Sentence examples for may stall the from inspiring English sources

But challenges to the method of voting and other procedures, many made by Mr. Zuma's supporters, may stall the process.

Such precautions may stall the drilling of relief wells for weeks or more if a hurricane threatens.

A new agreement between the government and al-Sunnah, a moderate Ethiopian-backed militia which espouses a Sufi doctrine, may stall the northward march of the Shabab.

Some business executives, economists and local officials fret that an antagonistic labor dispute may stall the city's attempts to recover from Sept. 11, confront huge budget deficits and bid for the 2012 Olympics.

The word on the street is that they may stall the release of the new maps for the 2012 election (and the decade to follow) until early next year.

Biochemical interactions between the nascent peptide and the tunnel may stall the ribosome movement and thus affect the expression level of the protein being synthesized.

If the flow is disrupted, the compressor at the front of the engine may stall, causing the engine to lose lift.

His words were the broadest hint yet by one of the most influential figures at the talks that the negotiations may stall unless the Kyoto protocol is dropped.

The car may stall or the driver lose control.

Blessed with an ability to make plays with his feet as well as his arm, it would be naive to suggest that RGIII's career may stall in the absence of his lightning pace, even if it is spluttering along at present.

However, a read-only transaction t may stall until the server answering t's requests gathers enough signatures to provide a validity and consistency proof for t.