Sentence examples for down the transit from inspiring English sources

Orders to shut down the transit system went out at once.

Unable to hunt him down, the transit system struggled to mount a defense.

Authorities in New York City yesterday shut down the transit system, while Mayor Bloomberg ordered the evacuation of parts of Manhattan.

The union has said that it is threatening to shut down the transit system on Monday if no contract is reached when the union's three-year contract expires.

By Friday morning, it had become evident that sustained winds, sufficient to shut down the transit system, send water surging over the coastline and likely close key bridges, would reach the city.

According to a search of transcripts of local broadcasts, other stations in New York City briefly suggested that the protesters might try to shut down the transit system, but not to the same extent as the Fox station.

That figure was pulled down during the transit strike in December, when the railroad ran 528 extra trains to substitute for subway service and 950 of its trains were delayed by at least six minutes, said Brian Dolan, a spokesman for the Long Island Rail Road.

He might also wish to recall that in 1973 Kreisky capitulated to the P.L.O. by agreeing to close down the Schoenau transit headquarters for those same Soviet emigrants.

Both these mechanisms, although apparently not connected to each other, may contribute to slowing down the faecal transit, leading to constipation.

Nonnutritive sucking (NNS) influences gastrointestinal functions of preterm infants, increasing the sucking reflex maturation and endorsing an earlier achievement of full oral feeding [ 66]; moreover, NNS is reported to slow down the intestinal transit time and to enhance weight gain [ 67], while no effects were observed on gastric emptying and nutrient absorption [ 68, 69].

In clinical practice, dealing with a constipated patient requires accurate collection of anamnestic data, with particular attention to family history, medications (especially those that are known to slow down the gastrointestinal transit) and comorbidities, together with a physical examination that includes digital rectal examination [ 2].