Sentences with phrase «to a grinding halt»

We've all seen the diminishing effect of free promotions... this was expected, however, my last free stint for both of my books have brought sales to a near grinding halt.

Of course there are stickier situations when your best fail - safe plans can go awry, bringing your day to a grinding halt.

Then, just three weeks ago, Google Glass came to a grinding halt.

Last Thursday that revenue roll came to a grinding halt for them when Pinterest put the brakes on all affiliate links once and for all.

But, in early 2011 that sprint came to a grinding halt.

Basically your financial world comes to a grinding halt.

One day the rabbit breaks, comes to a grinding halt and the dog actually catches it, only to realize the rabbit he was so desperately chasing for so long wasn't really all what it appeared to be from a distance.

One week after legal sales of marijuana began, the Nevada Department of Taxation reported that sales were exceeding expectations, stores were running low on stock, and that a shortage would «bring this nascent market to a grinding halt.»

However, the enthusiasm quickly came to a grinding halt in 2008, as the global financial crisis disrupted the availability of investment capital.

For instance, Enron's misleading practices went on for years before the game came to a grinding halt.

Before we decide to write - off all sales and self - promotion, deciding that it is wrong to engage in that activity, remember the words of Brian Tracy: «Without sales, our entire society would come to a grinding halt.»

The cork was barely out of the champagne bottle when the celebration about bitcoin's first U.S. exchange came to a grinding halt this week due to a license snafu.

But by last month all the moving pieces seemed to have come to a grinding halt.

The helping hand from censors is in stark contrast to Baidu's woes two years ago, when regulators cracked down on its advertising practices, gutting its marketing client base and bringing its revenue growth to a grinding halt.

This saw the first half rally in the stock markets come to a grinding halt and led to a huge shift in the value of currencies across the globe.

As I've been saying the last couple of weeks, British citizens and businesses have grown fed up with an avalanche of failed socialist rules and regulations from Brussels, responsible for bringing growth and innovation to a grinding halt.

If you want to bring a dinner party to a grinding halt, just try to get a good conversation going on death and dying.

Things like this should bring the relationship to a grinding halt.

6:6 - 11), our economy would come to a grinding halt.

In the middle of the parade the oil companies float came to a grinding halt and the rest of the parade with it.

Waiting for the heart to prompt us would bring the world to a grinding halt.

All that hype sure came to a grinding halt last season.

And that's where I think it comes to a grinding halt.

In conclusion, the review presented proves that your life need not come to a grinding halt because of the demands of raising three children.

The problem becomes when an issue arises that can force your business to a grinding halt, such as a network failure, corrupt system, security breach or the like.

Recent reports of secret meetings among industry reps and the Food and Drug Adminstration over GMO labeling piqued my interest, mostly because this critical aspect was missing: any effort to label GE foods at the federal level could bring the current grassroots movement to a grinding halt by preventing any stronger local laws from ever being enacted.

In earlier years, my husband shared that vision, but the addition of our third boy in less than 5 years brought family expansion discussions to a grinding halt.

You were once cool, with unique but classic tastes: does parenthood have to bring your fashion sense to a grinding halt?

«The sad truth is our transportation system is on a collision course with a fiscal reality that could wreck our economy and bring our great city to a grinding halt,» Stringer writes.

It has finally recognised that leaving the customs union and single market will create a flurry of new tariffs and standards checks at Dover and Calais, which will bring traffic to a grinding halt.

Renowned for his infamous «Rivers of blood» speech in 1968 that brought a growing political career to a grounding halt, Powell's legacy is highly divisive.

00:28 - If this is the case it means the driving electoral momentum for the SNP which culminated in Glasgow East has come to a grinding halt.

The first - ever shutdown would bring nearly all services except prisons, health - care institutions and the State Police to a grinding halt and leave more than 100,000 state workers idle and without paychecks, insiders said.

«Having Lib Dems in Government will insure our environment against the risk of sharp lurches to the left or right that would result in our green ambitions coming to a grinding halt.»

Discretionary spending should have come to a GRINDING HALT long ago.

After a month of Senate gridlock brought the legislative process to a grinding halt, Gov. David Paterson appointed former MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor Wednesday night in an...

A jammed subway car door and signal problems brought the morning commute to a grinding halt for thousands of straphangers Thursday morning.

Now, they say, after years of underfunding, things have come to a «grinding halt», and nearly 6000 people with disabilities are on waiting lists.

John Samson and Malcolm Smith they couldn't get the conference organized and Monseratte — he went to the other side,» she said, referring to the 2009 turmoil when Democratic Senators Hiram Monseratte and Pedro Espada flipped handing power to the Republicans and bringing state government to a grinding halt for five weeks.

Negotiations came to a grinding halt in February this year, when the DFA and the university failed to reach an agreement on the key issues of salaries and the number of teaching positions in each faculty, as well as a host of other topics such as parental leave, nondiscrimination, flexible retirement, technology - assisted classes, and peer review in tenure cases.

This brings the fatty acid cycle to a grinding halt, and the parasite can not divide for want of new cell membranes.

On thisscouting mission, the elevator comes to a grinding halt at 6,120 feetand the researchers walk through a short tunnel to a second elevatorthat takes them to the mine's newest and deepest diggings.

Yesterday, the Jeffreys Bay surf tournament in South Africa came to a grinding halt after two sharks, suspected to be great whites, shook surfer Mick Fanning clear off his board.

These death cheaters survived by entering a state of suspended animation, in which the machinery of life temporarily comes to a grinding halt.

In the wake of a failed coup attempt last weekend, the Turkish government has brought higher education to a grinding halt.

Your career comes to a sudden, grinding halt.

«Weight loss will come to a grinding halt, as you discovered this morning.»

When Venus Williams was diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome in 2011, her tennis career almost came to a grinding halt.