Sentence examples for have a crippling effect from inspiring English sources

"The additional funding being sought by the sheriff would have a crippling effect on the city's operations, including services like police, fire and recreation".

That could have a crippling effect on the firm's outside investors, who are unlikely to keep their money with an investment adviser under indictment.

The Miranda decision elicited an outpouring of criticism and dire predictions that the holding would have a "crippling" effect on law enforcement.

The authorities and immigrant advocates have learned from prior storms that fear can have a crippling effect on people's willingness to flee a disaster zone.

While a spate of redemptions can have a crippling effect on a hedge fund by forcing it to sell its holdings at unfavorable prices, SAC is more insulated than most of its competitors from the ill effects of client withdrawals.

Another Obama administration official said that with 90 percent of Syria's oil exports going to Europe, shutting the European market to Damascus could have a crippling effect on the Syrian economy and could put additional pressure on Mr. Assad's government.

The advent of the Kennedy Administration had a crippling effect on him, from which he has never fully recovered.

China's slowdown is setting the stage for a drop in the price of oil, which has had a crippling effect on growth in the United States.

US and European sanctions have had a crippling effect on its economy, and the lifting of some measures is forecast to generate billions of euros in revenue.

For Iran, the pressing need is to gain relief from sanctions that have ratcheted up in severity and are having a crippling effect on its resource-dependent economy.

The nuclear sanctions which were removed yesterday have had a crippling effect on the Iranian economy at a time when its growing population wants to see more jobs, more goods and more contact with the outside world.