Sentence examples for famously stopped from inspiring English sources

Malaysia famously stopped foreign investors from taking their money out of the country during a crisis in 1998.

He famously stopped one huge mooted telecoms merger between AT&T and SBC Communications merely by disapproving of it in principle.

In fact Polman famously stopped quarterly reporting and drew a line in the sand by making it clear he wanted investors who were interested only in supporting the long-term health of the company.

Jet-heeled wing Takudzwa Ngwenya - the man who famously stopped renowned speedster Bryan Habana at the 2007 World Cup - sticks on the afterburners but is caught by Amanaki Mafi.

The incident doesn't come much as a surprise since LuPone famously stopped mid-song during a 2009 performance of "Gypsy".

On the eve of the 35th anniversary of their "Rumble in the Jungle," Foreman paid tribute to the man who so famously stopped him in the eighth round of their 1974 heavyweight title fight, the first ever held in Africa.

But his career was full of achievements: the 1994 Stanley Cup, which he helped win by famously stopping Vancouver's Pavel Bure on a penalty shot; a gold medal at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, the only world title for the United States since the 1980 Winter Olympics; and a silver medal from the 2002 Olympics.

He was the marketing guy; she had the financial sense, famously stopping him from giving away free meals in the beginning.

On her way in, famously, she stopped and quoted St. Francis of Assisi about bringing harmony where there was doubt — a statement that I and many others came to see as the first of her many outrages.

But when the neon sign disappeared, the overworked, consistently distracted and famously busy city stopped and paid attention.

As well he might, for Holloway is famously a bishop who stopped believing in God.