Sentence examples for a standstill of from inspiring English sources

Best Buy had asked for a standstill of 18 months, and then a one-year standstill.

Another is to allow the IMF, in appropriate and narrowly defined circumstances, to endorse a standstill of debt service and repayment, analogous to the "stay" that most bankruptcy codes provide for.

In the first instance, WTO members could commit themselves to a standstill on all forms of protectionism.Several other economists have also proposed a standstill.

Much of central London came to a standstill for the funeral of Britain's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.

The American program to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and other highly radioactive wastes is at a standstill for a variety of reasons.

"Everything is going to be at a standstill for a period of time" as consumers digest last week's events, said Michael J. Russell Jr., an analyst at Morgan Stanley in New York.

The annual memorial day is one of the most solemn on Israel's calendar, and sees the state come to a standstill for two minutes of remembrance.

By 1986, the business of building new nuclear plants had already ground to a standstill because of a complex interaction of cost, fear, and the cost of fear.

The harvest of the sugar cane, the islands' chief export, is at a standstill because of a boycott by cane farmers, many of them supporters of Mr Chaudhry.

Throughout the day the rest of the system, though running and structurally sound, was frequently brought to a standstill because of bomb threats or police investigations of suspicious-looking people or packages.

With the city at a standstill, thousands of workers simply went home.