Sentence examples for a controlled collapse of from inspiring English sources

After that, we'll probably see a controlled collapse of the peace process".

The foreign ministers of Poland, Germany and France were in Kiev at the height of the shooting, and may have facilitated a controlled collapse of Mr Yanukovych's rule.

However, many in the West, in some Arab governments and even in the Syrian opposition still think a "controlled collapse" of Bashar al-Assad's government is possible.

The government itself, in an effort to restore confidence by April, when it is due to lift its blanket protection of bank deposits, also hinted at a "controlled collapse" of some big companies with heavy debts to banks.

Unfortunately, though, in western capitals, among supportive regional states and within the Syrian opposition itself, practically the only approach to the crisis being seriously discussed revolves around one question: how best to ratchet up the pressure in order to bring about a "controlled collapse" of the whole structure.

The buildings came down, engineers said, much as they would have in a controlled demolition -- although a controlled collapse would have started with the strategic placement of small explosives.

Unfortunately, there are at least three problems that make a controlled collapse unlikely.

The result might be the sort of blatant land-grab that Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, is currently attempting, with far worse consequences for racial tension.It should scarcely be surprising that, so soon after the controlled collapse of political apartheid, black and white still occupy worlds that coexist but seldom coincide.

The economy is kept in controlled collapse, just short of catastrophe.

In the living room, having sipped and grimaced at the first frosty brimming of their drinks, they pulled themselves together for a moment of mutual admiration; then they sank into various postures of controlled collapse".

Clearly something more's required than the standard livelihood protocols -- the train, the office, advancement, collegiality -- since all lead to other postures of controlled collapse.