1.   The observers were straddling the side of the basket.

2.   But as they try to straddle both sides of the complex situation, the president and his aides have carefully refrained from labeling Arafat a terrorist.

3.   For this, he has been attacked by Franks for trying to straddle both sides of an issue and as an extremist in his opposition to gun control.

4.   The Democrats are straddling both sides of the fence.

5.   We straddle both sides.

6.   It said a main focus for the aid will be activities that straddle both sides of the border, torn by decades of strife between Protestants and Catholics.

7.   Straddling both sides of the expressway, the restaurant offers a good view of the expressway.