reach a deadlock

A quarter of an hour later they had reached a deadlock.

The process reached a deadlock early in phase I and the plan was never implemented.

I believe that we should seek something acceptable, which would be a step forward, rather than reach a deadlock.

The first trial ended in a mistrial after the jury reached a deadlock.

During the following decades, preservation efforts reached a deadlock.

The strike appeared to have reached a deadlock.

This attempt at a solution fails: it allows the system to reach a deadlock state, in which no progress is possible.

Some disarray was apparent today when the jury twice told the judge it had reached a deadlock on remaining counts.

The Estates-General had reached a deadlock in its deliberations by 6 May.

Traditional electronics reached a deadlock that a further development of electronic devices required reducing the number of their components.

In half an hour we reached a deadlock and it took another half an hour to break it.

With only eight Justices eligible to vote then, it is possible that the Court reached a deadlock on one or more issues presented by the case.

Negotiations between the United States and the Europeans over the critical issue of who should manage the station have reached a deadlock.

Let us not deceive ourselves: the peace process between Israel and Palestine has reached a deadlock, if indeed it exists at all any more.

Have you reached a deadlock?

That the Chinese anti-imperialist movement reached a deadlock disappointed the Taiwanese intellectuals.

The prime minister concluded that the meeting had reached a deadlock, and he wrote Mr. Clinton a letter to voice his concern, the official said.

Peace talks began soon after Iran and Iraq agreed to a cease-fire in August 1988, but the two countries quickly reached a deadlock.

He also stated that the young people of the country have reached a deadlock, and this deadlock and their problems force them to the streets.

Mr. Sheer's peace effort came after a Vatican mediation effort reached a deadlock.

The "learned counsell on bothe sides" reached a deadlock at the Commissioners.

"Mr. Cochrane and I appear to have reached a deadlock which must be broken.

The Estates-General soon reached a deadlock.

We should not disguise the fact that the final outcome is not at all a foregone conclusion: the process might reach a deadlock or even break down.

The conference reached a deadlock when the Egyptians, possibly due to a tactical decision made by Amer, encouraged the republicans to take a headstrong stand.