Sentence examples for standoff up from inspiring English sources

Despite the disruptions, a poll carried out for the BBC found that public support for the junior doctors has increased, with 64percentt of UK residents surveyed now blaming the government for the standoff, up from 54percentt in January.

Even though that has recently faded as the territory's people have tired of the standoff, up to 100,000 protesters joined in to begin with a display of people power that might make the authorities think twice should they ever try to restrict Hong Kong's freedoms even more tightly.Next, the students have prepared the ground for future protests.

The standoff sets up an unusual clash between two sides who can each claim a huge following on Wall Street.

"The standoff sets up an unusual clash between two sides who can each claim a huge following on Wall Street," DealBook's Michael J. de la Merced writes.

Pressure to resolve the budget standoff heated up today, as attention from local and state officials homed in on the main sticking point in talks: money for education.

In this respect, Thirkell was the opposite of her famous bohemian, bisexual son, Colin MacInnes: their literary and personal standoff sums up the conflict between polite middlebrow British culture and what came to subvert it in the sixties.

About 10 minutes before midnight, about seven hours into the standoff, she hung up on hostage negotiators.

After Mr. McDonel's standoff was picked up by the media, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona jumped in on Mr. McDonel's side, arguing that homeowners' associations do not have the right to "hijack" the free speech rights of their members.

The encounter occurred soon after Reid took to the Senate floor and argued that Boehner could have ended the fiscal cliff standoff by bringing up legislation passed by the Senate for a vote.

The other test was conducted on panels in near-field condition with standoff distances up to 2 m.

Both sides shouted angrily at each other, and police officers stepped in to break up standoffs and physical struggles.