Sentence examples for is abandoned for from inspiring English sources

Narrative, therefore, is abandoned for sensation.

Although the subject matter is the same (illicit affairs among the Viennese bourgeoisie), the atmosphere of engaging superficiality is abandoned for narratives of extreme interiority.

It would be an utter tragedy if a unique research programme is abandoned for the cost of a few miles of motorway".

The newly-created page on the 38 Degrees site lets people find their MP via their postcode, and then email them to demand that the bill gets a proper debate - or is abandoned for this Parliament.

When Lila is abandoned for the second time, it is by a decent person, the head of the work crew that she and Doll joined at the beginning of the book.

It's one of the most haunting pieces here, along with a version of Paul Simon's "The Boy in the Bubble" on which the original's mbaqanga bounce is abandoned for a more solemn, reflective piano treatment that brings the line about "the way the camera follows us in slo-mo" eerily to life.

The field was abandoned for a time.

"Those plans are abandoned for now".

It had been abandoned for 10 years.

Maybe national prejudices can be abandoned for good.

The seat height adjustment was abandoned for the same reason.