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(1) The Chancellor was forced into a humiliating climbdown on his economic policies.

(2) Saying she was wrong was a difficult climbdown for Sarah.

(3) Far from being overjoyed at the apparent climbdown protesters believe it's a plot to throw them off their guard.

(4) Either the Government performs a climbdown of epic humiliation scale or it publishes and risks being damned in the division lobbies.

(5) It is a humiliating climbdown for a country that, until a few months ago, imported Polish workers to do its grimy jobs.

(6) In a partial climbdown, the European Commission said it would not sue France for racial discrimination over its expulsion of Romanies.

(7) The site was forced into a partial climbdown over changes to privacy settings which many claimed made too much public.

(8) It was only a partial climbdown, however, as the film board insisted that the scenes in question were "nothing other than straightforward urination masquerading as ejaculation".

(9) In a last-minute climbdown, the Chinese government announced today that it will delay the launch of censorship software that was supposed to have been sold in every computer from tomorrow.

(10) His speech at the opening ceremony would have been the ideal opportunity for a graceful climbdown. Sentencedict.com

(11) The move is likely to be seen as another climbdown by the government in its treatment of banks that are preparing to pay their staff millions of pounds in bonuses on the back of booming markets.

(12) The exposure of the company files has contributed to Trafigura's climbdown after three years of bitterly contested legal battles.

(13) The new head of FASB may have to oversee a delicate climbdown from full fair value.

(14) The Nelson Mandela Foundation has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over its allegation that an African leader concocted a bogus endorsement by the anti-apartheid hero.