Sticking point
a sticking point - a point that both sides disagree about that is preventing an agreement from being made
a sticking point in negotiations
the sticking point in negotiations came down this issue
the sticking point in the plan
the sticking point is that...
the immediate sticking point
it has been something of a sticking point
the sticking point is that it is difficult to use
the main sticking point
a major sticking point
a major sticking point regarding Y
the ultimate sticking point
continues to be the sticking point
a serious sticking point
the issue has been a sticking point
resolve the sticking point
the final sticking point
was a bit of a sticking point
yielded on every sticking point
remains a major sticking point
the main issue which is also the sticking point
practically every issue was a sticking point
his only sticking point was this...
the fundamental sticking point between X and Y
removed the issue as a sticking point
this issue, which until then had been a major sticking point
proved the sticking point
proving to be the sticking point
sticking points even at these late stages of the negotiations
Example sentences:
* There may still be a few sticking points even at these late stages of the negotiations.
* Working out just how to bring us all together is proving to be the sticking point.
* The sticking point in the national strike negotiations was the union's right to stage wildcat strikes between contracts, which had reached a very high level in 1975 and 1976.
* The sticking point in the contract was the length of the contract.
* The resolution of this issue, which until then had been a major sticking point, paved the way for the resolution of outstanding issues in this round of talks.
* The above does not purport to be a comprehensive list of the items which need to be agreed before a merger can workselection, retention and dismissal of staff, harmonisation of computer systems and other equipment, for example, are as likely to prove the sticking point.
* The main sticking points were the objections of the State of Cambodia (SOC) government to the plan's provisions for the demobilization and disarmament of military forces in Cambodia.
* The sticking point is, generally, who should get this encouragement?
* His partners, brought to the sticking point, agreed, somewhat reproachfully, and passed on firmly to the question of who was going to take over which of Angela's clients.
* As for the Tutorial Classes Committee, Jacques would become a joint Secretary of the RAC, a particularly difficult sticking point for officers of the Cambridge Board.
* Fergie is understood to have been offered a lump sum and a handsome yearly allowance of around Pounds 150,000 but the sticking point now appears to be the extent of Andrew's access to their two children Beatrice and Eugenie.
* Those humble seeds were the sticking point in negotiations between the US and EC which led to Washington walking out of the Gatt trade talks in Chicago this week.
