Sentence examples for stalled construction from inspiring English sources

But a downturn in the real estate market stalled construction.

The deal was part of an effort to spur stalled construction at the site.

Local resistance has also stalled construction on a site in Kyushu, in the south.

Manhattan has 79 other stalled construction sites but probably none to rival the Drake in location.

But unfortunate timing aside, other problems stalled construction, and residents did not start moving in until last August.

Bureaucracy and uncertain financing, however, stalled construction in August 2009, and even now Judi is awaiting still more approvals.

Some Alaskans argue that this could stall construction of a multimillion-dollar bridge, which as it happens would be paid for by the federal government).

Concerns over the environmental and the social effects of a Japanese-financed hydroelectric power project are stalling construction, said Ryuhe Hosoya, an official at the Japanese Embassy in Nairobi.

While budget overruns in New York City have threatened to stall construction, the pace nationally is not expected to slow through 2003, according to the annual education construction report by American School and University, a magazine on school facilities.

The group's spokesman, Lenny Kovner, 53, a theater director, television writer, a former volleyball player, said about 400 opponents of the volleyball competition had signed pledges of civil disobedience to stop or stall construction.

The effort of Greenwich Village residents to stall construction of new PATH entrances is nothing short of a Nimby reaction thinly veiled by a claim that the project will destroy the integrity of the Stonewall Historic District.