Sentence examples for he was curtailing from inspiring English sources

David Cameron was facing a potentially damaging Commons defeat over the Leveson report after he startled his Liberal Democrat coalition partners by unilaterally announcing that he was curtailing months of talks on press regulation and would put his proposals to a vote in the Commons on Monday.

Earlier this month, Holder announced he was curtailing the Justice Department's Equitable Sharing Program, which funnels hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from seized assets to police departments across the country.

He's curtailed his attacking instincts just enough to be the perfect player for the situation.

There are several explanations for that, ranging from the at least initially unflattering (he's older and bulkier than he once was, curtailing his capacity for faunlike leaps) to the biographical.

Last month, Ford announced it was curtailing leasing in Rhode Island.

Mr. Jackson, in a statement issued because a supermarket tabloid, The National Enquirer, was preparing to disclose the information, said he would be curtailing his public activities while "taking some time off to revive my spirit and reconnect with my family".

On September 8, Brunson announced that he would be curtailing his recruitment and making his decision between Illinois and Villanova on September 10.

Although Hewitt's tournament preparation was curtailed after he contracted chickenpox, he came out in sparkling form.

This career was curtailed when he imbibed too much of the local spirit and fell off the stage.

Then there was his erstwhile This Morning colleague Beechy Colclough, whose habit of seducing vulnerable patients was curtailed when he was struck off by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

The first attempt to convert Pietersen into a bludgeoning No 2 in the World Cup last year was curtailed when he left the tournament for surgery on a hernia.