1.   And that will put a brake on industrial well-being.

2.   But looking after five-month-old daughter Atlanta has put a brake on her clothes shopping sprees.

3.   If Peres and Labor are defeated, the Likud Party has vowed to put the brakes on the peace movement.

4.   Laid crops and unsettled weather put the brakes on harvest for many growers this week.

5.   Shortages can put a brake on development.

6.   There are indications, however, that the government is now trying to put the brakes on further expansion.

7.   Illness had put a brake on his progress.

8.   This would counter the activities of Charles de Gaulle and put a brake on the inward-looking tendencies in the Community.

9.   Americans put the brakes on stock-fund investing in October, as the sagging market drove fund flows to their lowest level in more than a year.

10.   Analyst said orders probably reached their peak during November as fallout from the Asian financial turmoil will put the brakes on factory production heading into the new year.