Sentence examples for * reprieve in from inspiring English sources

Then he got sick, and the doctor came, and he was going to be allowed fourteen days' reprieve in all.

An appeal was dismissed, and he was hanged at Pentonville Prison despite attempts by influential Englishmen to secure a reprieve in view of his past services to the British government.

But Fargo, at least, was granted a reprieve in the form of colder air that pushed into the area on Friday, slowing the melt and the pace of the Red River's surge.

Britain already won a reprieve in March, when European Union finance ministers delayed a decision on new rules for hedge funds that are part of draft legislation called the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.

The reprieve in California is the latest example of the reticence some states have shown when it comes time to impose the significant consequences of the testing movement they have pushed so avidly in recent years.

As the media hangmen tightened their noose, Brisbane coach Michael Voss won a reprieve in round eight when his team beat a barnstorming Essendon in the upset of the season so far.

We may get a day or two reprieve in the next month, similar to August when Tropical Storm Madeline blew by Hawaii and knocked carbon dioxide below 400 ppm for a day.

SKY NEWS Court Grants Lagarde a Delay | Christine Lagarde, the new head of the International Monetary Fund, has been granted a reprieve in a French investigation over whether she abused her authority as finance minister by intervening for a friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The wide coastal, banana cultivated plain makes for an exceptionally verdant landscape and scenic reprieve in an otherwise predominantly urbanized coastline.

It's slow going for news on a Friday night and the pageview gods send you a reprieve in the form of a tweet.

Greece won a reprieve Wednesday in its battle to stave off financial ruin after the European Commission endorsed plans to bring its public finances under control.