Sentence examples for without a stoppage from inspiring English sources

To be sure, many of the upcoming series would have aired with or without a stoppage, given the genre's surge in popularity (can you say American Idol?), to say nothing of its cheaper price tag.

But I think when you take a step back and look at the deal, we have a free agency system in place that other leagues in North America had to have several work stoppages (to achieve)," said Hall. "We get something in place without a work stoppage, I think that is a huge win, and I think it changes the dynamic of the league," he said.

Since 1995, there have been three C.B.A. negotiations in baseball without a work stoppage.

Q. Have the players and the owners ever negotiated a new agreement without a work stoppage?

In 2002, the owners and the players actually negotiated a new agreement without a work stoppage.

Miller cited six agreements reached without a work stoppage from 1966 to 1970.

But baseball is close to completing a collective-bargaining agreement, its third in a row without a work stoppage.

"In '94 there was virtually no chance we were going to reach agreement without a work stoppage," he said.

It would be the third agreement in a row without a work stoppage — evidence, it seemed, that the players and the owners had a common vision and an understanding that both could share in the game's prosperity.

When the year began, few were confident the owners and players could negotiate an agreement without a work stoppage, because the two sides had not negotiated a new agreement without a strike or a lockout for 30 years.

Weiner, 50, has led the union since December 2009 and presided over the most recent collective bargaining agreement, the third in a row to be reached without a work stoppage.