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Sentence Examples Such immunity to offenders offered a safe asylum to the vilest and most abandoned scoundrels. At the same time, the local economy collapsed and many rural exploitations were abandoned. Wedge and the Batman party quickly abandoned Bellarine and Indented Head and followed them there. They abandoned their pursuit of moderate socialism in favour of market liberalism. Mining would continue until the process was no longer practical or profitable, at which time the mine would be abandoned. The summer meetings were abandoned, with a general meeting being called each year at Shrewsbury. However, it was later abandoned for a time and in the early 3rd century the ditch naturally silted up. As the military abandoned the fortress the site was taken over by the Cornovians' civilian settlement. The rich adjoining farmland has many remnants of abandoned coal workings and deep claypits used to make bricks and tiles. The invasion was abandoned, and in 1213, Llywelyn took the castles of Deganwy and Rhuddlan. Henry abandoned this policy, leaving the post of justiciar vacant and turning the position of chancellor into a more junior role. While a bridgehead was secured, it was abandoned due to losses and the 38th Division was moved forward. With the construction of the town walls, Tenby Castle was made obsolete and had been abandoned by the end of the 14th century. Pigs roam among the abandoned houses and Tenby presents a dismal spectacle. The goats are descendants of livestock abandoned, through necessity, by Highlanders during the Highland Clearances. The Government accepted his proposal and the Ministry of Aviation promptly began converting the abandoned airfield into a civilian Airport. The report met fierce resistance from many quarters and was quickly abandoned. Porthcawl town, once possessing a small dock, abandoned the trade in favour of tourism. Areas where English influence was strong abandoned patronymics earlier, as did town families and the wealthy. The Coity shaft was abandoned, with the Big Pit shaft used for upcast air ventilation and emergency extraction. Show More Sentences In the event the line to Blaenau, which was not completed until 1879, was built to standard gauge and the other proposals were abandoned. Cadwaladr apparently abandoned or escaped from his allies and made peace with his brother, who obliged the Dubliners to leave. The Parker Pen Shield was abandoned in 2005 due to restructuring of the European Challenge Cup. The 1973 UEFA Cup Final first leg at Anfield was abandoned due to a downpour after 27 minutes and rescheduled to be played again the next day. It was during the Song dynasty that Han Chinese developed an aversion to dairy products and abandoned the dairy foods introduced earlier. After the early 20th century, triple harps were almost completely abandoned in Wales in favour of the modern pedal harp. An attempt to build a lighthouse in 1842 was abandoned because of destruction caused by severe weather. It was administered from Jersey until 1499, when the Jerseymen abandoned it to the French for reasons unknown. In 1978, the tracks east of South Dennis were abandoned and replaced with the Cape Cod Rail Trail. The islands were first taken into use as a whaling base in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which they were abandoned. However, the plan was abandoned due to fears of burdening French businesses. These were also deemed commercially unviable, and the scheme was abandoned with no services ever operated. Due to the human population decrease and rural exodus, Pyrenean oak and other local native trees are colonizing many abandoned areas. There was no furniture in the abandoned house, other than a broken bedstead. Attack from the sea caused many coastal towns and their harbours to be abandoned. Recently abandoned cities or cities whose location was never in question might be referred to as ruins or ghost towns. Repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt, the city slowly declined and was abandoned in the Byzantine era. It was abandoned just over 100 years later, in 1572, as a belated result of the Spanish Conquest. Avian malaria is carried by the mosquito Culex pipens, and high densities of these biting insects may force pelican colonies to be abandoned. In 1848 the expedition abandoned the two ships and its members tried to escape south across the tundra by sledge. Show More Sentences The Eiderstedt Frisian on the Eiderstedt peninsula were abandoned in favour of Low German during the 17th and 18th centuries. Either an enormous sum now had to be found to develop the navy further, or naval expansion had to be abandoned. Officials in the Union Army attempted to create the first minesweeper but were plagued by flawed designs and abandoned the project. Shell and BP, the first companies to use the system, abandoned the AFRA system in 1983, later followed by the US oil companies. Exxon Mobil's drill rig there had reached 30,000 feet by 2006 without finding gas, before it abandoned the site. Young professionals and artists moved into neighbourhoods de Pijp and the Jordaan abandoned by these Amsterdammers. Because Caesar's clemency had resulted in his murder, the Second Triumvirate reinstated the practice of proscription, abandoned since Sulla. The invasion was one of several abandoned attempts during the 18th century to invade the British Isles. They were now blockaded in by the British fleet, and most were abandoned and their guns taken off them. Choiseul began in 1762 to plan a fresh invasion, but this was also abandoned when an armistice was signed. The French fully abandoned the plan in 1763, when the Peace of Paris mandated a general cessation of hostilities. Napoleon had already abandoned his plans of invasion before the battle and they were never revived. After sweeping for almost a year, in May 1946, the Navy abandoned the effort with 13,000 mines still unswept. However, the tank losses are amplified by the large numbers that were abandoned or scuttled and subsequently captured. Almost all of the 445 British tanks that had been sent to France with the BEF were abandoned. Bernard Montgomery had taken part in the initial planning for the raid, but had suggested that the operation be abandoned. Due to insufficient transportation, most of the Italian infantry formations were abandoned and left to their fate. The new forts abandoned the principle of the bastion, which had also been made obsolete by advances in arms. However, these plans were eventually abandoned, due to the formidable logistical challenge this would have posed. In an ironic development, wild elms have spread and taken over the grounds of the abandoned Greek royal summer palace at Tatoi in Attica. Show More Sentences Tulips are most commonly found in meadows, steppes and chaparral, but also introduced in fields, orchards, roadsides and abandoned gardens. Surviving, she was then abandoned in a coracle in which she drifted across the River Forth to Culross in Fife. The eastern area is covered by fracture zones and may represent an abandoned spreading centre. While there is archaeological evidence of ancient indigenous peoples on the island, it was abandoned when the Norse arrived from Scandinavia. The Dorset died off or abandoned the island prior to the arrival of the Norse. The Inuit oral tradition, in contrast, recounts the natives helping Frobisher's crewmen, whom they believed had been abandoned. A mother abandoned an infant in hopes that someone less desperate might find and adopt the child before the cold or animals killed it. As a result, residents abandoned their former villages of long stretches of coast in Spain and Italy. The threat was so severe that residents abandoned the island of Formentera. Here, the Santa Maria ran aground on Christmas Day, December 25, 1492, and had to be abandoned. Confederate forces abandoned the city, giving the Union a critical anchor in the deep South. Property law, admiralty law and the law of the sea may be of relevance when lost, mislaid, and abandoned property is found at sea. After 1860 and the opening of the American West, farmers abandoned agriculture on the Cape. Drift nets lost or abandoned at sea due to storms causing strong currents, accidental loss, or purposeful discard become ghost nets. This causes a baby to be rejected and abandoned, leaving the babies to starve and eventually die. By the end of the year, Robert and William Rufus had fallen out once again, and the Treaty of Rouen had been abandoned. The 13 historic counties of Wales, however, were abandoned entirely for administrative purposes, and 8 new ones instituted. The plans were abandoned later that year due to lack of funding for the mergers, however the idea has resurfaced many times. The craft was uncontrollable, which Maxim, it is presumed, realized, because he subsequently abandoned work on it. Hillforts largely declined in importance in the second half of the second century BCE, with many being abandoned. Show More Sentences Hampshire formerly had several canals, but most of these have been abandoned and their routes built over. These, seeing the boldness of our men, abandoned the fort and fled southwards to the shelter of a copse. Although muster rolls were prepared as late as 1820, the element of compulsion was abandoned, and the militia transformed into a volunteer force. After losing the Battle of Fort Oswego, not only that fort, but others in the Mohawk River valley were abandoned. After the campaign the French soon abandoned the Stuarts entirely, withdrawing their support, and forcing them to take up a new home in Rome. Eventually, the idea was abandoned, and the wreckage was cut into pieces which were distributed amongst Italian museums. As of 2014, the United Kingdom is the only country to have successfully developed and then abandoned a satellite launch capability. He had started writing songs for the album in 1968, but in April 1970 he told Keith Altham that the project had been abandoned. Some abandoned chalk mines remain tourist destinations due to their massive expanse and natural beauty. Therefore, the use of mollusks was abandoned from the definition and the epochs were renamed and redefined. As it is now known these groups have no relation to molluscs, and very little to one another, the name Molluscoida has been abandoned. Females can build or dig several trial nests which appear incomplete and abandoned later. The fort built in East Cowes is believed to have been similar but was abandoned c1546 and since destroyed. Many of the railway lines abandoned between 1952 and 1966 have found other uses. This look was in use until October 2002 when ITV1 in England and Wales abandoned local continuity and idents. The plan was abandoned in September 2012, with Minister Jenny Macklin citing insufficient community awareness for the decision. A museum has been built on the site, telling the story of the abandoned town. The Suebi abandoned their towns closest to the Romans, retreated to the forest and assembled an army. The Dacians drove the Boii south across the Danube and out of their territory, at which point the Boii abandoned any further plans for invasion. Dobrogea was not abandoned at all, but continued as part of the Roman Empire for over 350 years. Show More Sentences Plans for a union with Romania were abandoned, and the new Constitution gave autonomy to the breakaway Transnistria and Gagauzia. Not wanting to risk being taken hostage by one side or the other, Titus abandoned the journey to Rome and rejoined his father in Judaea. However, its exposed position north of the Danube made it susceptible to attack on three sides, and it was later abandoned by Emperor Aurelian. In England, archaeologists have uncovered layouts of 14th century medieval villages, abandoned after crises such as the Black Death. Early archaeology was largely an attempt to uncover spectacular artifacts and features, or to explore vast and mysterious abandoned cities. It also includes considerable areas of abandoned marsh land which is suitable neither for agriculture nor for urban development. The papacy itself never forgot the title nor abandoned the right to bestow it. According to the same account, the Irish monks abandoned the country when the Norse arrived, or had left prior to their arrival. Some of these settlements were permanently abandoned after the conflagration. In 1269 AD the duke of Novgorod planned a raid against Karelians, but he abandoned the plans as he was advised against it by his councilors. Natural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland. The term soles de oro was introduced in 1933, three years after Peru had actually abandoned the gold standard. The usage of the Landsgemeinde was progressively abandoned at the cantonal level through the 19th and 20th century. Later in 409, the West Romans stationed ten thousand Huns in Italy and Dalmatia to fend off Alaric, who then abandoned plans to march on Rome. The crews were redistributed and the abandoned ships usually burned to recover their iron nails and fittings. The annual monopoly system was abandoned in 1597, and the royal monopoly resumed. Long stretches of the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish coasts were almost completely abandoned by their inhabitants. This cost him the sympathies of many of his countrymen, and he eventually abandoned it. Levkas in the Ionian islands, and the bases of Spinalonga and Suda on Crete which still remained in Venetian hands, were abandoned. In 1431, the Khmer abandoned Angkor after Ayutthaya forces invaded the city. Show More Sentences After his resignation and appointment of Miyeegombyn Enkhbold as Prime Minister, this project was abandoned. Many Uyghurs abandoned Kashgar for safer bases back in the eastern part of the Yuan dynasty. As Ibn Battuta was not a merchant and saw no benefit of going there he abandoned the travel to this land of darkness. Following a revolt of the Eastern Turks in 679, the Tang abandoned its Korean campaigns. The presura referred to a group of peasants who crossed the mountains and settled in the abandoned lands of the Douro Basin. The tall obelisk has since been abandoned, but the shield symbols of the Falange and Imperial Eagle remain visible. A route from the Niger Bend to Egypt was abandoned in the 10th century due to its dangers. Long stretches of the Spanish and Italian coasts were almost completely abandoned by their inhabitants, because of frequent pirate attacks. Men, women, and children were captured to such a devastating extent that vast numbers of sea coast towns were abandoned. Having abandoned Sanchuelo, the Berbers who had formed his army turned to another ambitious Umayyad, Sulayman, whom they supported. The camp consisted of huts and tents surrounded by an earthwork and was abandoned at the end of the war. In 1501, he occupied Naples and partitioned the kingdom with Ferdinand of Aragon, who abandoned his cousin King Frederick. It was announced in 2008 that wage caps would be abandoned to improve the nation's productivity. Ferdinand was abandoned by all and also had to escape, and the Kingdom of Naples was conquered with surprising ease. At this point Vergara and Campos took Ojeda prisoner and abandoned the settlement with the small amount of plunder that had been captured. In addition the Santa Cruz colony was abandoned and the Governorship of Coquivacoa was abolished. There are currently no railways in Mauritius, former privately owned industrial railways having been abandoned. Thus the Portuguese abandoned the island four years later, as it was not advantageous as a base. However, Socotra was abandoned four years later, as it was not advantageous as a base. When war with the Burmese broke out in late eighteenth century, provinces easily abandoned the capital. Show More Sentences By then, many other of the original 13 Kayeli villages were either abandoned or had lost their rajas. When they abandoned Ternate, some of the people accompanied the Spanish in their retreat to the Philippines. Pressure from natives and competing European fisheries prevented a permanent establishment and was abandoned five years later. Santa Cruz de Nuca remained under the control of New Spain until 1795, when it was abandoned under the terms of the third Nootka Convention. Therefore, at the start of the 17th century, continental New Spain was a depopulated country with abandoned cities and maize fields. By this time, he had abandoned the use of occultations in preference for appulses exclusively. The colonization attempt was abandoned, and its leader died from his wounds soon after returning to Cuba. During World War I, a seaplane base was established in the islands, but it was abandoned soon thereafter. Within a couple of generations, large swathes of the central Maya area were all but abandoned. Both the capitals and their secondary centres were generally abandoned within a period of 50 to 100 years. Stelae were no longer raised, and squatters moved into abandoned royal palaces. Unlike during previous cycles of contraction in the Maya region, abandoned lands were not quickly resettled in the Postclassic. Good relations did not last, due to excessive Spanish demands for gold as tribute, and the city was abandoned a few months later. The elite inhabitants of the city either fled or were captured, and never returned to collect their abandoned property. Pizarro became a participant in Ojeda's failed colony, commanding the remnants until he abandoned it with the survivors. Japan then almost completely abandoned the further development and military use of firearms during a period of seclusion known as sakoku. It was eventually abandoned, because it deprived the Brussels authorities from important revenues from custom duties. The Wars of Religion precluded a return voyage, and the outpost was abandoned. The outbreak had been severe enough that the colonists discovered unburied skeletons in abandoned dwellings. Established with five hundred settlers, it was abandoned eight months later by one hundred and fifty survivors. Show More Sentences Among the individuals who had briefly abandoned Jamestown was John Rolfe, a Sea Venture survivor who had lost his wife and son in Bermuda. In the 1970s, hippies established cottage industries in abandoned houses and shops. The island was first used as a whaling base in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which it was abandoned. In 1689, by the Treaty of Nerchinsk, the Russians abandoned the whole Amur country including Albazin. This and a prolonged drought cause these cities to be abandoned between the 10th and 11th centuries with only the Guamares left ethnically. In the 1960s, Campbell abandoned his public obsessions with psionics and pseudo-science. In the Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom about 15,000 children were branded as witches and most of them end up abandoned and abused on the streets. In 1928 Ido's major intellectual supporter, the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen, abandoned Ido, and published his own planned language, Novial. The walls in this abandoned waiting area were painted a pukey orange, compounding the feeling of queasiness I'd had since breakfast. It was originally planned to survey urban areas at a later date, but this was plan was abandoned owing to a lack of financial resources. In various concordats with the civil power, the Church has more or less abandoned the privilegium fori of ecclesiastics. Finding no gold but many hostile natives, the Dutch soon abandoned the outpost. At this time, Aryan society consisted of largely tribal and pastoral groups, distinct from the Harappan urbanisation which had been abandoned. I was a pussyfoot, an artful dodger, sidestepping abandoned children, waifs and strays, foundlings, castaways, and junk-people. They would think that I had abandoned them, that I could not handle the stress and pressure and this ashamed me immensely. Following a brief visit to Mannheim in January 1777 Lessing, with a heavy heart, abandoned any plans to 'bemix' with its theatre. Once converted, southern white men abandoned many of the male-only public domains for the bigendered and biracial public world of evangelicalism. Likewise, some Turner Valley wells had to be abandoned because of repeated cavings. You surely would have abandoned it as chicken-heartedly as you refused to stand up to him in the field. When all hope of raising the complete ship was finally abandoned is not known. Show More Sentences Due partly to Branwell's poor reputation, the school project failed and was abandoned. She completely abandoned her Tuesdays at home, and did not return the visits of those who had called upon her. We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield. If and when the EWG closes those holes with better language extensions, the library hackarounds can be refined or abandoned. While in Chelsea, Anne Smiley pined, taking very hardly to her unaccustomed role of wife abandoned. This change indicated that the tribalism of the Germanic people was being abandoned for consolidated rule. Many are now being used as farm buildings, while others were abandoned and fell into ruin. It began to be adopted by the ruling elite as they gradually abandoned French. With the relaunch of the OED Online website in December 2010, alphabetical revision was abandoned altogether. The crossbred animals did not demonstrate any form of hybrid vigor, so the practice was abandoned. By the Iron Age, the site had been effectively abandoned, with some evidence of human activity on the site during the Roman occupation. Large settlements such as Heuneburg and the Burgstallkogel were destroyed or abandoned, rich tumulus burials ended, and old ones were looted. In the 4th century BC, the Romans abandoned the phalanx in favour of the more flexible manipular formation. Claudius ruled that slaves who were thus abandoned and recovered after such treatment would be free. The emperor Septimius Severus died at York while planning to renew hostilities, and these plans were abandoned by his son Caracalla. Within a year the Antonine Wall was recaptured, but by 163 or 164 it was abandoned. By 407 there were no new Roman coins going into circulation, and by 430 it is likely that coinage as a medium of exchange had been abandoned. The towns suffered attrition in the later 4th century, when public building ceased and some were abandoned to private uses. The Romans, having concluded that they lacked sufficient numbers to defend the settlement, evacuated and abandoned Londinium. Show More Sentences Londinium was abandoned to the rebels who burnt it down, slaughtering anyone who had not evacuated with Suetonius. Constantine soon heard of the rebellion, abandoned his campaign against the Franks, and marched his army up the Rhine. He rebuilt Trajan's bridge across the Danube, in hopes of reconquering Dacia, a province that had been abandoned under Aurelian. He had Constantine's principal court supporter executed and Constantine abandoned plans to march to Honorius's defence. He handed Attalus over to Honorius's regime for mutilation, humiliation, and exile, and abandoned Attalus's supporters. We call those men rebels and utterly abandoned, whom we ourselves have forced into crime. Still, they had to handle an increasing tax rate and so they often abandoned their lands to survive in a city. He established a second bishopric at Winchester, while the one at Dorchester was soon abandoned as Mercian power pushed southwards. Many of Llywelyn's Welsh allies had abandoned him during England's invasion of Gwynedd, preferring an overlord far away rather than one nearby. The duke abandoned his plans and fled to Wem, where he was betrayed by his servant and arrested by Richard's men. There were no sewers or drains, and garbage was simply abandoned in the street. The Dutch found the climate hostile and abandoned the island after several further decades. After this defeat, the Dutch abandoned their efforts to take Manila and the Philippines. Portugal had been helped by France, but in the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 Portugal was abandoned by its French ally. The presiding officer may also wear a wig, but this tradition was abandoned by a former Speaker, Betty Boothroyd. Besieged by neighbouring Spanish colonists of New Granada, and afflicted by malaria, the colony was abandoned two years later. Defeated at sea, the French abandoned their plan to invade Corsica and returned to port. The French abandoned Andalusia, and combined the troops of Soult and Marmont. The British troops broke ranks to loot the abandoned French wagons instead of pursuing the beaten foe. Bulgaria abandoned the Axis and joined the Allies when the Soviet Union invaded, offering no resistance to the incoming forces. Show More Sentences They abandoned Ottoman architecture and showed little respect for Ottoman rule. His successor John Bercow abandoned traditional dress, wearing a plain black gown over his lounge suit when presiding. Following the accession of King James I of England, this policy was abandoned. Lands that had been marginally productive were abandoned, as the survivors were able to acquire more fertile areas. The villa was abandoned sometime during the third or fourth century for unknown reasons. He abandoned his invasion at Swarkestone Bridge on the River Trent just a few miles south of Derby. By 1775 about 600 Newcomen engines had been built, although many of these had worn out before then, and been abandoned or replaced. This form of the neutral theory is now largely abandoned, since it does not seem to fit the genetic variation seen in nature. The Welsh Assembly Government revived the scheme as the M4 relief road tolled bypass in 2007 but later abandoned it for financial reasons. While the monorail schemes were all abandoned, a scheme to create an underground tunnel link gained momentum. The APT project was abandoned, but the HST design entered service as the British Rail Classes 253, 254 and 255 trains. The population and the frontiers were abandoned, since the emperors were mostly concerned with defeating rivals and establishing their power. Most were sailors who had deserted or been abandoned by their employers after landing in British ports. To avoid beatings and other punishments, Yuchi, and other Indian children abandoned their native languages in favor of English. Another possible site is Lullingstone, in Kent, where a religious site dating to 300 was found underneath an abandoned church. Many local rites that remained legitimate even after this decree were abandoned voluntarily, especially in the 19th century. Wilfrid may have persuaded King Ecgberht of Kent in 669 to build a church in an abandoned Roman fort at Reculver. In Malawi it is also common practice to accuse children of witchcraft and many children have been abandoned, abused and even killed as a result. In the event, Henry VI was not canonised and the project was abandoned, although the shrine continued to attract a flood of pilgrims. Many of the large abbey churches, particularly those outside the towns, were robbed, burnt out and abandoned. Show More Sentences Sometime early in the 5th century a fire destroyed the building, and it was abandoned and forgotten until its excavation in the 20th Century. Hermia is at a loss to see why her lover has abandoned her, and accuses Helena of stealing Lysander away from her. After three performances of his last Italian opera Deidamia in January and February 1741, he abandoned the genre. Both of George's parents committed adultery, and in 1694 their marriage was dissolved on the pretext that Sophia had abandoned her husband. The project involved several writers, including Christopher Hampton and Robert Bolt, but their work was abandoned. When the BBC evacuated its orchestra from London and abandoned the Proms, the LSO took over for Wood. This means that in the event of heavy rain, a match may be cancelled, abandoned or suspended due to an unsafe outfield. Both of these practices were widely abandoned during the nineteenth century, although isolated cases may still have occurred to the modern day. The start procedure may be abandoned if a driver stalls on the grid, signalled by raising his arm. Morley is buried in Barnes Cemetery, a now abandoned graveyard on Barnes Common, Barnes. A record 1,981 runs were scored, and the concept of timeless Tests was abandoned. Play was abandoned, owing to bad light, denying a thrilling finish to the large crowd of spectators. Although it was intended that the same country host both the Winter and Summer Games in a given year, this idea was quickly abandoned. The match was an exceptionally brutal affair and was abandoned in the second half after a brawl between all 26 players. The Salford versus Leeds league match was abandoned after 38 minutes when Chris Sanderson of Leeds suffered a fatal injury. A few weeks after the British entry into the war, the Act received Royal Assent, while the amending bill was abandoned. Craig's original plan included an ornamental canal on the site of the loch, but this idea was abandoned. The fort may have been abandoned in the early 2nd century as the area had been subdued. Walpole had planned to become a clergyman but as he was now the eldest surviving son in the family, he abandoned the idea. Congress moved inland and abandoned Philadelphia in despair, although popular resistance to British occupation was growing in the countryside. Show More Sentences Leger's Indian support abandoned him, forcing him to break off the siege and return to Quebec. In October 1779 the British voluntarily abandoned Newport and Stony Point in order to consolidate their forces. When Washington's army arrived outside Yorktown, Cornwallis prematurely abandoned his outer position, hastening his subsequent defeat. Ambitious plans for an invasion of Great Britain in 1779 had to be abandoned. It was argued that without Asiatics to work in the tropical areas of the Northern Territory and Queensland, the area would have to be abandoned. While some historians have abandoned the Sonderweg thesis, they have not provided a generally accepted alternative interpretation. In January 1918, Romanian forces established control over Bessarabia as the Russian Army abandoned the province. The church continued to resist, and by early 1937 Hitler abandoned his hope of uniting the Protestant churches. Egyptian resistance varied, with some positions fighting back until destroyed, while others were abandoned with little resistance. In the June meeting, the name 'Reform Treaty' also emerged, finally clarifying that the Constitutional approach was abandoned. In return, calls for a total embargo were abandoned, and the existing restrictions adopted by member states against South Africa were lifted. Other examples include Mingulay, Noss and the St Kilda archipelago, which were abandoned during the course of the 20th century. Lengthy periods of continuous occupation notwithstanding, many of the smaller islands were abandoned. Many of the Neolithic settlements were abandoned around 2500 BC, possibly due to changes in the climate. In June 2010 the proposed reforms were abandoned following the failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to reach agreement. West Falkland was left abandoned, and Puerto Soledad became mostly a prison camp. However, this Bill was abandoned by the Government on 6 August 2012 following opposition from within the Conservative Party. Anwar Sadat often wore his military uniform, while former president Hosni Mubarak had abandoned this tradition. The expedition abandoned the Isle d'Aix, returning to Great Britain on 1 October. Being outnumbered the Russians abandoned Poti and Redut Kale and drew back to Marani. Show More Sentences When the allies chose a land attack on Sebastopol any plan for a landing in the east was abandoned. The crew abandoned the submarine at the jetty at King Edward Point on South Georgia. The ship was abandoned several hours later, gutted and deformed by the fires that continued to burn for six more days. Subsequently, Defence Secretary Nott's proposed cuts to the Royal Navy were abandoned. On 29 March 2009, Airbus CEO Thomas Enders told Der Spiegel magazine that the programme might need to be abandoned without changes. The gold standard was partially abandoned via the international adoption of the Bretton Woods system. By 1950, with the founding of the modern welfare state, the 'shopping basket' measurement had been abandoned. This main line operation would be combined with light rail operations using abandoned branch lines, to create an integrated transport network. It deals with the management and disposal of property, and with surface hazards, such as abandoned coal mine shafts. However, he was unable to commence the UCG field work before the beginning of the World War I, and the project was abandoned. In 1964, the definition relating the litre to mass was abandoned in favour of the current one. Dredging had been quietly abandoned, to allow the levels to return to their condition centuries ago, without concern for the residents affected. He started a novel of school life, untitled, but abandoned the effort after writing about around 5,000 words. Waugh began at Heatherley's in late September 1924, but became bored with the routine and quickly abandoned his course. As a schoolboy, Waugh had praised the art of Cubism but soon abandoned his interest in artistic Modernism. On the advice of Wood, among others, he soon abandoned composition in favour of conducting. Things deteriorated until Townshend had a nervous breakdown and abandoned Lifehouse. Varvara Stepanova and Alexandre Exter and others abandoned easel painting and diverted their energies to theatre design and graphic works. Also in 1966, the Royal Arms, which had been a feature of the newspaper's masthead since its inception, was abandoned. While living in London's Saville Street, he took part in efforts to create a home for the city's abandoned children. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of abandoned? Words that rhyme with abandoned What is the adverb for abandoned? What is the adjective for abandoned? What is the noun for abandoned? Translations for abandoned Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words abandon aband abalones abalone Abakan abaft abandoner abandoning abandonment abandonments abandons abandon ship 9-letter Words Starting With a ab aba aban aband abando abandon abandone