Sentences with phrase «of at a standstill»

You round a corner on a busy highway to find the traffic in front of you at a standstill, blocking the road ahead as far as the eye can see.

We're kind of at a standstill with the filmmaker's point when these characters are dealing with real issues (i.e. suicide), but none of them feel like real people.

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«Banks are at a sort of standstill,» Brusca says.

«Things are at a bit of a standstill in the U.S.»

Where traffic is allowed in the area around the tower, it's at a standstill for much of the day.

Nelson Braddy Jr., the owner of King of Texas Roofing, told the WSJ, «Without Mexican labor our industry is at a standstill.»

Its hiring of women remains at a standstill at 32 % after two years and the ride - hailing business hadn't promoted black people within its leadership ranks either.

Thousands of taxi drivers brought part of central London to a standstill in protest at rival service Uber - a mobile phone app.

They must be aware though, with housing developments at a virtual standstill due to water license shortages and the town running out of options, Okotoks is «ground zero» for the coming water wars.

«We see an opportunity to educate investors who may be at a standstill about the benefits of perspective and direction from a financial advisor.

On March 24, Macron met Richard and Martin Bouygues separately to present them with his conditions: a higher valuation for Orange shares as the base of the transaction, a cap at 12 percent for Bouygues» potential stake in Orange, a standstill preventing Bouygues from raising its stake over a period of seven years, and a restriction on double voting rights for 10 years.

I feel this debate is at a standstill and you guys can argue all nite on this one but there are women who were preachers healers miracle workers and had mighty ministrys because God was with them there is no doubt about that.They moved in the gifts of the supernatural.I am just saying this for those women who feel they have a calling on there lives to preach.Dont let others put you in a box God does nt put us in boxs he helps us to become all we can be in Christ.

The only plus to the unseasonal snowfall, has been the extra family time we have enjoyed thanks to «snow days», since everything in London comes to a standstill at the first sighting of snowflakes.

From a product point of view, development is never at a standstill.

Winter Olympics was always our ultimate favourite, when all other things in life came to a sort of standstill and the whole family would be glued to the television, biting our nails and cheering (it got very loud at times!).

Currently we're at a bit of a standstill.

In the first sevenminutes of the win at Utah, for instance, Howard hit a baseline drive overAndrei Kirilenko, slashed to the middle for a layup and an eventual three - pointplay, hit a standstill 20 - foot jumper, made a nice crossover dribble to getinto the lane for a dunk and swished a 13 - foot jumper.

«I just think when you've been out injured and my career, to a certain extent, was at a bit of a standstill last season because I wasn't playing and you take the setback and you reset your goals and think: «What do I really want to achieve in this game?»

This year's Nurburgring 24 Hours was brought to a standstill after just 40 minutes of racing after a heavy rainstorm caused multiple crashes at the Aremberg section of the track.

Its not a coincidence that since Wenger has been in charge of EVERYTHING football related at the club we have seen a virtual standstill on transfers and the injury list is longer and more serious AND most inportant of all we have not won anything really significant How long is this farcical situation going to endure???? «oH No the BFG IS INJURED WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO???» «Oh I know... lets get in Kim Kalstrom... or... lets play Sanchez at the back, that'll do» stupid stupid stupid

At 4 - 1 down, and with just nine men on the field, the junior Selecao didn't fancy seeing the job through to the end and brought the game to a standstill with five minutes to go, much to the confusion of their North American counterparts.

Wenger has brought us forward in alot of was but on the field and in the transfer market we have been at a standstill for years.

In February, Lazio's director of sport, Igli Tare said talks were at a standstill and the Dutchman would not return to Lazio next season.

At an apparent standstill after weeks of effort, a committee charged with shaping the future of the Yunker Farm plans to ask the Mokena Park District for professional help.

It has twin brakes that are located within the handle, one of them is a foot brake that is used to lock the rear wheels when at the standstill.

The entire town of Kumasi and it's environs came to a standstill as popular veteran high life musicians Kakyire Kwame Appiah, Kofi Nti, Mary Agyemang, Ernest Opoku jnr, Frank Mensah Pozo and many others put up a spectacular performance at the maiden Ghana herbal awards.

The reduction in traffic may benefit drivers hoping to avoid being stuck at a virtual standstill, but the biggest beneficiary of the plan may be straphangers.

«You can not be enjoying the huge and enormous resources of the people, living in luxury and at the same time refusing to do your job, making trouble with the executive at the slightest opportunity, bringing the government to a standstill and then turning members of the Senate into puns who can be pushed here and there.

«Projects under the District Assemblies Common Fund which [should] have completed last year are at a standstill because government only paid a little over GHC 100,000 out of the GHC 700,000 it owes contractors working on such projects.»

The power cut which happened around four o'clock in the afternoon, brought activities at portions of terminal two to a standstill forcing officials and passengers to switch on lights from their mobile phones to navigate through the darkness.

Police activity in New York City remained at a lower level last week than during the same period in past years, but continued its rise since enforcement came to a near standstill, the result of a citywide slowdown tied to the killings of two officers in December.

Traffic was also at a near - standstill on some stretches of the Thruway and on other major thoroughfares.

So, basically even as we take steps to make sure that the nation is not saddled with the sudden loss of a presidential candidate or the president himself, which will usually bring the country into a [standstill], which is why they are looking at his health, we must also know that it is not the sick who die; death can come unannounced and somebody who is reasonably healthy by accident or by some catastrophic event can die.»

The group of mostly Republican leaders, along with stand - alone Democrat Michael Kearns, says the legislative process in Albany is at a standstill while corruption charges loom over one of the state's most powerful leaders.

BEDFORD - STUYVESANT — A proposal to rezone a stretch of Franklin and Flushing avenues for two new apartment buildings is at a standstill amid concerns that the project would not cater to locals.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that earlier, the PDP members brought traffic to a standstill at the popular Oba Adesida road while market women closed their shops.

A rally heralding the return of President Muhammadu Buhari after a medical vacation in London left human and vehicular movement in Enugu metropolis at standstill for over four hours on Monday.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's design competition for a new $ 10 billion terminal has so rankled both sides that they're effectively at a standstill, although Manhattan politicians are holding the cards, according to Politico.

With negotiations at a standstill, the de Blasio administration played hardball: the Office of Labor Relations reduced the carpenters» paid time off to almost nothing, down from a combined 39 vacation and sick days, and ended annuity payments.

And while a lot of cities and states have tried to tackle the issue of greenhouse - gas reduction, at the federal level the country is at a standstill.

Meanwhile, scientists nationwide, and especially at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where all hESC work is at a standstill, are incensed and deeply unsettled by the case.

Atoms, photons, and other quantum particles are often capricious and finicky by nature; very rarely at a standstill, they often collide with others of their kind.

In at least eight instances last year, malfunctions at several major airports brought operations to a standstill, triggering a cascade of delays and flight cancellations across the country.

According to stem cell researcher Diane Krause: «All research in the Amistad Building is at a standstill — even people who need reagents for an ongoing clinical trial are unable to have access as of now.»

Finally, don't give up out of frustration — it's a lot harder to take a few steps backward than to be at a temporary standstill.

Between allergies, sleepless nights, and a lack of energy — things have been at a standstill while I try to figure out how to get back to feeling «myself.»

Pursuant to the cooperation agreement, Harvest Capital has agreed that, until the certification of the shareholder vote at The Meet Group's 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, it will abide by certain customary standstill provisions.

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to -LSB-...]

*** (out of four) With his small - time New Jersey law firm's business at a standstill, plus a wife (Amy Ryan) and two kids at home, Mike (Paul Giamatti) takes advantage of an elderly client so he can earn money as the man's guardian.

Cyrus Directors and Screenwriters: Jay and Mark Duplass With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life — her son.