Sentence examples for a progressive breakdown of from inspiring English sources

The advent of Christianity, urbanization, and industrialization have resulted in a progressive breakdown of the Sotho's traditional culture patterns.

In the case of Huntington's disease, which causes a progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain, the technology could protect all children in the family, who would otherwise face a 50/50 chance of inheriting the disease.

It is easy to see the marginalisation of Britain in the EU, a progressive breakdown of relations and, ultimately perhaps, Britain's departure (see Bagehot).But equally, there could be a reconciliation.

The passage of time had led to the loss of ontological significance of this tissue, and with it a progressive breakdown of the systems of maintenance that had retained the systems of bureaucratic accountability that made the tissue valuable.

Here, we report a progressive breakdown of axons and synapses in the brains of two different mouse models of NCL: Ppt1 −/− model of infantile NCL and Cln6 nclf model of variant late-infantile NCL.

Moreover, because there is a reduction in the earliest muscle contractions at the outset of spontaneous coiling, the defect is likely to represent a structural or functional abnormality rather than a progressive breakdown of muscle integrity.

Thus, similar to what had been observed with γ-FBS, while the major bands appeared to fade with an increase in the γ-irradiation doses used, the smeared background appeared to increase in intensity in the same gel lanes, suggesting in either a progressive breakdown or a cross-linking of protein fragments as a result of increasing doses of radiation (Fig. 5B, lanes 2 to 6).

This syndrome is led by a progressive breakdown in language output with effortful non-fluent speech.

Aging is not due to the progressive breakdown of a complex biochemical machine due to accretions of damage afflicting an entity that could otherwise continue functioning indefinitely.

Aging is a complex biological process involving the progressive breakdown of cellular homeostatic mechanisms and buildup of molecular damage [ 1- 4].

Exposure to tobacco smoke and environmental pollutants can cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a severe lung disease characterised by progressive breakdown of lung tissue (emphysema).