Sentence examples for had initially abandoned from inspiring English sources

The private equity group had initially abandoned its bid after the German regulator BaFin said it believed the company would not be able to finance the deal.

The administration had initially pressed but later abandoned the argument.

The administration found itself in an awkward position on this question before the Supreme Court, as it had initially pressed but later abandoned the argument.

The few secular lords who had initially supported Anacletus gradually abandoned his cause as lost; only King Roger II of Sicily, who had received the crown from Anacletus in exchange for support, stood at his side to the very end.

High wages in the factory districts had initially caused women to abandon the home for the mills.

Mr. Gore's harshly aggressive strategy worked just fine in the primaries, where Democratic voters who had initially seemed interested in Mr. Bradley abandoned him in droves.

The ferry skipper had initially ordered everyone on board to abandon ship as a precautionary step, said Jess Supan, vice-president of Aboitiz Transport System, which owns the steel-hulled ferry.

After that press conference, even the Democratic elected officials who had initially stuck by the governor began to abandon him.

We had initially also used the Chalmers scale [ 17, 18] but abandoned it when the reliability between data abstractors was very poor.

The project had initially been intended as pure science fiction but this was soon abandoned in favor of a mixed fantasy and science fiction setting.

The experience of ignorance made the women feel abandoned, lost, insecure and let down in situations where they had initially expected to receive support.