In both cases, standstill triumphed over progress.

The protests brought the country to a standstill.

Nevertheless, it has remained at a standstill for almost a decade.

Sequential GDP growth slowed to a low single digit pace a virtual standstill by Chinese standards.

In any case, the time of standstill in the Middle East is coming to an end.

The two armies came to a standstill as neither side was able to make much progress.

We are convinced that the new threats to peace and security require that this standstill be overcome.

But the South was never conquered, and its army, the SPLA, twice fought the North to a standstill.

His lane of traffic was at a standstill, but it was normal on a weekend night such as this.

The entire Iranian oil industry came to a virtual standstill, oil production dropping from in 1950 to in 1952.

After fighting a major Soviet offensive in June July 1944 to a standstill, Finland reached an armistice with the Soviet Union.

War Communism saved the Soviet government during the Civil War, but much of the Russian economy had ground to a standstill.

Some members said that there was also a risk that during the transition period, the whole system might come to a standstill.

And yet the Middle East is also a region that, throughout its innumerable conflicts, has hardly changed, languishing in a strange kind of standstill.

Traffic comes to a standstill in Muharraq, Bahrain, today as the King's son takes part in a triathlon. Photograph shared by MohdBucheeri on Twitter Traffic in Bahrain came to a standstill today (December 6) as some of the country's major roads were shut to traffic from 7am to 11am for the King's son to take part in a triathlon.

They tell us that the bombing is targeting Baba Amr. Time comes to a complete standstill. The next transfer date arrives exactly one day later.

Iran seeks compensation for expenses incurred in treating these additional cases indirect costs such as transportation costs costs incurred by caregivers opportunity costs and costs of future medical care.

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Private sector activity is slowing, and it is nearing a standstill in the eurozone s most vulnerable economy (Greece), where a bank run is in full swing.

If He wishes He stills the wind , whereat they remain standstill on its surface . There are indeed signs in that for every patient and grateful servant .

French production costs are high, but Greek costs are higher.

Everything favors his taking the second option, which will tend to lead to a standstill, and even a step back, in efforts to resolve the Israeli Palestinian conflict.

Students were carrying out internships in other countries, but mostly on their own initiative, and it all came to a standstill with the onslaught of World War II.

The usual double standard and the exercise or threat of a veto by one of its permanent members had brought the Council to a standstill on the issue.

Standstill is regress and regress produces a vicious circle meagre results at the negotiating table, no implementation, more insecurity, less willingness to talk, no results and so on.

Methodologies used to calculate costs Staff costs Salary and common staff costs The standard costs (in United States dollars) applied in determining staff costs in the proposed budget are based on actual salary costs for the first three months of 2005, and adjusted for step increments in 2006 2007.

Operating costs

Operational costs

Administrative costs

Investment costs

Audit costs

Operational costs

By that point, Ukraine s springtime of freedom had already deteriorated into a very visible development standstill, owing to a mixture of incompetence and corruption that cried out for change.

Costs and financing The cost of supplying water consists, to a very large extent, of fixed costs (capital costs and personnel costs) and only to a small extent of variable costs that depend on the amount of water consumed (mainly energy and chemicals).

Industry continued to grow, except in 1968 and 1972 when industry came to a standstill in the context of the soaring war (Tet Offensive and aerial raids of North Vietnam).

In the United States, North America, much more expensive. Legal costs, medical costs ...

This amount was inclusive of extrabudgetary costs amounting to 642,400 to be funded by a number of member organizations and comprised 35,671,100 for administrative costs, 43,014,100 for investment costs and 1,443,200 for audit costs.

Non post costs

Travel costs 24.0

Travel costs 76.0

(a) General costs

Non investment costs

Participation and costs

All of this could lead to a standstill, which, in the current environment, would be tantamount to going backward, threatening not only European integration s future prospects, but also its past accomplishments.

This progress is all the more important given the complacency that led to a complete standstill in research and development for new TB interventions toward the end of the twentieth century.