Sentence examples for were to halt from inspiring English sources

He said the choices were to halt construction, preserve part of the site, or move remains to another cemetery.

They compared the current situation to the 1990-1991 Gulf war, saying if Libya and Algeria were to halt oil production, prices could peak above $220 a barrel.

Until quite recently, the only reason to fear a shortage was if a boycott, war or strike were to halt supplies.

They offered a package of trade, economic and security incentives if Iran were to halt uranium enrichment, which could be used to develop a nuclear bomb.

In an interview in the newspaper Haaretz on Wednesday, however, Mr. Abbas said that if Israel were to halt all construction in the settlements, talks for a final peace deal could be completed within six months.

Once in England, he told interviewers that he had no inkling that his work violated the 1972 treaty under which the United States and the Soviet Union were to halt such activities.

The aim was to halt the market's decline.

The president's challenge now is to halt the slide.

One effect has been to halt a drift from public to private schooling.

The stated goal was to halt leaks to the news media.

The Finno-Ugrists' aim is to halt their kinsfolk's extinction, not to break up Russia.