Sentence examples for on a pause from inspiring English sources

It takes a second or so for the gas inside to be ionized and the light to come on, a pause referred to as its start-up time.

It's as if time is truly under house arrest there and history has been placed on a pause button.

Donors might be expected to use their influence to insist on a pause in fighting and a stepped-up evacuation plan.

There was an ultimate self-remembering that went on, a pause, the way you do when you stand in front of the Grand Canyon.

But Rock insists on a pause to acknowledge the seriousness of his situation: "Don't clap for that shit," he says, "unless you're a lawyer".

The main parties to the civil war are agreed on a "pause" in hostilities, due to begin at the end of this week, coupled with the immediate despatch of aid to prevent a humanitarian disaster.

The small dot indicates the occurrence of a pause, based on a 2-s threshold, from the text production process.

Press * three times for a pause on a Nokia or LG cell phone, a 'p' should appear.

The way he freaks classic scratches like the one on "Rebel Without a Pause" is a sight to behold.

He told the Commons: "I announced on 8 December 2008 a pause in negotiations over the St Helena airport contract.

There was a pause on the line.