Sentence examples for an abrupt collapse from inspiring English sources

But an abrupt collapse could occur, as well, Dr. Amstrup said.

ONE year ago, the advertising industry was still struggling to find its feet following the slump it entered in 2001, when the bursting of the technology bubble brought about an abrupt collapse in ad spending.

The West and the Saudis have been trying to arrange an orderly transition to a new government in Sana that will continue Mr. Saleh's policy of helping the United States fight terrorists; either an abrupt collapse or a prolonged civil war could give Al Qaeda a chance to rebound and gain sway.

Even as Democrats gathered in the ballroom of a Manhattan hotel last week to celebrate their party's sweep of statewide offices in New York, a sober realization began to dawn among some in the crowd: What once seemed like a new golden age for the state's black political establishment could be on the verge of an abrupt collapse.

Verdasco lacks nothing in talent, but clearly he does lack something: eight career titles is a meagre reward for such a thrilling talent and there was an abrupt collapse as Murray surged, hitting freely and even angrily to take the set 6-1 and then stretching the match out into a fifth with a thrillingly muscular overhead winner to take the fourth set.

But an abrupt collapse would force the issue.

This is silly because May knows there is a patriotic case for avoiding a ruinously abrupt collapse in EU trade.

The productivity slowdown of the mid-1970s waccountedted by a gradual decline in the effect of R&D, and a more abrupt collapse in disembodied technology.

Policy makers hope the expanded definition of "too big to fail" can help avoid a repeat of the abrupt collapse of Lehman Brothers, which helped set off a financial crisis.

Home to 8.4 million people — almost a fifth of Spain's population — Andalusia has a jobless rate of 31 percent, due in large part to the abrupt collapse of a construction industry that had thrived along its coast, fueled by bountiful property loans from banks that evaporated after the onset of the world financial crisis.

But Mr Bush's war leadership has not prevented a cloud of suspicion from settling over the White House following the abrupt collapse of Enron, an energy firm that enjoyed intimate relations with his administration and with many in Congress.