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How to use shelve in a sentence

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After selling a script to Miramax, he spent a year developing it before they decided to shelve the project.
As a result, the council has decided to shelve plans for the e-voting trial in case it caused any disruption.
The council had decided to temporarily shelve the proposal to standardise the sales illustrations of life insurers.
Five contenders for the rural constituency were asked their opinion on a decision to shelve flood defence plans for Pickering.
He warned that they should not make the mistake of believing that they could shelve their responsibility.
So shelve that sugar and stir honey crystals into your brownie batter instead.
Three environmental heavyweights have urged council chiefs to shelve plans to build two giant wind turbines near York.
With the Seoul Olympics looming, he had decided to shelve political reform and to name the ruling party chairman as his heir apparent.
But the government's decision to shelve the bill is no cause for celebration.
But in truth we have chosen to shelve the unification-independence dispute and focus on reviving the economy and strengthening Taiwan.
The book will thus prove useful even in libraries that already shelve the original sources in which the essays first appeared.
I shelve my own books by colour, and like with jellybeans, the black ones are mighty unappetising.
As it has done on four prior occasions, the Senate should shelve this most dangerous and idolatrous assault on our civil and religious liberties.
As it is I have to spend a whole five minutes deprograming them and quite frankly I could shelve a load of books in that time.
But councillors decided to shelve the plans after protesters claimed the 50 pence-an-hour charge would deter people from using the parks.
Fears of a major traffic snarl-up has prompted council chiefs to shelve work on a new cycle route at Sadlers Farm during peak hours.
After Deputy Power made his promise, the Government decided to shelve its plans for decentralisation until after the general election.
If they read Nelson carefully, they'll hear a muted warning to shelve Paul Ryan's budget plans.
I was too busy watching Daisy shelve new books for the librarian.
Consequently, the judge responsible for preliminary investigations of the District Court of Varese decided to shelve the proceedings.
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Examples from Classical Literature
She is head on to the Sand, but the Sand does not shelve much, and her keel is pretty even.
Believe me, they aren't going to shelve me just because one finger's gone!
The idea was not altogether comfortable, and he tried to shelve it.
We'll shelve that part of the information bureau and work on other lines.
That piece of insolence may think, now, that it would be a great success to get her son off upon me, and shelve me.
Indian expat Gurpreet Singh, 28, who works as an office boy had to shelve his wedding plans when the 15cm tumour on his head become unbearably painful.
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