But when she proposed a measure to slow construction, the City Council rejected it by a 7-to-1 vote.

They worked on many dazzling projects in the late '20s and early '30s, before the Great Depression slowed new construction.

Artifis tells the workers to demand less whipping, which would slow construction.

For many years, the limits slowed construction of new skyscrapers.

However, he said that Israel would be willing to slow construction.

Labor disputes and an outbreak of yellow fever further slowed construction.

Some doubt that slowing construction is the answer.

These factors combined to slow construction and drive up project costs.

Though developers were caught off guard by the city's newfound vigor to slow construction, they are now beginning to organize.

The high water table of the pastureland slowed construction of the work, which started early in 1943.