The fence behind one of the goals is mercifully large, stopping stray balls from ending up in the long grass of a bayou drainage ditch that, rumour has it, contains venomous snakes.
Scientists have, by and large, stopped looking for "operational definitions" of their theoretical terms, and philosophers have, by and large, stopped telling them to do so.
The government signed the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty and by and large stopped proliferating weapons (though proliferation by rogue Chinese companies continued).
When we need to slash the price on an album to have a chance of competing with Amazon, this stuff " – she waves a purple T-shirt, large – "stops us going under".
But the American public, and the world at large, stopped caring what Nasa did 30-odd years ago - about 10 minutes after Armstrong set foot on the moon, to be precise - and Nasa only has itself to blame.
I do know, despite publishers' encouragement to do so, I have, by and large, stopped engaging with commenters.
The largest stop-lamp recall covers just over one million Hyundai models, according to a report the automaker provided to the safety agency.
The World's Largest Stop Motion Animation.
The process behind the film, which featured one of the largest stop-motion puppets in the world, is as fascinating as the film itself.
Conversely, Sumo Science at Aardman set out to break records again with the world's largest stop-motion animation on an 11,000 square foot set at Pendine Beach in South Wales.
