Sentence examples for a major interruption from inspiring English sources

The governor of Tamaulipas State, which contains Nuevo Laredo, said it could take three to four days to reopen the road, a major interruption.

But this is the last holiday before a major interruption to that world order: both my wife and sister-in-law are pregnant.

The mid-August attack by Palestinian militants that killed eight Israelis near the southern city of Eilat, close to the Egyptian border, followed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza, proved to be a major interruption, abruptly changing the public discourse back to the more familiar mode of Israeli security in hostile surroundings.

But with the risk of the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan spilling over into other Islamic nations, specifically into civil war in Saudi Arabia, the possibility that a major interruption in oil supplies from the Persian Gulf exists a scenario that could cause the price of crude to go through the roof.

So what's it worth to you to prevent world-wide economic collapse, or even a major interruption of essential services, like power or water?

The GameSpot contributor was also aggravated with the mere five-minute intervals for the day and night cycles, which he considered a major interruption of the game's pacing.

The co-operative retailer John Lewis reported that a big effort from "local hero" producers prevented any major interruption of supplies.

"It's expected to be manageable and not cause any major interruptions to power transmission," he said.

13– 15 Encouragingly, pyrethroid resistance was successfully managed in the South African example by reverting to DDT as the active ingredient for IRS, so that vector control and even elimination has been sustained on a national scale for half a century with only one major interruption.

"It's a major business interruption.

Mr. Weitsman kept buying and giving, with one major interruption.