Sentence examples for halt the start from inspiring English sources

The Associated Press reported that late Friday Dr. Murray's lawyers asked Judge Michael Pastor of Los Angeles County Superior Court to halt the start of the jury selection, scheduled for Thursday, until the issue of sequestration is decided by an appeals court.

Monday, however, the Supreme Court halted the start of the state's early voting in another 5-4 order along ideological lines that civil rights advocates fear will harm minority and poor voters in particular.

It blocked the Republic of Macedonia's accession to the military alliance in 2008 and later halted the start of negotiations to join the EU. 2. What happened in the referendum?

The AFL-CIO and the ACLU filed suit to halt the Sept. 4 start of the mailings, and they were joined by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the trade associations for the agriculture, restaurant and construction industries.

That possibility should raise more than eyebrows in Beijing, encouraging a vigorous response to halt the process at the start.

It plans to halt the closure of Sure Start centres and "increase the amount of money available for Sure Start".

There is little question that the failure of Camp David could have been avoided had Bill Clinton used his considerable leverage to halt the settlement expansion at the start of the peace process.

Leeds emerged with surprising comfort from this passionate local derby last night, with a fired-up Bradford team unable to halt the Super League champions' unbeaten start to the season.

Perhaps Ruth Kelly, the new cabinet minister, can look again at what her predecessor, John Prescott, started, halt the cuts to fire services and stop the closures of our fantastic emergency fire-control rooms.

Former Defense Minister Francois Leotard also told the committee that he felt a certain "bitterness" about the charges and pride in what the French had tried to do to get other countries to join them in trying to halt the genocide once it started.

U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen issued an order last Monday to temporarily halt the Obama administration from starting policies that could eventually allow as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants to receive work authorization.