Examples of shelve

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At best, matters are referred to committees, whose reports are shelved.
The present problem appears, however, more difficult to grasp physically than the problem of the shelving beach.
Here then the argument from fit has been shelved altogether.
The shelving unit enables foodstuffs to be picked out without opening cupboards and reaching over.
Two factors prevented the issue from being shelved.
I already noted that the bills were shelved for almost a month.
The book problem also had to compete with other important questions, and reports about it to the prime minister were shelved.
The primary effect was that privatisation of hospital refectories was shelved and a more serious engagement initiated.
A more serious problem is the basic nature of the tsunami, which is brought into existence by a shallow shelving sea floor.
Even authorized channels, however, already by-pass the rapidly ageing shelved volumes.
The palatal shelves become horizontal by an active process involving intrinsic changes in tension within the shelves that can overcome the force of the tongue.
After each commission on reservation submitted a report its recommendations were either partly concealed, or shelved, but never fully implemented.
The authorities discussed the issue but eventually shelved his proposal, as well as others, and did not adopt any new measure.
Another joy of 'competent space' is the serviceable harbour, sheltered, shelving, from the beginning and throughout antiquity a set-piece in its own right.
I ran behind the bar, crouched down by the record shelves, searching - no, not that one - what could it be?
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