Sentence examples for Cause devastation to from inspiring English sources

Last year, the Anglo-Dutch oil group was forced to scale down oil drilling in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska amid concerns that oil spillages would cause devastation to marine life.

If the cockroaches were to escape the facility, they could cause devastation to the local environment.

Oomycete pathogens cause devastation to a wide range of hosts belonging to both plant and animal kingdoms [ 1].

Waves have been recorded with heights of more than 20 m, enough to expose the summit and cause devastation to any vessel transitting the area.

"He caused devastation to us and other families; for so many people.

They have teamed up with the palm-oil industry, widely condemned by conservationists for causing devastation to orang-utans.

Drink-driving remains one of the biggest killers on our roads, causing devastation to families and communities every day.

"One in six Britons will spend time in an intensive care unit and, shocking as it may sound, statistics show that up to three in 10 people admitted do not pull through, causing devastation to families," Dr Montgomery said.

Strauss-Kahn told the court: "I am horrified by the means used to obtain this [book] … is anything allowed in order to make money?" He said the book had caused "devastation" to his private life, his family life and the "psychology of [his] children".

Detective Chief Inspector Dunny McCubbin said that the criminals' actions have caused financial harm to the business that was targeted and have caused devastation to the local community.

We are now in a world that Bill Gates Bill Gates himself predicted; one where a small competitor can in very short order fundamentally turn the tables on what were only recently the very companies causing devastation to established older rivals.