break the deadlock

Something had to be done to break the deadlock, and business held the key.

So we are taking necessary action to break the deadlock.

We must find a solution, a way to break the deadlock.

We made a proposal in order to break the deadlock.

"The boy is going to break the deadlock for us.

Which meant there remained only one way to break the deadlock.

House and Senate aides are now looking for some way to break the deadlock.

President Bush's acceptance of the offer has broken the deadlock.

If a casting vote is available, this may be used to break the deadlock.

But with the state in financial crisis last summer, he said, "I felt the responsible thing to do was try to break the deadlock."

Various local engineering firms had been called in to break the deadlock.

Maybe Apple can break the deadlock, at least in the cellular market.

Neither side could break the deadlock with both sides sharing the points.

Thus he gambled on a campaign that would break the deadlock.

But, last week, news broke that contacts were under way to break the deadlock.

In January, the commission announced it was making one last effort to break the deadlock.

It hopes that the greater flexibility will help break the deadlock.

What could they bring that might break the deadlock?

In the old days we could have broken the deadlock with a nice little war."

If the last game is also drawn, there will be four fast games on Friday to try to break the deadlock.

But there is recent African precedent for breaking the deadlock.

That is what would potentially break the deadlock on the start of plans for a Community patent.

A series of meetings between ministers has failed to break the deadlock.

The narrower focus, some diplomats were saying, might break the deadlock.

German officials are determined to break the deadlock with their public lobbying effort.