1.   After two days the talks had ground to a halt.

2.   It was clear that the peace talks had ground to a halt.

3.   And when he sits at the conference table at work and the budgetary talk grinds over well-worn ruts, he drifts to her side.

4.   However, the talks have ground to a halt.

5.   Peace talks ground to a halt when construction began last month on Jewish houses in east Jerusalem, which Palestinians claim as a future capital.

6.   As talks ground on, Israeli and international pressure on Arafat continued, with officials urging him to do more to stop terrorism.

7.   Inter-Korean talks have ground to a halt since US President George W. Bush took office last year and signalled a hardline stance toward Pyongyang.

8.   But since then the talks have ground to a halt, despite US efforts to bring both sides back to the negotiating table.

9.   But since then there have been no concrete developments, prompting concern from some that the talks may have ground to a halt.

10.   Without this new formula, Ramaker said he considered talks would have ground to a halt on Monday.