Its work ground to a halt, however, in early 2004.

As a result, industrial, mining, and infrastructure projects have ground to a halt.

The election may have ground to a halt, but the party, it seems, goes on.

As bureaucratic decision making became more risk averse, many large projects ground to a halt.

Spending on automobiles ground to a halt, until government stimulus programs in many countries revived it.

Further US Russia arms reduction negotiations ground to a halt long before the American presidential election season began.

For its part, the Palestinian Authority has to shoulder its responsibility by undertaking action on the ground to halt violence.

Every effort must be made to halt the violence on the ground, and above all, violence that targets civilians.

France s current account deficit has risen to more than 2 of GDP, even as its economic growth has ground to a halt.

Building work on the south wing started in June 1740 but ground to a halt by the autumn due to difficulties in obtaining supplies.

This can lead to instances where rockets have landed on soft ground such as snow and eventually slid to a halt in an armed condition.

The talks ground to a halt in June 2004, when the North Koreans pulled out, citing the allegedly hostile policies of the US and Japanese governments.

Government and commercial activities virtually ground to halt this spring as democracy activists, in alliance with politicians and lawmakers opposed to a third term, battled Obasanjo s allies to thwart the proposed bill.

And halt them , to be questioned

And halt them , to be questioned

Within the framework of the White Paper, the Anguilla Committee for Constitutional and Electoral Reform, appointed in 2001, pursued its work throughout 2002 and 2003, but ground to a halt in 2004.

The collateral effect, however, is that even honest officials are now too frightened to help corporations to navigate India s maze of bureaucracy. As a result, industrial, mining, and infrastructure projects have ground to a halt.

Sami's hopes came to a screeching halt.

Halt the system now?

The second challenge is to halt climate change.

(iii) Free Flight Rockets (ground to ground and air to ground)

(b) To halt without delay the use of landmines

A country that traditionally grinds to a halt during an exciting cricket match has now been ground into submission by its antithesis the slow unraveling of illusions about a game that seizes Indians imagination like no other.

(i) Two ground to ground systems

This unsustainable process came to a crashing halt in 2008.

And yet it has been allowed to slow almost to a halt.

Whatever the reason, the marriage negotiations came to a complete halt.

It urges all parties to armed conflict to halt immediately such intolerable practices.

Sami's car came to a screeching halt in front of Layla's house.

One danger of the recent setbacks is a halt to EU enlargement.

Those who would seek to halt the bloodshed have no good options.

With energy revenues screeching to a halt, Putin s regime will lose popularity.

An invasion of Iraq would bring that process to a grinding halt.

We therefore urge that measures be intensified to halt such undesirable effects.

The Committee must therefore redouble its efforts to halt the Israeli plans.

Policy making, I am sure, would suddenly halt.

But we can halt and reverse that trend.

To halt this downward spiral, Ireland s risk of insolvency needs to be put to rest.

However, central government authorities have done little to halt intimidation of Linyi s villagers.

Sustained strikes by these groups would bring the country s economy to a halt.

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

We know that it is possible to halt the spread of the disease.

And halt them so that they may be questioned .

And halt them so that they may be questioned .

But macroeconomic reform came to a screeching halt after Koizumi stepped down in 2006.