The phrase "long stoppage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an extended period of time when something has been halted or stopped. For example, "The construction project was delayed due to a long stoppage of rain."
This is the first long stoppage we've had.
What would be the impact of a short or a long stoppage?
Since many goods cannot efficiently be moved by air, a long stoppage would have meant a huge supply shock.
There is widespread anger among junior doctors at the cancellation, even though it appears that many of them were opposed to such a long stoppage.
The first long stoppage was due to take place on 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11 October, despite warnings from senior doctors, medical bodies and the chief executive of NHS England, Simon Stevens, that patients would be at risk.
This has made 2000 and 2001 bountiful years for many screenwriters: their prospective opponents, the producers and the studios, have been hiring writers for back-to-back, and sometimes simultaneous, jobs, to ensure that enough pictures are on hand to get them through a long stoppage.
When high-pressure flows occur unexpectedly, they result in long stoppages.
Indeed, tunneling history is filled with instances in which a sudden encounter with unanticipated conditions caused long stoppages for changes in construction methods, in design, or in both, with resulting great increases in cost and time.
In this case, the technology will make the call, essentially in real time, eliminating both long stoppages in game action as well as the possibility that two people might interpret the data — a replay — differently.
Players, managers and spectators will be sympathetic when a game is extended by up to 10 minutes or more because of long stoppages to treat seriously injured players but imagine the furore if a ref went this far for what he considered to be time wasted by one side or the other.
If only a small percentage of the country's American football fans can be exposed to rugby and persuaded that it is a similarly compelling and aggressive sport – with the added intrigue of no long stoppages, no helmets or pads – then it might have a chance to thrive during the spring and summer.
