Sentence examples for avert collapse from inspiring English sources

The collapse prevention system consists of a collapse inhibiting mechanism, such as a pair of slack cables or loose linkages, working in tandem with the main lateral-force resisting system and engaging the gravity framing to avert collapse.

The District of Columbia is ready to take back control of its finances six years after a federally appointed board stepped in to avert collapse, city officials said today.

In New Zealand, Global Brokers NZ said it was closing down as it could no longer meet local regulatory requirements and in New York the US foreign exchange brokerage FXCM was scrambling to raise funds to avert collapse.

The American International Group, the insurer that agreed to a government takeover to avert collapse, reached a deal to sell its 50percentt stake in London City Airport to its partners in the venture.

In the wake of the near collapse of the US financial sector one year ago, Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke took extraordinary measures to avert collapse.

Can anything be done to avert collapse?

Established carriers have trimmed routes and staff to stem losses, or in the case of Swissair, averted collapse through a government-led bailout.

Mr. Greenberg and companies he runs owned about 11percentt of A.I.G. before it averted collapse last week by agreeing to a federal takeover.

And it dealt another blow to his teetering governing coalition, which narrowly averted collapse last month and is clinging to a one-vote majority in Parliament while edging closer to calling early elections.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac narrowly averted collapse, foreclosure-prone cities in California are declaring bankruptcy and, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, there are 1.2 million homes in foreclosure nationwide, double the amount from last year.

Then governments would take the losses via bailouts needed to avert financial collapse.