Sentence examples for have proved devastating from inspiring English sources

Almost 50 years of military rule, imposed after the 1962 overthrow of the democratically elected government, have proved devastating to all state institutions, including the courts.

When that prosecution was announced, Deputy Attorney General Mark R. Filip acknowledged that the mortgage crisis "includes a wide variety of criminal acts that have proved devastating to American families".

But what was a life changing opportunity for individual families has proved devastating for the next generation needing social housing.

Long considered a risky investment practice, loading up on a single company's stock has proved devastating to employees in some 401(k) retirement plans this year.

But so much rain all at once has proved devastating to California in the past.

While cholera, spread through contaminated food or water, is easily treated if basic healthcare is in place, in war-ravaged Yemen it has proved devastating.

Failure to do so has proven devastating.

It has proven devastating for the species, and University of Tasmania Professor Gregory Woods told the ABC that there is no known cure.

The most convincing way for Washington to reclaim its moral leadership on trade, however, would be to phase out cotton subsidies, which have proved so devastating to the fragile economies of West Africa.

For the Crow tribe, the events of March 1880, on which Mr. Aaberg has focused his research, proved devastating.

The French players Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine had proved a devastating combination, with little Kopa making the bullets for the quick, strong, stocky Fontaine to fire.