Sentence examples for standstill order from inspiring English sources

South Korea last Friday announced a temporary nationwide standstill order for poultry farms and related transport over the weekend in a bid to contain a spread of H5N6 bird flu, a severe strain of the disease.

Several states, including Michigan and Connecticut, have issued standstill orders prohibiting the Bell companies from unilaterally raising rates.

In this case, though, when a bystander alerted the security company and the car came to a standstill, the thugs ordered the young men into another car and drove them around Karachi to make sure they weren't being tailed.

In 2006 it brought São Paulo to a standstill after the government ordered a crackdown on its leaders.

The MQM are a political force in Pakistan, and Altaf Hussain can bring Karachi to a standstill if he gives the order, broadcasting by speakerphone to crowds of thousands of mohajirs assembled in Karachi, from his London base.

The directness of this approach was admirable, and the way Klara slowed the song almost to a standstill represented artistry of the highest order.

Video on the Web site of a local tabloid showed several men working feverishly to disassemble a barrier on the median of the highway in order to drive past the standstill.

The protesters have vowed to block Hong Kong's financial district, in order to bring it to a standstill.

Orders from computer makers slowed to a standstill, but the plants kept churning them out.

Residents following the evacuation order tweeted out photos of the flames from standstill traffic Tuesday afternoon.

A six-day standstill period was introduced on 1 August 2003 by the Disease Control (England) Order 2003; this meant that if any sheep, goats, cattle or pigs were moved onto a farm, then no sheep, goats, or cattle could be moved off that farm for 6 days.