Sentence examples for abandon the work from inspiring English sources

And the worry, Ms. Martin said, is that companies could abandon the work halfway.

Many of them had established strong bonds with Iraqis and didn't want to abandon the work they had done together.

Huang said many people train but never become professionals, or abandon the work soon after they begin.

WASHINGTON — A day after it began drilling its first well in the Arctic Ocean, Shell has been forced to temporarily abandon the work because of sea ice moving into the area.

Something in their mutual chemistry makes them ignore formal authority, abandon the work they had been allocated, and pursue the biggest challenge in science: they want to discover exactly how biological information is transmitted through the generations.

Despite the symphony's rejection by the Court and the lukewarm reception on its premiere, Smetana did not abandon the work.

For instance, Levy mentions that Minnelli persuaded his longtime producer, Arthur Freed, to abandon the working title for "The Band Wagon" — without ever telling us what that working title was.

But most abandoned the work as too costly and complex.

Becoming dissatisfied with this sculpture, Michelangelo broke one of the figures and abandoned the work.

He then abandoned the work on the mural, which was far from being completed.

For many women, the choice amounts to the terrible prospect of relinquishing a measure of influence over their children or abandoning the work they love.