With the announcement that Parliament would be dissolved on 17 March 2006 pending a general election from 6-13 May, the bill is effectively shelved.

The president's stance has effectively shelved the issue for now, and the power shortages that roiled the West Coast earlier this year took more steam out of the idea.

Records have effectively shelved the masters for Swan Damage.

The proposal was effectively shelved.

The lone Toy Matinee album (eponymously named) was released in 1990 but effectively shelved by the record company, so Gilbert assembled a new backing band to promote it, eventually getting two successful singles released, "The Ballad of Jenny Ledge" and "Last Plane Out."

A security office report on the Deutch case was completed in 1997, but it was effectively shelved.

Although the security staff ultimately wrote a report on the Deutch matter in the summer of 1997, the report was effectively shelved.

This was a potential violation of both agency rules and federal law, but the report says an inquiry by security officials was effectively shelved after a few months.

Under Article IV, signatories agree that for the duration of the Treaty (initially 30 years) sovereignty claims will not be pursued or strengthened, i.e. are effectively shelved.