Sentence examples for halted a practice from inspiring English sources

Syngenta has halted a practice that Pioneer contended caused inappropriate acquisition of proprietary genetic material, the companies said.

In July, the S.E.C. briefly halted a practice known as naked short selling after speculators placed large bets that shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage giants, would decline.

Certainly, the combination of the two provisions requires the president to halt a practice that indisputably violates the First Amendment as well as the due process clause and the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment.

Democratic lawmakers who had been practicing for the congressional game on a different field halted their practice, gathered in a circle and began to pray.

The administration is right to stop this mine as part of its broader campaign to halt a ruinous and unnecessary practice.

Dr. Margo said if he halted his practice without a replacement, ranchers would have nowhere to go.

Ford then halted the practice and agreed to use a pocket veto only at the end of a two year congress.

In 2004, on the advice of an attorney, the Carona committee halted the practice of reporting the expenses as loans, Stoll and Schroeder said.

The Navy has since halted the practice of allowing civilians to take the controls of military equipment, pending a review.

To halt this practice a growing community-led movement calls for an end to displacement by promoting policies that dismantle systemic barriers to economic opportunity and prosperity.

Then there are the occasional interruptions, like when play was briefly halted during a recent practice as a man darted about wildly on a nearby street, calling football plays and evading imaginary tacklers.