Many projects are started and simply forgotten and machinery left idle for years.

The Heisterberg vineyard which had been left idle since the 80's has only recently been re-cultivated.

After several seasons of exploitation the land was being left idle to regain fertility.

These reactions reversed themselves when the battery was left idle, so it was good only for intermittent use.

For this purpose he recruitedall the scouts and caravan guides who had been left idle by thecessation of trade.

Whatever had gone wrong, he knew, it would only be made worse if the crew was left idle to brood it over.

Then the church was left idle until it was repaired in 1912.

After the base was decommissioned, the bunkers and residences were left idle for over 30 years before being developed and sold to private citizens.

He wanted to get back to town again; to summon other details, particularly the group that he had left idle at Judge Benbrook's house.

Until recently, the prospect of an actual trial seemed remote and the case had been left idle, several Miami lawyers said.