Sentence examples for had virtually ended from inspiring English sources
The opposition of General Baldomero Espartero, whose victories over the Carlists had virtually ended the civil war, prompted María Cristina to resign the regency (1840).
At the end of his monthly address in February 2015, he expressed dismay over the renewal of violence against people with albinism, actions that he thought had virtually ended after the government crackdown in 2011 against traditional practitioners.
By the early 20th Century trade on the canal had virtually ended, but the waterway was restored and reopened to the public in 1970.
Hygienic measures and elimination of rats from human habitations have virtually ended urban epidemics of plague in the developed world.
D1 BUSINESS DAY C1-18 ThEndnd of Cheap Books The discount era in the bookstore business has virtually ended.
Many manufactur ers have dismissed housewives who had worked part‐time Overtime pay, which many workers could once rely upon as a regular 'supplement to their wages, has virtually ended.
Mr. Goldberg's entry into the campaign was said by politi cians in a position to know to have virtually ended all talk of Mayor Lindsay making a bid for Governor.
Since the land-mine treaty entered into force, experts say more than 40 million have been destroyed, trade in land mines has virtually ended, and in 2007 only two countries — Russia and Myanmar — used them.
This fifth successive defeat has virtually ended Leicester's hopes of qualifying for Europe and Taylor must be thankful for the tremendous start his side made to the season.
