Sentence examples similar to collapse of a deck from inspiring English sources
The most arresting image here was the partial collapse of a parking deck under construction next to the civic plaza, about half of it pancaked.
The collapse of a backyard deck that left a woman dead and three people injured in Bayside, Queens, on Saturday night was caused by poor and probably illegal construction, inadequate maintenance and a hard winter and recent heavy rains that may have rotted the wood, city officials said yesterday.
At a time when they are facing cuts in spending, housing authorities are leaving themselves open to entering into contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds, which may collapse like a deck of cards under any challenge from a disgruntled contractor.
"He is obviously an intelligent man who is aware that, if he steps down today, his party will collapse like a deck of cards.
A pair of water cannons sprayed it, to tamp it down, in anticipation of the impending collapse of a segment of upper deck.
However, the degradation in the mechanical properties of the top GFRP bars do not cause a collapse of the concrete deck but rather a serviceability concern since cracks in the negative moment region of continuous spans widen resulting effectively in adjacent simply supported spans.
At a Comfort Inn where many television crews are staying, cameras were rolling as chunks of a deck railing collapsed into the surf late in the afternoon.
He needed carrying to the bath, to the toilet, to bed; his long legs were good for nothing, collapsing under him like a deck of cards.
Think of a deck of cards.
Think of a deck of cards[3].
