Sentence examples for collapsed largely from inspiring English sources
The system collapsed largely because it allowed governments no domestic monetary flexibility.
It collapsed, largely, it seemed, under the weight of its own fecklessness and cruelty, and ended up ruling just Taiwan, from where Chiang dreamed ever more forlornly of recovering the mainland.
The result, market participants said, has been an increase in private oversight for a business that until Enron collapsed, largely from its misuse of structured finance, had encouraged an "anything goes" mentality.
Within weeks Wall Street collapsed, largely self-inflicted too, taking much of the global financial system down with it – including the "real" economies of many countries, China among them.
The uprising is not the first time that Pakistanis have formed their own militias to stand up to the Taliban, and previous efforts have often collapsed largely because the government and military did not come to their aid.
People who followed the case say it collapsed largely because of prosecutors' errors — including giving immunity to squad mates whose credibility as witnesses came into question, and tactical decisions that led to a lengthy delay before the trial got under way.
Revenue from DVD sales has been collapsing (largely because of piracy) and this has reshaped the film business.
But the stature that Mr. Lieberman achieved in the Democratic Party collapsed suddenly, largely because of his support for the Iraq war.
This business has been booming in recent years — Enron was a big player, before its collapse — largely because of the worldwide drive to privatize public utilities.
Last season, as winter approached, the players seemed to feel helpless watching a promising start collapse, largely under the weight of season-ending injuries.
The political scientist Ted Hopf wrote in a 1993 article that experts failed to anticipate the Soviet Union's collapse largely because the military establishment played such a big role in setting the government's financing priorities.
