Sentence examples for downfall of three from inspiring English sources

His self-immolation galvanized citizens in North Africa and the Middle East to protest against government repression and corruption and in the process bring about the downfall of three heads of state (Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya).

As the leader of the Gaullist group in the National Assembly in 1956 58, Soustelle became known as the "destroyer of ministries"; his intensive attacks on their Algerian policies led to the downfall of three governments.

Few plea-bargainers have had as much of an impact as Machado Sr, who secretly taped conversations that led to the downfall of three ministers and could yet result in the fall of other senior politicians.

The current fiasco probably has a little life left in it, but for connoisseurs it lacks the scope of the famous series some years ago involving the downfall of three ministers with one-armed Romanian roofers being allowed in and foreign murderers, rapists and terrorists being allowed out.

The downfall of two previous military governments was triggered by student protests.

And it has left the tight-knit school and its alumni to grapple with the downfall of two figures who had the status of legends.

They would sell their mothers".The language may be colourful but his charges of improper conduct have already led to the resignations of one cabinet minister, three junior ministers and the downfall of two Tory backbenchers.

It was key to the downfall of two sitting prime ministers and a popular opposition leader and culminated in a showdown on the floor of Parliament between guards and furious protesters.

And his allegations that he stuffed brown envelopes with cash and gave them to MPs led to the downfall of two ministers and dogged the government in the run-up to the polls.So, in a sense, he won.

But as investors tried to comprehend the abrupt downfall of two of Wall Street's mightiest firms — Lehman Brothers, which spiraled into bankruptcy, and Merrill Lynch, which rushed into the arms of Bank of America — even optimists said the immediate future would be difficult.

By engineering the downfall of one of the state's most powerful legislators, Parraz wanted to prove that things were changing: even in Arizona, even in a safe Republican district, an anti-immigrant reputation could be perilous.