Sentence examples for industry ground from inspiring English sources
Without deposits, banks could not lend for mortgages, and the housing industry ground to a halt, panicking builders and lenders around the country.
When Kostas DeLazaris, 47, lost his tourism job on the island of Corfu in 2007, he joined a construction firm in Athens, only to lose that job 10 months ago as the once-buoyant building industry ground to a halt.
Virgin America also offers a luxurious first-class cabin that resembles international business class on most airlines.There's actually a great parallel to this in a related industry: ground transportation in America's north-east corridor.
The industry ground to a halt when the Japanese occupied this part of China during World War II, and the Chinese Communists pushed for mass industrialization across China after 1949.
Faraci has a lot to prove to the board, to long-suffering investors, to skeptics who see a dying industry ground up in the jaws of overcapacity and shrinking demand.
Lime rich sludge (LRS) (solid waste of acetylene industry), ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBFS) and fine kaolinite sand (FKS) (by-product during kaolin mineralization) were used in the production of cementitious building materials.
This chemical pollution and the decline in water level have killed the once-flourishing fishing industry, grounded most ships that formerly worked within the Aral's shores, and contaminated wide areas around the sea with salty, lethal dust.
Not every company in the industry lost ground last year.
Only one major industry lost ground: construction jobs fell by 55,000 after having risen by 90,000 the month before.
While the industry lost ground in Europe and the United States, China's tourism sector posted a 9 percent jump in revenue 2009, to 1.26 trillion renminbi, thanks to domestic demand.
He was the surprise winner of three awards, including best album and male vocalist of the year — all without having a hit on the radio, which remains country's ultimate industry proving ground.
