Sentence examples for been abandoned before from inspiring English sources

In contrast, the commission was admiring of Mr. Bush's accomplishments in Afghanistan, saying he and Congress "deserve praise for their efforts in Afghanistan so far," but urging "long-term commitments" to helping a country that has been abandoned before, in the early 1990's.

Koussa's office was not the only one that had been abandoned before being completely cleared.

Both previous strategies have been abandoned before their success was measured, making it very difficult to find evidence of consistent improvement.

During the last month, Kirkes has visited a few other houses that had been abandoned before she arrived the residents had fled.

In Iraq 18 months later, there were plenty of burnt-out Iraqi army tanks on the roads but, when I looked inside, most had been abandoned before they were destroyed by air strikes.

At another Café Venezuela in El Calvario, a park designed by French architects in the 19th century that had been abandoned before its recent renovation, customers lounged on beanbag chairs and listened to readings of poetry by Latin American writers like Pablo Neruda.

During this time, 99,400 calls were abandoned before being answered.

The initial design, Avion II, was abandoned before completion.

A third attempt was abandoned before it reached a vote.

If not, then it can be abandoned before any more expensive tests are conducted.

With luck, this flawed "feel good" experiment will be abandoned before it becomes the norm.