Sentence examples for stoppages in from inspiring English sources

Rugby league has far more natural stoppages in play.

The rail unions have staged eight stoppages in ten months.

And there were too many stoppages in [American] football.

The strike is one of few national stoppages in recent history with widespread public support.

Residents in Yunnan's capital, Kunming, suffer periodic stoppages in supplies of tap water.

Two stoppages in seven fights would not normally excite the poor people.

Even when walking casually during stoppages in play, she seemed more lithe than the other girls.

I do think, however, that defensive teams benefit from the high number of stoppages in play.

Unlike previous labor-stoppages in pro sports, namely, the acrimonious Major League Baseball strike in 1994, the N.F.L. lockout has failed to elicit much rage from the fans, who have either behaved like mature adults who recognize that football is a complex business venture, or like addicts awaiting their next hit.

Some 3,900 workers took part in a one-day stoppage in Berlin and Brandenberg on May 13th.

Death was attributed to a cerebral congestion — a blood stoppage in the brain.