How To Use Sticking point In A Sentence
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I had been encouraging Mum and Dad to visit me on my travels but so far the sticking point has been my Dad's knees.
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The apparent sticking point in the current talks appears to be the usual one -- the developed nations want to see the LDCs "liberalise" their economies, and pull down tariffs and restrictions to trade.
Real World Economics -- Protectionism Is Not Always Wrong
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Disciplinary action taken against dozens of Unite members will be referred to the conciliation service Acas, ending another sticking point to a peace deal.
Evening Standard - Home
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Modernisation of the profession and an increase in working hours to cover career development is still a sticking point, as is the money that will be required to lever the unions into accepting a deal.
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The major sticking point between the company and the unions is the use of permanent part-time workers, and the ratio of permanent part-timers to permanent full-timers.
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The union also hasn't agreed to a multitiered evaluation system, a sticking point in contract talks with the city.
Bloomberg Aims at Teachers Union
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The valiant "mynheer," whose courage, by means of schnapps, had been screwed up to the sticking point, made all sail after the enemy, and caused a double portion of the stimulating article to be served out to his crew.
Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
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His biggest drawback is his lack of symmetry, a sticking point that you can see in the overdeveloped obliques that hinder his ability to convey a classic V taper.
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Note also that in their press release they name Amazon as their "valuable customer for a long time" not us the readers and that's a main sticking point, for Macmillan readers *are not* the customers, while for Amazon they are and that's another essential reason to support Amazon btw.
Tor Books No Longer For Sale On Amazon (for now)
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The sticking points, according to the official, concern existing references to Zionism and the issue of reparation for slavery.
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I figured I'd hit a sticking point eventually and if necessary, resort to some ugly table hack to finish the job.
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She seemed to have got past a sticking point and was now talking fast and fluently.
THE ONLY GAME
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The role of mediator is likely to provide another sticking point.
Kosovo and Serbia – what sort of talks?
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The visa issue is a particular sticking point.
Times, Sunday Times
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Exactly how the land is to be divided up is the main sticking point of the peace talks.
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The sticking point in faith for me was abnegation.
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But there are sticking points in forging a deal that would allow Kurmanbek Bakiev to leave the central Asian country, engulfed by instability after fiery and deadly demonstrations raged in the capital of Bishkek last week.
POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: April 14, 2010
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Lib Dem plans to close tax loopholes for the rich could be a sticking point.
The Sun
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The Israeli diplomat also suggested that its policy on Jerusalem should not be a sticking point in renewed efforts by the U.S. to broker a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.
Israeli Amb.: Palestinians need to come to negotiating table
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The visa issue is a particular sticking point.
Times, Sunday Times
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Its premise is PCI Bus Specification and its sticking point is to analysis the function and architecture of PCI Bus Controller.
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Pensions are also a sticking point: clerical workers are insisting that pensions must be index-linked, and this should not be at the discretion of the trustees.
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However, the big sticking point is what's known as cabotage - foreign carriers flying flights between two U.S. cities.
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The main sticking point was the question of taxes.
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The major reported sticking point is the manner in which a profit-sharing formula is to be framed.
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Even here there may be a sticking point over asset value, or lack thereof.
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Its premise is PCI Bus Specification and its sticking point is to analysis the function and architecture of PCI Bus Controller.
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Zen said one sticking point has been who would have the authority to appoint bishops.
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The settlement freeze is a real sticking point here.
Arab Restraint May Give Peace Talks Another Chance
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I have heard a temptation to overstress symbolism, or an over-eagerness for closure touted as potential sticking points, and there are moments in this posthumous collection where one feels these may not be wholly invalid criticisms.
