Sentence examples for was severed for from inspiring English sources

Communication with those in the Baba Amr neighborhood, the epicenter of a government bombardment that has lasted more than three weeks, was severed for several hours, and there were conflicting reports throughout the day over whether the long-expected assault on the area had already begun.

The claim was without merit and this employee was severed for reasons entirely unrelated to leave".

When the World Trade Center PATH station was destroyed, a vital link between New Jersey and Lower Manhattan was severed for 75,000 daily riders.

In 1976, the fire department moved to Fire Station #6 with the bulb; the bulb's cord was severed for fear that unscrewing it could damage it.

Less than two years later Dwight Eisenhower imposed an embargo, and most ties were severed for the next 54 years.

A6 U.S. Restores Libya Ties The United States formally restored diplomatic ties with Libya that had been severed for 24 years.

The notorious blizzard of 1888 brought down many of these ice-covered wires, most of which had to be severed for safety reasons.

Two major rail arteries have been severed for engineering work: the West Coast main line from London to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow, and the Great Western line between London, the West Country and South Wales.

*About a dozen smaller publications decried police use of torture, giving extensive coverage to the case of a man whose tongue had been severed for criticizing conditions at a local school.

"The traditional relationship between the Bank of England base rate and savings rates has been severed for some time and we don't think it will necessarily be restored," says Anna Bowes of savingschampion.co.uk.

Now that this lifeline appears to have been severed for one important borrower, it will be difficult for the government to rescue others.In this section The X files Great expectations Powers of concentration Inching closer B for Brazil Unmoved Japan's bankruptcy department ReprintsOther weak Shinsei customers also in deep trouble include big construction companies and non-bank financial firms.