Sentence examples for general breakdowns from inspiring English sources

And with the poverty and general breakdowns of law and mores that followed the Soviet Union's collapse, prostitution and drug use are thriving.

The general breakdown of commuters by profession is also unlikely to have changed much.

Even a little looting is reported as a general breakdown of law and order.

And outbreaks of violence have happened before without leading to a general breakdown.

Some sort of general breakdown of social mores cannot be invoked as an explanation, since homicides fell as suicides rose.

There, it said, "ethnic unrest during the last two years has devastated the economy and contributed to a general breakdown in law and order.

The idea went nowhere until the spring of 1987, when Weber was in the hospital once more — this time with a general breakdown of his health.

The report also said there appeared to have been a "general breakdown in communications" among the officer of the deck, Commander Waddle and the technician.

At the same time, there have been shortages of electricity and water in the capital and a general breakdown of order.

"The culture war fits into the pre-millennialists' expectation of the end of history -- the decline of civilization, the breakdown of morality, a general breakdown of order," he said.

The failure to address these abuses will only exacerbate the general breakdown in law and order in the country by sending the signal that there is total impunity for any abuse justified as a protection of religious sentiments.