Sentence examples for breakdown of the normal from inspiring English sources

Lupus results from a breakdown of the normal disease-fighting function of the immune system.

But the main impression was a kind of Hellzapoppin' breakdown of the normal parameters of nightclub entertainment.

"There seemed to be a complete breakdown of the normal barriers between the regulator and the regulated," said Jonathan Winer, who was, at the time, a deputy assistant secretary of state for the United States State Department.

Steel reinforced concrete is one of the most durable and cost effective construction materials, but it can suffer in high chloride environments from corrosion due to chloride induced breakdown of the normal passive layer protecting the steel.

WASHINGTON — The collision of the $1 trillion in budget cuts known as sequestration and the breakdown of the normal budgeting process is creating headaches not just for Washington but also for a vast web of offices dependent on federal financing.

Margaret MacMillan says: "We like to think of war as an aberration, as the breakdown of the normal state of peace.

Indeed, it is the breakdown of these normal cues that produces PTSD, where the fear response gets triggered in inappropriate situations.

The presence of the initial hernia and the high risk of recurrence are indicative of a breakdown in the normal wound healing process.

This decoupling is the result of a breakdown in the normal subglacier water flow system, but the exact mechanisms that cause some glaciers to surge are not fully understood.

Although Donald Trump ordered the justice department on Thursday to conduct a review of the US handling of sensitive material relating to the Manchester investigation, UK officials blame a culture of leaks on the breakdown of normal discipline at the White House and in the US security services.

The factors fuelling the spread of HIV include sexual violence, the movement of large numbers of displaced people, the breakdown of normal protective structures, the widespread presence of soldiers (especially from countries with relatively high HIV/AIDS prevalence rates such as Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe) and the absence of health care.