Sentence examples for to abandon being from inspiring English sources

"Consolidation is forcing farmers to abandon being entrepreneurs and become low-wage contractees of big corporations," says Thomas Buis of the National Farmers Union.

The decision to abandon was made at 8am as the leading yacht entered Bass Strait.

"Decisions to abandon were not truly collective and community-based, but rather made by individuals who feared legal consequences," wrote Dagne.

The Texaco Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, now soon to be abandoned, were a prime example.

The most likely zones to be abandoned are found in the intermediate altitudinal range between 1500 and 2150 m, mostly on steep slopes (>30°).

Equipment that could not be repaired or that had to be abandoned was counted as losses.

It is typically easier to adopt or add new agents or treatments, but can be hard to abandon what is seen as standard treatment.

STEVE COLL: I think it's safer because the basic decision to abandon Mubarak is shared.

Any occasion to abandon routines is welcomed.

It remains unclear whether an order to abandon ship was ever given.

The battered ship slowly began to capsize and the order to abandon ship was given.