The cause of the collapse was still under investigation, but Robert LiMandri, the city buildings commissioner, said a preliminary inquiry found that "structural members must have been compromised for the structure to collapse in this manner".
Throughout the state of Gujarat, scene of the current calamity, buildings collapsed in the manner of the best-known clichés: like a house of cards and a ton of bricks.
Preventing banks from collapsing in an uncontrolled manner.
And not just the north and south buildings but also the adjacent 7 World Trade Center, a smaller edifice, suffering much less damage, that collapsed in an identical manner but received far less coverage from -- what's the phrase I'm looking for?
Plaintiff further charged that at the time she was using the shopping cart, it was not reasonably safe for the use intended in that it was inclined to collapse in a manner which would cause it to roll onto its side and injure its user.
During the closing holes of regulation play, the 2011 Masters champion simply collapsed in a manner rarely seen in top-level golf.
If it collapses in a disorderly manner, we're all doomed.
But while Strahan's talks collapsed in a nasty manner, a line of communication remained between Accorsi and Collins's agent, David Dunn.
Bitcoin seems to have collapsed in the same manner.
I eventually collapsed in an unladylike manner onto the pavement in a heap with a twisted ankle and hurt pride".
In the year of his birth, 1972, they came very close, building up a substantial lead before collapsing in the final furlong in a manner that would become typical.
