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.