Sentences with phrase «to be at a standstill»

However the production was at a standstill for many years.

Not sufficiently large to power the entire car, but enough to switch the engine off and on when the car is at a standstill, for instance at traffic lights.»

NEW YORK — The city's Department of Education (DOE) and the teachers union are at a standstill in negotiations about teacher evaluations.

The pace of evolution in legal technology was at a standstill until recently when artificial intelligence (AI) started to make legal headlines.

The pedal feels a bit springy, especially when the vehicle is at a standstill.

Contract talks with all the unions are at a standstill since Mayor Bloomberg has insisted there's no money in the budget for retroactive pay hikes.

If you're concerned your job search is at a standstill because you appear to be too old, it's time for a job search style makeover.

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.

At the time, Congress was at a standstill on energy legislation, with Democrats challenging Vice President Dick Cheney over closed - door deliberations he'd led with industry to come up with the administration's energy policies.

It seems to be at a standstill with new ideas.

Considering the job market is at a standstill — with job growth not increasing fast enough and a large number of qualified candidates unemployed, your resume needs some extra spark to have greater impact and to get noticed.

As the article documented, temperatures in the U.S. have essentially been at a standstill over the last 10 + years, and catastrophic climate change (with its millions of IPCC predicted «climate refugees») is nowhere to be found.

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.

Sea surface temperatures over the last decade have essentially been at a standstill, which is a problem, since the ocean warms from the top down.

Although growth is at a standstill in Hilton's company - owned portfolio, the company plans to add 100 to 115 hotels through franchising agreements this year.

OK, finding out why traffic is at a standstill can be pretty handy too, but I want more than that.

Suppose your digital dirt has caught up with you, and you're finding that your job search is at a standstill while the negative information associated with your name is floating around.

«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.»

Overall, job growth has been at a standstill here over the past year, but employees tend to be happy at work, putting the state at 18th place when it comes to workplace environment.

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

Business, contracting and farming was at a standstill.

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

This may be the reason why this new strand of theology appears to be at a standstill right now.

I think my creative flow is at a standstill today.

What a night that was Ivan, It was the days when you still paid at the turnstile, Tottenham High Rd was at a standstill, we got in about 6 - 30, stood on the shelf, was among the last to do so because it was about then when all the gates were closed.

According to a report from the Daily Mirror, Bayern Munich, who are supposedly leading the race to sign Sanchez, do not want to meet the player's # 300,000 - a-week wage demands and talks are understood to be at a standstill between the two parties.

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.

The rear wheel lock assures that the stroller is at standstill while you complete your work.

Although both sides are continuing to explore the idea of a 13 - acre recreation campus near 95th Street, planning is at a standstill, Library Board members said.

While some trains started operating again shortly after the crash, the roads close to the area were at a standstill.

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.

Most researchers examine a catalyst's structure when the catalyst is at a standstill, but that is like trying to figure out how an athlete performs by watching him sleep.

Everything, everyone is at a standstill.....

I have lost close to fifty pounds but am at a standstill at this point post 15 months but I have lost inches.

Carl Allen is at a standstill.

Janicza Bravo's obscure comedy follows middle - aged Isaac Lachmann (Brett Gelman) whose acting career and love life are at a standstill.

David Packouz is at a standstill career-wise, when is school friend Efraim Diveroli arrives back into town.

Hardware-wise, there's nothing much to say about the Wii U. Sales are at a standstill, due to a lack of compelling Software and ongoing shortages.

Charter school growth in Boston is at a standstill, even though studies show strong academic results and the schools have popular support

Now, for the less heartening news, student test scores in recent years according to NAEP are at a standstill.

America's transition from the radar - based airspace management system of the 20th century to the satellite - based airspace management system of the future is at a standstill.

It's Not Over «Til The Big Dog Barks Indie publishing is still growing and it seems that established publishing is at a standstill.

You need to fight them off in order to win - the twist is time is at a standstill until you start to move and it's only when you start swinging your hands or moving your head that the action kicks in.

Lakeshore Drive was at a standstill.

Sawmills in China's frontier timber towns are at a standstill and thousands of Chinese timber workers have left the border area.