Sentence examples for put work on hold from inspiring English sources

He had put work on hold to look after his mother-in-law, who was suffering from dementia.

Thousands of Irish football fans have put work on hold to support their team in Europe.

Here's a good excuse to put work on hold for an hour this afternoon: Taking a longer nap can boost learning and memory.

For example, Latvians used to celebrate the event with a feast of beer and cheese and putting work on hold!

Historically, in marriages between artists, it is the wife who has had to put work or career aspirations on hold.

The City of Phoenix and a developer who was poised to demolish a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home have reached an agreement that will put any work on hold while a search continues for a buyer.

Mr. Andsnes then put that work on hold for some years while he explored a wide and adventuresome repertory and became about the most interesting pianist of his generation.

The order, made by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Department of Health and Human Services, states that researchers studying these topics should put their work on hold "while experts spend a year hashing out the risks and benefits of the studies and developing a policy for when to allow them," Kaiser wrote.

But unlike many other federal agencies that will have to furlough essential staff and put their work on hold, the military is largely exempt from a shutdown and will continue to operate normally.

The conference was organized by Paul Berg, a molecular biologist who voluntarily put his work on hold after co-workers became concerned that he might create a virus spliced with E. coli that could escape the lab environment and cause a cancerous outbreak.

Rio Tinto will begin expansion work at its Argyle diamond mine next year, after putting the work on hold when demand began to collapse late last year.