Sentence examples for which it abandoned from inspiring English sources

Subsequent Ottoman naval raids against Venetian ports in the Adriatic and the Aegean seas compelled Venice in 1432 to make a peace in which it abandoned its efforts to prevent the Ottoman advance to the Adriatic but was allowed to become the leading commercial power in the sultan's dominions.

Nuclear experts dismiss the notion that Brazil is trying to resume its nuclear weapons program, which it abandoned almost two decades ago.

Such a decision would mark a change in Japan's interpretation of its constitution, particularly of Article Nine, in which it abandoned the right to wage war or maintain an army.

Merging with Nissan would give it 5% of the American market, which it abandoned in the 1980s, plus 17% of the Japanese market.

Chrysler, based in Auburn Hills, Mich., would gain access to Fiat's technology and small-car platforms and would allow Fiat to re-enter the United States market, which it abandoned in 1983.

Brazil is not, though it had a nuclear-weapons programme which it abandoned in the 1980s; in 2009 the vice-president said he personally thought Brazil should build its own bomb and the country plans a nuclear-powered submarine to patrol offshore oilfields.

The willingness with which it has abandoned its proxies in the Syrian ground war will not be easily forgotten neither will the complete ineffectiveness of its foreign policy in Syria.

Mr. Black said this evening that after the plane made its first approach, which it apparently abandoned because of poor visibility, tower controllers were trying to direct it to a highway or an open field.

It is the growth potential of Africa that is appealing, especially as sales have disappointed of late in America, even though Wal-Mart has been well-placed to benefit from consumers trading down.Critics of the deal point out that some of Wal-Mart's international adventures have gone badly, most notably its expansion into Germany, which it eventually abandoned.

It remained unclear whether Mr. Kim has eased his government's conditions for returning to the talks, which it angrily abandoned a year ago.

Front-page articles by Mr. Farber in 1976 had led the Bergen County prosecutor's office to reopen the case, which it had abandoned 10 years earlier, and exhume the patients' bodies to test for the drug.