Sentence examples for damaged industries from inspiring English sources

In the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the economy shrank 5% last year because of drought, which hurt farming, and the strong real, which damaged industries such as shoe- and furniture-making.

The revival of the oil sector is a result of the $1 billion in repairs undertaken by the Americans and Iraqis as well as some dogged ingenuity by the Iraqis in keeping their badly damaged industry running.

But as well as removing support from damaging industries, we are also seeing a sizeable shift in investors putting their support behind socially and environmentally beneficial industries.

Patterson also thinks that free trade, which he once embraced as a conservative, has damaged American industries, and he now supports some more protectionist measures.

The global economic meltdown severely damaged many industries.

He warned: "The ban on activity for the whole of the tourist season on much open-air activity seriously damage industries that are already in serious difficulty".

Repeated complaints from the National Audit Office NAOO) that government has insufficient understanding of how to get the best from consulting have damaged our industry and its reputation.

Disruption caused by the Second World War further damaged the industry.

Frequent floods, especially in 1972, damaged local industry and led to a high rate of unemployment in the 1980s.

But the commoditization of power in the early 21st century, coupled with drought that reduced the generation capacity of the river, damaged the industry.

Rather, these categories are stuffed with small and medium-sized companies, whose demise will not badly damage the industries to which they belong.