Sentence examples for halted for years from inspiring English sources
Public officials have said they are considering changing foreign investment regulations, but such reviews in other industries, like retailing and insurance, have been halted for years.
However, in some countries, the development of islet xentransplantation was halted for several years due to public health concerns regarding the risks of infectious diseases.
Plans were made to finish the rest of the freeway to Interstate 287; however construction was halted for many years due to legal, environmental and budgetary problems.
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".
After his inauguration in 2009, Mr. Obama signed an order banning what Mr. Bush euphemistically called "enhanced interrogation techniques" and what critics called torture, but by that point waterboarding had been halted for nearly six years.
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.
"The trend of declining support for NATO in Germany and Poland is halted for the first year since 2002," according to the survey.
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.
