21.   Three minutes before the interval Millen struck to break the deadlock and Love made it two a minute later.

22.   But, as a means of trying to break the deadlock and restore a little democracy, it was certainly worth discussing.

23.   A BUS company is anxiously waiting to hear if a Government minister will break the deadlock over a deal which could bring a Sainsbury superstore to Darlington.

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

25.   The review was accepted as a compromise to break the deadlock over a linked EC proposal to cut butter support prices by five per cent.

26.   Some political groups, such as the Civic Union industrial lobby, called for early elections for both president and the Congress to break the deadlock.

27.   ARAB foreign ministers agreed yesterday to relay to the United Nations new proposals from Libya to break its deadlock with the West over the Lockerbie bombing.

28.   Arsenal needed just seventeen minutes for Merson to break the deadlock, two minutes before the break, Dixon made it two nil.

29.   Although the practice horrifies free-trade purists, the judicious use of threats and sanctions can help break a deadlock.

30.   An agreed merger would break the deadlock that has prevented Normandy and its three affiliates from merging.