1.   Both sides are locked into their positions so tightly that compromise appears to be out of the question.

2.   According to Dudley, the request first surfaced over the summer, while the two sides were locked in protracted contract negotiations.

3.   For now, the two sides are locked in a seesaw battle.

4.   The sides also are locked in a dispute at a Johnson Controls plant in Taylor, Michigan.

5.   The two sides are locked in a dispute that will be heard by the National Labor Relations Board this month.

6.   The two sides are locked in a series of skirmishes that are intensifying, analysts said.

7.   The way I look at it, as long as the two sides are locked in a stalemate, it may keep me from being married to one.

8.   Both sides were locked in a heated debate.

9.   In recent months, the two sides have been locked in complex negotiations on restoring the Chechen section of an oil pipeline running from Azerbaijan to Russia.

10.   Once that date is reached with no deal, the sides are locked into another offseason under the rules of the old agreement.