Sentence examples for marking a pause from inspiring English sources

As my colleagues Anthony Shadid and Steven Lee Myers report, the Syrian government announced on Wednesday that military forces were being withdrawn from the central city of Hama, apparently marking a pause in the offensive there.

Her words hang in the air, briefly marking a pause before the blur of motion that is her life resumes: before she gets back into the studio with Maurice Fulton and presses Adera Dera for its upcoming vinyl release; before she writes the next time-unravelling song.

In Europe's long nightmare of a 20th century, the Eleventh Hour had merely marked a pause, not called a halt.

FOR a few months, it looked as if the 2012 general election might mark a pause in the culture wars that have roiled so many previous American political contests.

Basically, there are two schools of thought: One plays by ear, using the comma to mark a pause, like dynamics in music; if you were reading aloud, the comma would suggest when to take a breath.

And up went the yen, pushed lower these past few weeks by "carry traders" borrowing cheaply in Japan and lending for more elsewhere.No one yet knows whether this week's shudders mark a pause before prices glide serenely upwards again or the start of a proper tumble.

Speaking on RTL Radio, Moscovici blamed one-off factors such as slowing aircraft orders (the Paris Air Show, in June, typically delivers a boost to industry), saying: The productive forces are starting up again, production is recovering We knew the third quarter would mark a pause, it's not a surprise, it's not an indicator of decline, it's not a recession.

"We knew the third quarter would mark a pause, it's not a surprise, it's not an indicator of decline, it's not a recession".

The Peace of Amiens (1802) marked a short pause in the Napoleonic Wars.

In addition, such a tangible event could also mark a psychological pause for the rapidly evolving Chinese nation.

Gillick's invocation of that work suggests that this show similarly marks a reflective pause in the skyrocketing career of a pioneering Young British Artist.