"is being halted" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used in the passive voice to describe an action that is currently taking place and is being stopped or paused by someone or something else. Example: The construction of the new building is being halted due to budget cuts.
The Isis "advance across Syria and into Iraq is being halted", a communique said later.
A Canadian project aimed at creating a genetically engineered pig whose manure would be less harmful to the environment is being halted after failure to find a company willing to bring the animal to market, according to the lead researcher.
At the same time, patients will also be given cognitive tests, psychiatric assessments and neurological check-ups by researchers to assess whether the drug is having an effect on their symptoms and to check if their physical and mental decline is being halted or possibly reversed.
No further funds have been committed and the station's development is being halted until such funds arise.
White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said no oil production is being halted and there are no new drilling lease sales in the pipeline for the 30-day period Salazar has to get the report back to Obama.
Jobs they have started are being halted because the big financing has come to an end.
Stephen A. Cox of the Marines said in an interview from Guantánamo that the flights of prisoners were being halted only temporarily.
"Projects were being halted every day," said Mr. Romulo, who held a video conference call with American investors on Tuesday.
Marshall said growth was being halted by short-termism and the stop-start nature of the way government approaches long-term projects.
But federal investigators found that university officials had failed to tell the patients of the vaccine's safety problems and misrepresented the reason the experiment was being halted.
Diversity initiatives are often insufficient, he said: "Efforts that promote inclusion, not just diversity, are being halted at the managerial level". Keynote presentations, he added, often have more diversity than the teams presenting them.
