Sentence examples for ceased for a from inspiring English sources

The pope endorsed the bans in 1679, and transfusion all but ceased for a century.

All the talk of grand slams and world cups ceased for a minute before kick-off at Twickenham.

New exploration ceased for a while.

What if all change, throughout the entire universe, completely ceased for a period of, say, one year?

In cases where brain activity has indeed ceased for a given patient, the NDE may have occurred either before the cessation or after normal brain activity has resumed; it is not necessary to assume that the NDE and the brain's non-activity were simultaneous ("Living Persons").

In the 1870s, the construction of ironclads ceased for a while in France as the Jeune Ecole school of naval thought took prominence, suggesting that torpedo boats and unarmored cruisers would be the future of warships.

In 1945, he led Labour to a stunning victory over Churchill, not ceasing for a moment in his admiration for his wartime role, nor ceding for a moment to what he perceived as his partner's reactionary vision.

That Hopie and Lily produce their rugs entirely in one village means work might cease for a wedding; that they use natural dyes — including blacks derived from fermented jaggery and oxidized horseshoes — means tonal variation across the "hanks" of fiber.

Wells and coworkers [ 3] stated that, 'After any abdominal operation it is usual for intestinal movements to cease for a time and then to return gradually.

"Violence has to cease for an election to be conducted, otherwise that election will not be legitimate," he said.

Because of under-reporting, the actual number of people infected is substantially larger, particularly considering that many countries have ceased testing for A(H1N1) [1].