Sentence examples for ceased for a while from inspiring English sources

New exploration ceased for a while.

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.

The guns ceased firing for a while, and the man came into the batteries: he proved to be a Ghoorkha, whose lower jaw had been shattered by a cannon shot, and who came thus frankly to solicit assistance from his enemy.

The field studies show that the diffusive leakage from the aquifer into the overburden diminishes ∼40 years after the injection has ceased for Lincolnshire while it stops after ∼12 years for Firth of Forth.

The Oldie survived early financial dramas, even ceasing publication for a while in 1994.

After termination of the controlled study, training at the workplace was ceased for approximately 16 months while waiting for the research report with the main results.

"We still can't say whether [the activity] will cease, continue like this for a while or erupt.

A count of states under the Zappa criteria would be interesting.Mark Melford LondonSIR – Based on Zappa's logic, Burundi ceased to be a state for a while because it didn't have an airline, whereas Liechtenstein, with a football team and beer albeit brewed in Switzerland struggles to claim statehood by lacking an airport.

If he does indeed turn out to be the lucky prime minister, Australia might just cease to be the lucky country—for a while at least.

The bells rang for a while and then ceased.

HM Phil Clark, what kind of pressure can we put on, because you can have a situation where the big man actually is a force for good for a while, and then ceases to be a force for good that you then can't do anything about it and these people can't get them out.