Sentence examples for headed for a disaster from inspiring English sources
"Or," in the words of the immortal Dr. Peter Venkman, "you can accept the fact that this city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions".
Unless reversed, the conference is headed for a disaster because the ground rules of the UNCCC, unless reversed, allow each government to set its own policies, to have no mandated international inspections of emissions, and no penalties for non-compliance of goals that can't be verified in the first place.
Silicon microchips, the thumbnail-sized microprocessors that constitute the brains of a PC, are heading for a disaster created by their own remarkable success.
Iain Duncan Smith's flagship welfare reform programme, under which most benefits will be rolled into one universal credit, is heading for a disaster, according to the government's poverty tsar, Frank Field.
However, some Labor strategists believed the party was heading for a disaster, with few economic accomplishments to point to and an electorate whose emotions would have cooled before polling day.
Last Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a financial emergency and requested the State Legislature to address an $11.2 billion dollar deficit, saying that without immediate action, "our state is headed for a fiscal disaster where everyone will be hurt".
According to some this is the most important leading indicator in the world economy and given this slump in it we're all headed for a future disaster in terms of global economic growth.
On the diagramed deal from the Blue Ribbon qualifying stage, Chris Compton of Houston seemed headed for a match-point disaster but saved himself with a highly imaginative swindle.
If President-elect Barack Obama fails to achieve an aggressive program to sustain and expand employment, we are headed for a real domestic disaster.
For this reason, Lindley also oversees emergency preparedness operations so that if an asteroid is ever headed for a populated area, disaster relief agencies can respond effectively.
