Sentence examples for may stop a from inspiring English sources

The N.F.L. may stop a game because of lightning, but it has never canceled a game because of cold or snow or rain or fog.

Section 140.50(1) of the state's Criminal Procedure Law provides that "a police officer may stop a person in a public place... when he reasonably suspects that such person is committing, has committed or is about to commit" a crime.

Occasionally, she allowed, she may stop a birder for a quick photo consultation when stumped on a particular feature, as she did recently to more accurately depict the eyes of that great horned owl she saw in a tree on the point that juts into the lake across from Bethesda Terrace.

Crash failures may stop a VM or the entire PM.

While a law enforcement officer may stop a car or an individual, there has to be a valid reason, such as a traffic violation.

And it may stop A from stealing from B, as it protects inter alia B's freedom to dispose of his property as he wishes.

In Virginia, as elsewhere, the death penalty is never mandatory, and a governor may stop an execution any time he believes it is right to do so.

At times a single word by a fellow officer on the scene, or a hand on the shoulder, may stop an officer who is beginning to act in an abusive way.

Understanding the physiology of pregnancy, the factors that influence the teratogenic potential of medications and vaccines, and the infection control measures that may stop an outbreak will aid planners in making recommendations for care of pregnant women during large-scale infectious disease emergencies.

Scientists in Austria report in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that a dog may stop obeying a command if it sees that another dog is getting a better deal.

"If they see you can have a recognised career at a young age," she continued, "they may stop thinking a career in science is such a hard thing".