Sentence examples for to halt something from inspiring English sources

"The country is trying to halt something that cannot really be halted," Mayor Luis F. Deyá Oropeza said.

Some of the board's recommendations already have begun to be implemented, such as designating an experienced systems engineer to serve as the project's "commission manager," implementing a more sustainable work schedule, and empowering workers at Northrop to halt work if something doesn't seem right.

"As the Rolls-Royce Vision Next 100 gracefully comes to a halt, something magnificent occurs," the company said.

But there is little doubt about the need to do something to halt the frightening suicide trend.

But whenever they tried to do something to halt the predatory lending and outright fraud, they were stopped cold by the federal bank regulators, who consistently sided with the banks in court.

The European Central Bank left its key interest rates unchanged, despite expectations that the bank would do something to halt the tailspin of Europe's common currency, the euro.

Yet the little QV10 digital camera launched by Casio Computer in the same year has turned out to be one of the biggest things to happen to the shutter-bug business in ages.The old-style camera makers needed something to halt a slide in sales.

"The community sentiment was if you could get some additional tenants, put a coat of paint on the wall, it would be just as good," said Steve Burkholder, who was elected mayor in 1999 largely on a platform of doing something to halt the demise of Villa Italia.

But we can - and we must - do something to halt this injustice that so clearly threatens our immediate future.

He is a graduate of Yale LaWhathool.

If the record industry is to halt or reverse its decline, something new is needed.