Sentence examples for close to catastrophic from inspiring English sources

In the relatively closed world of TV advertising sales it is regarded as quite close to catastrophic.

But Iraqi reality today, in terms of the security situation, is close to catastrophic.

1.5C of warming will already be close to catastrophic for our countries, but we know it's the best we can achieve if we all act decisively.

Three seconds off the pace each lap is bad enough, but five is close to catastrophic.

Three Mile Island in 1979 was a complete surprise, and though there was no loss of life, the partial meltdown was close to catastrophic.

"The situation of Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks is close to catastrophic," shareholder Pekka Jaakkola told the meeting in Helsinki.

In Tokyo, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Japanese government finances were close to a "catastrophic situation".

And Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, shocked Tokyo on Thursday when he told Parliament that the government's books were close to a "catastrophic situation".

As an economics correspondent for more than a decade, first at the Observer, and then at Channel 4, you were close to these catastrophic events.

Downing Street concedes that rail passengers are fed up with appalling services as a senior executive warned the network was close to a catastrophic shutdown.

Considering that, when the suit pressure drops to 2.8 psid, an extravehicular activity crewmember loses sight and at 2.0 psid consciousness is lost, it is apparent just how close to a catastrophic potential the extravehicular activity crews are operating.