Sentence examples for effectively be over from inspiring English sources

But if the court rules definitively in Mr. Bush's favor, this election will effectively be over and Mr. Gore will have no choice but to concede.

Knowing that the process this year would effectively be over by March 7, Mr. Mason said, Mr. Bush and his main rival, Senator John McCain of Arizona, had an incentive to try for "a death stroke" against each other.

The candidates are girding for an unusually frantic nomination schedule that starts with the Iowa caucuses on Jan . 19 and could effectively be over by March 2, if not sooner, when 11 states hold contests.

If BP succeeds in keeping the cap atop the well closed until a relief well is finished, that would mean the gusher would effectively be over, three months — and tens of millions of gallons of oil — after it began.

That means the whole DRM debate would effectively be over, and music would perhaps not be free, but near as damn as makes no odds.

If the commission loses, the case against Mr. Dorozhko will effectively be over.

If the Jazz had lost Game 4 and fell behind, 3-1, the series would have effectively been over.

Help, featuring Banararama (whose career had effectively been over for at least three years at the point) and LaNaNeeNeeNooNoo, scores points if only because of the weak smile raised at the name.

The registrar's ruling means the club's affairs will effectively be handed over to an Official Receiver.

Hartley's Lions tour could be over, effectively, because of a referee's accent.

At this rate, African forest elephants could effectively be extinct over the next decade.