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These tactics are finally beginning to make them realize that we do not intend to back off from our various demands.

He slowed down but I had nowhere to go and I had to go around the left half on the grass, but I needed to back off before then.

The Administration wants the court to back off, while others say it may be the only place for an impartial inquiry.

We're all four of us a bit touchy and need a lot of space but we seem to know when to persist with the teasing and when to back off.

But it would be a mistake to back off and censor our kooks. The freedom to be an imbecile is one of our core values.

I had a good car and I was able to catch Timo but I had to back off in one moment.

Tony immediately warns Nina about covering up for Jack, but she tells him to back off.

The Iraqi justices said the Sunni lawmaker, Mithal al-Alusi, had committed no crime and told the Parliament to back off.

You'll be less likely to back off from what you really think when you're in the heat of the situation.

The officials said the global economy remains fragile and it was too early to back off from stimulus efforts.

if you end up being able to talk to each other again, there could be some hope, but for now it's best to back off a bit.

After a couple of takes, Lucas asks Jackson to add a hand gesture that warns Anakin to back off as he prepares to execute the Sith.

I've asked him to back off, to give me some space, but he gets really hurt and rejected, and I end up comforting him.

Meanwhile, Castresana phoned the head of the national police and Vice-President Espada, commanding them to order the police to back off.

When I saw him I expected him to back off as I was the leader and then he didn't, so I backed off.

During the interview, she sincerely encouraged every one not to back off but to advance when facing difficulties.

Make it easy for the US fleets to enter in and out of Cam Ranh bay. That'd tell the chinese to back off.

Shoulder shrugging is also defined as a form of self-protection, or a signal to back off when facing difficult situations.

Or, if his body is tense and ears flattened, he may be telling you to back off.

About our relationship, I'm just starting to think it's all getting a bit hot and heavy, and. . . We both need to back off and cool down!

Sometimes you need to back off a bit, vent, and then remind yourself, who am I, where to go.

The problem arises when you don't know when to back off, when to rest, and when to do less than planned.

And you're telling me to back off because of a terror threat that you won't even describe.

But the British official refused to back off from concerns about Tibet.

"There's a hotter lightbulb at the center of the system, " says Lisse, "so you have to back off. "

Whenever they said team orders should not take place, other ways of telling the driver to back off were introduced.

When you don't know your core passions and are staring out over the bridge, it's good to back off and strip everything down.

Iran hopes its threats to withhold some or all of those exports will persuade the international community to back off.

Instead of extra training, he has had to back off and rest, which, he says, "isn't easy for someone as stubborn as me" .

You're ordering me to back off an open homicide investigation.

Confronted with such arguments, Obama administration officials have opted to back off.

Want to bet that the United States dispatches a ship to tell the Chinese to back off?

So unless you can make it look natural and graceful (and this is a very rare skill) you might be better advised to back off.

I'm a believer in vigorous exercise for healthy dogs, but this is the time of year to back off on exercise intensity.

I had to back off several times, because the shrill noise was almost unbearable for the audience.

You have to back off and stop coming on so strong if you want to get up close and personal. Let others come to you.

Shine one in someone's face, and your target should immediately get the message that it's time to back off.

Tell him to back off and keep moving.

And be sure to back off of downhills in the two weeks or so before a target race, he adds.

Investors seem unlikely to back off from emerging markets any time soon.

Clinton had to back off when Tenet threatened to resign.

At some point, then, we have to back off from reality.

The press have agreed to back off and leave the couple alone.

that is, without confronting them head-on, is there a way you can force them to back off by applying pressure elsewhere?

Theresistance is the voice in the back of our head telling us to back off, becareful, go slow, compromise.

we had no choice but to back off according to our rules.

Are you going to back off now?

Time for governments to back off and let Europe's champion go global

China tells yuan critics to back off

you talk to vice and get them to back off me

Tell laura and her husband to back off

You need to back off , man