But increasing foreign resistance brought this plan to a virtual halt.

Though construction came to a virtual halt during the mid-1960s, by the early 1970s development was beginning again.

Construction of low-income housing has come to a virtual halt.

A strike by the society would bring the court system to a virtual halt.

American car imports to Mexico have ground to a virtual halt.

Construction of new housing for the poor has come to a virtual halt.

Factories, deprived of parts and markets, have ground to a virtual halt.

They used it to attack other boats, bringing river traffic to a virtual halt.

Democrats have vowed to bring Senate business to a virtual halt if they do.

Almost all the action now is in the bond market as stock underwriting has come to a virtual halt.