Sentence examples for almost total collapse from inspiring English sources

In addition, one might point out, such a plague would mean the almost total collapse of the comic book industry.

The city was devastated, and the almost total collapse of the power and communication grids hampered rescue efforts.

Thursday's vote was of symbolic value, pointing to the almost total collapse of trust between the two main parties in Congress.

The 60 years between these songs tell the story not only of Scottish pop but of music culture itself, of the random pre-Radio 1 hits to the homogenisation of our digital democracy today – and the almost total collapse of music industry investment.

It is beyond comprehension that President Barack Obama did not repeatedly explain to the U.S. public right from the start of his presidency that an economy brought to almost total collapse by President George W. Bush could not be fixed in just two years.

Following the almost total collapse of normal working relations with them, BP's board has decided to try and sell its 50% stake in TNK-BP, following receipt of what it calls "unsolicited indications of interest".

The date is a huge occasion for the nascent Iraqi state: it will test the durability of the institutions that have emerged from the embers of the almost total state collapse of 2003-04.

"The world saw all too clearly that the ruthless pursuit of profit at all costs almost led to the total collapse of the global financial and economic system.

As it stands BlackBerry's marketshare in smartphones has collapsed to almost total irrelevance — with analyst IDC recently recording a share of 0.8percentnt for all other smartphone OSes, outside the dominant platforms: Android (81.1 per cent) and iOS (15.6 per cent), and third placed Windows Phone (2.6 per cent).

The collapse has been almost total, and shockingly uncritical.

The reduction in available funding, the almost total removal of ring-fencing, the collapse of parts of the voluntary sector, the return to local government of public health, the abolition of regional government and the abrupt termination of many quangos are all challenges (and often opportunities), but an additional struggle may grow out of the lack of understanding about what constitutes success.