Sentence examples for slowing down work from inspiring English sources

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, has said that there are signs of Iran slowing down work on the enrichment plant it is building in Natanz.

Slowing down work "amounts to a strike with pay, and we will reduce the extent to which we pay premium rates for such a strike," said Wade Gates, spokesman for the Pacific Maritime Assn., the employer group representing the shipping companies.

The port operators accused the union of violating the back-to-work injunction by slowing down work at several ports.

Washington suspected North Korea of running a secret uranium enrichment program, while the North accused the United States of slowing down work at Kumho.

In this dispute, Mr. Bush is dealing with a famously militant union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which is known for slowing down work when it is unhappy.

What if flexible hours were no object, or sabbaticals were no object, or slowing down work hours (with ample employer notice, knowledge and support) during intense family times and then ramping back up as things got on a more even keel, without being branded as, say, "not seeking a corner office"?

However, the Russian government slowed down work on Bushehr this year over what it said was a payment dispute, but which was widely seen as a veiled effort to add to the pressure on Iran to halt enrichment.

Beijing sits in the middle of an industrial belt of coal-burning factories, and there is little incentive for officials or executives to slow down work there.

He vowed to investigate whether the rank-and-file deliberately slowed down work to protest budget cuts, as has been rumored, but said he doubted it.

Judicial vacancies have skyrocketed from 43 to 89. "Instead of working to make government function, to make government more efficient, Senate Republicans have made it their priority to keep key positions empty for so long as possible, to hamstring efforts to protect consumers and workers, to delay efforts to hold large corporations accountable, to slow down work to promote equality," Warren said.

Since the survey was carried out in January 2004, the worsening security situation has slowed down work on improving education facilities.