Sentence examples for practically ceases from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, with the key attached anyone can open the lock at will, so the lock itself practically ceases to exist, except as a token, a sort of ghost lock, fading away to join all the other misty paradoxes of the ever mysterious East.

"Without them, narcotics operations would practically cease to function".

By that date, Baldwin had practically ceased communicating by mail.

In 1932, for instance, real investment had practically ceased in the United States.

Music in the tradition of Broadway greats like Richard Rodgers, Frank Loesser and Stephen Sondheim has practically ceased to be a necessary or even desirable ingredient, with the result that performances of true depth and musical intelligence are increasingly rare.

During the second half of the 19th century, river shipping was of great importance, but, with growing competition from railways and demand for irrigation water (first used at Mildura in 1886), navigation practically ceased.

Property seizures to recoup back taxes have practically ceased, and as David Cay Johnston reported in Friday's Times, the I.R.S. has effectively written off $2.5 billion owed by 668,018 taxpayers last year.

Mr. Carroll Adams, the assistant manager, said that the music is not meant to speed up the production, but the trifling ailments that used to send employees to the infirmary have practically ceased since they installed music.

In each experimental operation, hydrate formation continued for a limited time (from ∼6 to ∼25h) and then practically ceased, leaving only a small proportion (typically 15% or less) of the aqueous solution unconverted into hydrate crystals.

Second, from insitu investigations we determined 96 values of θG as the terminal soil water contents that established themselves when the corresponding water-content waves of preferential flow have practically ceased.

The works of the Ostmarkenverein practically ceased during the war.