Sentence examples for surrender on the issue from inspiring English sources

The Government's effective surrender on the issue in the face of a hugely popular campaign came in a Commons statement by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday afternoon.

Make no mistake about it, this is complete and abject abdication (if not surrender) on the issue.

So why are the Democrats surrendering on this issue?

Though this appeared to be a victory for Berlin, some diplomats believe Paris has conducted a tactical retreat rather than surrendered on the issue.

Intra-party Republican fighting over how to confront the White House on immigration reform spilled outside the bounds of Congress on Thursdaywhen prospective Republican presidential candidates accused their colleagues on Capitol Hill of surrendering on the issue.

A year later Mr. Meyzen officially surrendered on the issue of pants, telling The Times, "At first we didn't allow them, but we are here to serve food, not to buck the trend of fashion," though he added sternly, "We don't allow turtlenecks".

In August, Iraq protested inspections again, and Ritter, under pressure to "redefine" his team, chose to publicly resign, saying he wouldn't support American's "surrender" to Iraq on the issue of inspections.

The company seems to be surrendering on the tax issue mostly in those states where it sees strategic value in new warehouses.

Yet almost everyone I talk to has already thrown in the device on the issue (so to speak), surrendering to our devices without even putting up a fight.

Surrender, on the other hand, is easy and painless.

Hank Williams Jr plans to surrender on a warrant issued after a waitress in Memphis claimed he had assaulted her, his publicist said.