Sentence examples for halted the work from inspiring English sources

Congress halted the work as the station's construction costs grew sharply.

But General Mood said that when he halted the work of the monitors, "that in itself was a message".

The army and witnesses said four buildings were razed today before the court injunction halted the work.

Then on Sept. 16 Mr. Wall noticed what appeared to be bones in some excavated dirt and he halted the work.

On July 27, workers began preparation for demolition, but the judge, Justice Barbara R. Kapnik, temporarily halted the work after lawyers for a local group filed legal papers to stop the demolition.

Officials said they halted the work when they could neither find another ballet company to share costs, as is frequently done in the dance world, nor raise enough funds to cover expenses.

Even without money worries in the equation, the weather is often enough to halt the work.

The plaintiffs asked a judge to halt the work, but were denied.

Mr. Rumsfeld said halting the work of terrorist networks "is going to take time and patience".

Iran's refusal to halt the work has drawn three rounds of United Nations sanctions since 2006.

But like numerous predecessors he was forced to halt the work.