Sentence examples for were dropped for from inspiring English sources

The treason allegations were dropped for lack of evidence.

The swimming ducks, or mergansers, were dropped, for instance.

He, the I.O.C. delegate, said the athletes who tested positive were dropped for two reasons.

Two Olympic weight classes were dropped for men and two were added for women.

Victims who came forward were intimidated into silence; their families were shunned; cases were dropped for a lack of cooperation.

Over the following decade drugs from Sanofi-Aventis and Abbott were dropped for fear of other health risks.

He was held in custody for two months, but the charges ultimately were dropped for lack of evidence.

But at least one beneficial consequence of this really terrible war in Iraq would be if the pretense of the "special relationship" were dropped for good.

She had also been charged with criminal mischief for hitting the cars, but the charges were dropped for lack of evidence.

But then Watson was one of four Australians who were dropped for disciplinary reasons from the third five-day test, in Mohali, India.

They were dropped for a variety of reasons, I.O.C. members and consultants say, including baseball's doping problems and the dominance of a few countries.