isn't the only one that consumes petrochemicals, the sport's high visibility in that regard could be a liability if a Persian Gulf war, or prolonged standoff, causes a serious disruption in crude-oil supplies.

The two men claimed to have won fraud-tainted elections in a standoff that caused political paralysis in Kabul and fanned worsening violence nationwide.

But if the closure of the route of was inconvenient for the Americans, the standoff it caused put the Pakistanis in an even more desperate situation.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 7 — Turkey on Thursday offered limited trade links to Cyprus, addressing the long standoff that has caused Turkey's talks on joining the European Union to stall.

But marketing and communications experts in Oregon who have closely followed the standoff, which has caused a major backlash in the nearby town of Burns, said the militia's PR tactics were disjointed and chaotic and were only breeding further resentment from the people they purport to be helping.

At the other end of the dais was Mr. Huckabee, who took office in 1996 only after threatening to have Mr. Tucker impeached, after Mr. Tucker balked at resigning in an awkward four-hour standoff that nearly caused a constitutional crisis.

The decision caused a standoff between the Australian and PNG two governments over who was responsible for the detainees.