Sentence examples for standstill for a from inspiring English sources

The American program to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and other highly radioactive wastes is at a standstill for a variety of reasons.

In 1995, the right's attempt to tweak pensions sparked the biggest strikes since May 1968, bringing the country to a standstill for a month.

Another issue that you can front here: Globalization is going to be at a standstill for a while, until this high level of uncertainty diminishes.

Why would their lives come to a standstill for a tournament most of them are unlikely to catch a single game of?

An employee of a private company forced by his manager to attend said he resented that at a time of economic crisis, companies and the government came to a standstill for a political ploy.

"Everything is going to be at a standstill for a period of time" as consumers digest last week's events, said Michael J. Russell Jr., an analyst at Morgan Stanley in New York.

The undertaker, who had fallen asleep, was slightly hurt, and traffic was brought to a standstill for an hour.

Four hundred people were at a standstill for an hour and no information was given.

The violence, which sparked a humanitarian crisis leading to the displacement of up to 15 per cent of the population brought education to a standstill for an estimated 30,000 primary school children in the capital.

The initial bloodshed, which sparked a humanitarian crisis leading to the displacement of up to 15 per cent of the population, brought education to a standstill for an estimated 30,000 primary school children in the capital.

The violence, which sparked a humanitarian crisis leading to the displacement of up to 15 cent of the population, brought education to a standstill for an estimated 30,000 primary school children in the capital.