Sentence examples for stoppages for from inspiring English sources

Now, there are 1.1 stoppages for replay a game.

As The Times put it, "play became very rough in the second half", with several stoppages for injury.

She won 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 in two hours and 43 minutes, with stoppages for rain and, finally, the drawing over of the roof.

Earlier, Del Potro, the fifth seed, had to endure two stoppages for rain before easing through at the expense of France's Michael Llodra.

The Sugar Bowl was ladled out like a tureen of molasses, demonstrating the need for legislation to ban clock stoppages for first downs.

Indeed, tunneling history is filled with instances in which a sudden encounter with unanticipated conditions caused long stoppages for changes in construction methods, in design, or in both, with resulting great increases in cost and time.

Teachers went on strike, and other unions announced a two-hour work stoppage for Sunday.

There was a brief stoppage for rain but no pause for regrets.

At least that stoppage for injury hasn't ruined this match's momentum, for there wasn't any.

A strange sort of half, which is perhaps not unsurprising given the lengthy stoppage for the electrical storm.

Last month, Italians staged a general strike, the country's most disruptive stoppage for 20 years, to protest over reforms to make it easier to fire workers.