Sentences with phrase «sort of 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!).

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

Not exact matches

And I think what I found sort of aggravating and almost unbelievable as I was reporting the story was that the answers are so clear, and so many of these pesticides, from a scientific point of view, and yes the political process, has just almost come to a standstill.

While it is unlikely that anyone in the market for a car boasting the sort of performance caliber of the 911 Turbo S places a great deal of emphasis on overall efficiency, the inclusion of new fuel - saving technology, including a new stop / start system that cuts the engine at 4 mph as you roll to a standstill, as well as the coasting function brought to other 911 models, has clearly improved its credentials in this area.