Sentence examples for cease to act from inspiring English sources

But sometimes the music or what he was reading would all of a sudden cease to act on him — or, worse, he would fall into despair or irritation, no longer able to see the bright horizon promised to him by music, by reading, by the art of imagination and the excitement of a sensitive heart.

It's time before matters drift to irremediable extremes that all sides, at least at the top, cease to act and speak emotionally.

Although our data show that Muller's ratchet slows through time, Muller's ratchet may not cease to act entirely in p-endosymbionts, and three outcomes have been recorded.

On the flip side, there remains a 'threat of expulsion' from the group should philanthropists cease to act on the discourses that exhort them to do their bit; implying ongoing 'elements of coercion' to conform even at this elite level (Boulding, 1962: 63, 63).

The Hofgericht ceased to act when the emperor was abroad and was dissolved upon his death.

"Many lawyers have already ceased to act in legal aid cases," they note.

In May 2006 the Court of Cassation upheld Nour's conviction, suggesting to many that the Egyptian judiciary had ceased to act independently of government directives.

"Mr. Adoboli had ceased to act as a professional investment banker and had begun to approach his work as a naked gambler," Ms. Wass said.

With the construction of a flood-control system on the Old River, however, the Red River ceased to act as a tributary of the Mississippi.

On Friday, August 18th, four days after the White House disavowed Icahn to me, he tweeted, "Today, with President Trump's blessing, I ceased to act as special advisor to the President on issues relating to regulatory reform".

The document submitted to the high court by PIL reportedly asks judges to make an order that it has ceased to act for 187 Iraqi claimants due to its "permanent closure".