Sentence examples for chances of breakdown from inspiring English sources

Of the countless wave-power concepts invented over the years, most have been heavily over-engineered to reduce the chances of breakdown at sea.

The chances of a breakdown, and of a fresh crisis among the carmakers, seem low.Read on: The car industry's crisis is over.

The chances of an actual breakdown of the democratic process at or around election time seem (relatively) low at this point.

Without a widespread reform of campaign finance, lobbying and influence-peddling and the systematic corruption they promote, our chances of preventing climate breakdown are close to zero.

By doing so, Leonard hoped, she stood a chance of avoiding another breakdown.

There was approximately four times the chance of post-eruptive breakdown being present if there was a demarcated opacity.

A convincing break below this 93 support level increases the chances of further downside (assuming no false breakdown, of course).

The older the truck and inferior the upkeep, the greater the chances of a frustrating and sometimes costly breakdown.

But child poverty campaigners were acutely aware of the implications of the decision to abandon the internationally accepted system (based on counting how much money a family has) and shift to a measurement of child poverty based on parental educational attainment and employment, as well as a handful of "life chances" factors – family breakdown, debt and addiction.

His chances of being champion last year were destroyed by such breakdowns.

"Time is not on the side of the child, and a delay in placing a child with a new family can damage their development, contribute to further emotional harm, reduce their chances of finding a permanent family, or increase the chance of adoption breakdown," the guidance warns.