Sentence examples for partial halt from inspiring English sources

Israel has only accepted a partial halt on settlement construction for 10 months.

Netanyahu refused, approving instead only a 10-month, partial halt to building on the occupied West Bank.

Netanyahu refused and agreed only to a 10-month partial halt to construction in the West Bank – a moratorium which expires this autumn.

By the time Mr. Netanyahu finally acceded to a 10-month partial halt that exempted Jerusalem, the Palestinians felt so burned that the peace effort collapsed.

Germany is the main destination for many of those who risked the boat crossing to Greece this summer, and if the country called even a partial halt to the flow of new arrivals it could strand tens of thousands of refugees in ill-prepared countries.

Leaders in Washington disagree on what passing an August deadline without raising the debt ceiling would really mean (it has never happened), but some experts say it could result, along with devastation to the nation's ability to borrow and to the broader economy, in a confusing, partial halt to some programs as the government has to pick and choose what it has enough cash to cover.

Use the steps below to cue a half-halt: A half-halt is essentially a partial stop, just as its name suggests.

A half-halt is essentially a partial stop, just as its name suggests.

On 31 March, President Johnson announced the unilateral (although still partial) bombing halt during his television address.

On 27 February, Secretary of State Dean Rusk had proposed that a partial bombing halt be implemented in North Vietnam and that an offer to negotiate be extended to Hanoi.

The partial shutdown halted operations at the federal agency that regulates alcohol production and distribution.