Sentence examples for halt in work from inspiring English sources

The judges stopped short of declaring the halt in work unconstitutional.

The halt in work gives him a moment to gather himself, and when the uniformed men pray, Mr. Riley thinks not just of the dead, but of those yet to be, his unborn child, those who remain.

Yet both agreements presented a similar fundamental bargain: lifting international isolation in exchange for a halt in weapons work.

Last year, Aeronutronic also ordered an unusual halt in all work at Newport Beach while quality control processes were reviewed, and more than 200 people were laid off during the year due to soft sales.

The Iranians suspect America of being behind the recent sabotage of one of their main nuclear facilities, which led to a temporary halt in uranium-enrichment work, and have noted WikiLeaks' revelations concerning American lobbying against Iran at the very time, in 1999, when Mr Obama was proposing detente.

The move followed a concerted campaign to persuade it to halt its work in West Bank settlements, during which Labour-controlled Birmingham became at least the third council to warn Veolia it might not renew its £35m per year waste disposal contract when it runs out in 2019 if the company continued to operate in the occupied West Bank.

The armed occupation of the Malheur national wildlife refuge, which began 2 January and ended 11 February after a dramatic standoff with the FBI, forced police agencies throughout Oregon to devote resources to the response, while also requiring schools and multiple federal departments to halt their work in rural Harney County for more than a month.

Cole is an ally for Western Shoshone, an environmental group which specializes in work to halt gold and diamond mining, which is alleged to displace indigenous peoples worldwide and alleged to create excessive amounts of mining waste and toxins.

Stephen's primary motive has been to put a halt to work that, in his view, either violates his family's privacy or exceeds the bounds of reputable scholarship.

In halting work on one of television's most successful programs, network executives were fully aware of the financial implications.

But he also had the gift of serendipity: when some unexpected phenomenon was observed, he did not hesitate to halt work in progress and turn off course in a new direction.