Sentence examples for the system stops working from inspiring English sources

Customers pay their bill by phone; if they don't pay, the system stops working, and after a while it is repossessed.

Open source or FLOSS software and Creative Commons follow the same generative ideology: when the system stops working, create a new system.

Getting the heating and cooling systems cleaned and other routine tasks done is important — as is getting a service contract so if the system stops working in the depths of winter, you'll not have to overpay to get a technician to come to your home.We've always had good luck asking our new neighbors which company they have found to be reputable and attentive for this work.

So when I lifted my foot off the brake pedal too much, the system stopped working.

But in June, during what should have been a peak period of marking, the system stopped working for two weeks, throwing OCR's timetable into disarray.

While homebuyers were concerned when the system stopped working for almost 10 hours on Monday, the money it processes for them is just a fraction of the transactions it handles daily.

And after one to two days of no sleep, the body decreases its ability to properly metabolize glucose, the immune system stops working as well and the body's internal temperature begins to sink, Slate reported.

Soon after death, however, the immune system stops working, leaving them to spread throughout the body freely.

The sound system stops working halfway through.

But what if a borrower's car breaks down or the home heating system stops working?

Ms. MacDougal is right: the public education system stops working for poor black and Latino children way before college.