Sentence examples for faced a collapse from inspiring English sources

A decade ago, Britain's auditors and corporate chiefs faced a collapse of confidence of Enronian proportions.

A Labour government under Harold Wilson took power but faced a collapse in corporate profits and stock market values.

One respondent told us they faced "a collapse of demand from public sector clients", while another was struggling with "a lack of salesmanship experience".

All of a sudden, we faced a collapse of the entire financial system.

-- faced a collapse of the U.S. economy and a run on the gold supply.

When Japan faced a collapsing commercial real estate market as the result of a bubble, we urged Japanese banks to move quickly to liquidate the nonperforming assets from their banks' balance sheets.

Facing a collapse in global trade and consumer demand, firms slashed production and cut their payrolls to match.

Prime Minister Ivica Racan now faces a collapse of his government and a possible no-confidence vote in Parliament.

Some countries, like Ireland and Spain, already face a collapse in housing prices not unlike that in much of the United States.

"We must warn society that should the current social and economic course be continued, Russia will face a collapse," he said.

Big industrial firms facing a collapse of export markets such as Heidelberger Druck, the world's biggest maker of printing presses, are likely recipients.