Sentence examples for a partial collapse of from inspiring English sources

Finally there was atelectasis, a partial collapse of the lung.

Compare this with, for example, explaining why there was a partial collapse of the banking system at a specific time.

"There was a partial collapse of a retaining wall on the 55th Street side," about 8 45 a.m., said Thomas Dunne, the deputy chief in charge of the Fire Department's Third Division.

The tape has not been released publicly yet, but according to administration officials who have read a transcript, Mr. bin Laden is recorded as saying he had specific expectations of the damage that the attacks would produce, including at least a partial collapse of the World Trade Center towers.

Although many fire officials had long understood that a partial collapse of several floors was a real possibility at high-rise fires, they said they had not envisioned that entire buildings like the World Trade towers could fall, even if they were hit by planes laden with explosive jet fuel.

An explosion caused by the improper use of an insecticide ripped through a beauty parlor in Chinatown on Thursday afternoon, causing a partial collapse of the building and a fire, and injuring eight occupants, three of them critically, the authorities said.

"Our interviews indicate that many believed that a partial collapse within the lobby of W.T.C. 1 had occurred," the report says.

Yet, he said, it is a robust structure that offers many alternate paths to carry the weight loads in case of a partial collapse.

On 31 July 2014 a fire caused the partial collapse of a tower on the site but no-one was injured.

In addition, during forced expiration the outflow can become limited as a result of partial collapse of the flexible airways.

The latter forms as a result of partial collapse of the mesopore structure of the organic aerogel and can be controlled by varying the phosphoric acid/organic aerogel ratio.