Sentence examples for from active work from inspiring English sources

After retiring from active work in the financial field, he devoted himself to art and philanthropy.

Sister Giannini, who lives with other Sisters of Mercy in a Chicago suburb, has been retired from active work for five years because of failing health.

The New Yorker, February 20 , 1926 P. 15British merchant advocates retirement of all men over 60 from active work in industry.

He was without funds, had no acquaintances in this country, did not know the language, and suffered from defective vision which harassed him all his life, and made sad his last years, when he was compelled practically to retire from active work.

When Sloane retired from active work in 1741, his library and cabinet of curiosities had grown to be of unique value, and on his death he bequeathed his collection to the nation, on condition that Parliament pay his executors £20,000.

The enslaved robots were forced to wave signs celebrating a human's "retirement" from active work as well as to announce the birth of small, parasitic humans.

Study co-author Gavin Bradley, from Active Working, a community interest company which co-commissioned the study and set up www.getbritainstanding.org, said: "We are creatures of habit and we have come to the wrong conclusion, that sitting is the optimum way of conducting office work.

My son's third-grade teacher, who has a remarkable ability to turn reluctant readers into bookworms, worries that too much passive listening will keep children from the active work of decoding texts.

Above all, I know that every aspect of the American economy benefits from the active work of our entrepreneurs.

The Ross Monument shows Ross defending a ballot box, honoring his martyrdom, which resulted from his active work against election corruption in Troy.

Volunteers were prohibited from any active work.