Sentence examples for halted for a year from inspiring English sources

His lawyers want proceedings to be halted for a year to give him time to recover.

But ScottishPower Renewables said its plans had now been halted for a year.

Britain has been leading an attempt by the 20 member nations at Cern to cut its budget by £215m, which may force its experiments to halt for a year in 2012.

The festival was disrupted and halted for a few years during Lebanon's internecine conflict.

ATLANTIC CITY — The view from the 39th floor of the Revel resort and casino here is nearly as stunning as the fact that the $2.4 billion project is actually nearing completion after five years, including a stretch when construction halted for almost a year after financing evaporated.

Since South Sudan overwhelmingly voted to break away from Sudan in 2011, the government's main concern has been to get oil flowing following disagreements with Khartoum - production was halted for almost a year.

Obama has repeatedly insisted that increased sanctions would derail the nuclear negotiations and prompt Iran to unfreeze the elements of its nuclear program that have been halted for over a year under the current interim agreement.

Trading was halted for a period.

In 2001, the city's Department of Environmental Conservation halted work for a year because the developer had brought in more landfill than authorized.

In 1998 the Navy halted construction for a year and a half over concerns the bridge would cast a shadow over the onetime home of Admiral Chester Nimitz, the World War II hero, according to a 2010 600 Minutes" report.

On the Senate floor this morning, Senator Dodd said he wanted the federal recognition process halted for one year because "there's a concern that the Bureau of Indian Affairs is sort of out of control".