Sentence examples for as the downfall of from inspiring English sources

He knew that his downfall would be perceived as the downfall of his philosophy.

Historical linguists see language usage on the Internet not so much as the downfall of Standard English but as another example of this kind of intuitive interplay.

He made 19 unspectacular runs, trying so hard to play straight rather than around his front pad as the downfall of the lbw laureate so often suggests.

In recent days, as the downfall of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya bolstered the spirits of government opponents across Syria, activists reported a surge of protests in Hama.

Analysts reckon that the banks gave the stay of execution only because a second collapse on the same day as the downfall of Daewoo Motor would have triggered a crisis of confidence.

There is also a particularly interesting retelling of the stories by the Danish novelist Villy Sørensen, published in Danish as Ragnarok: En gudefortælling and in English as The Downfall of the Gods.

The second is those who still deem the law recognising everyone as equal as indicative of the downfall of civilisation – or the cause of floods.

In other parts of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as western capitals, the downfall of Marxist-Leninist ideology brought a surge of optimism.

These kinds of reports, as well as stories on the downfall of Bo Xilai, have become a vital part of the world's understanding of China's political strengths and weaknesses.

It offers a good analysis of religious mania, as well as showing, in the downfall of Urbain Grandier (played by Oliver Reed in Ken Russell's adaptation of the book) how dangerous it could be to snub Cardinal Richelieu.

And with the other G7 finance ministers acting as a sort of informal imperial cabinet, it was now obvious to all how wrong it had been to regard the breakdown in the fixed exchange rate system in 1971 as representing the downfall of the dollar and the decline of US hegemony.