Sentence examples for inflicting severe damage from inspiring English sources

The casual reader might have the impression that there are real doubts about whether emissions can be reduced without inflicting severe damage on the economy.

The Saudi air campaign is geared more to inflicting severe damage on the units of the Yemeni army loyal to Saleh than it is to weakening the Houthis.

The squabbling among and within anti-EU groups is causing dismay among many Eurosceptics, who fear that it is inflicting severe damage on their chances in the referendum campaign.

"We have argued that the likely best solution would be to regulate the number of hen harrier nests on grouse moors so that a dispersed and evenly spread population of harriers is maintained without inflicting severe damage on any one grouse stock.

Fears are being voiced that the highly contentious claims that Labour wants to form an alliance with a party committed to the breakup of the UK are inflicting severe damage on the largest pro-union party in Scotland in a move that will just end up boosting the case for independence.

"Market jitters on eurozone problems, especially one-sided yen rises that do not reflect Japan's economic fundamentals, are inflicting severe damage on economic sentiment," he said.

During a period of calm weather early in the battle, the French were better positioned than the disorganised British squadron and Roquebert's ships inflicted severe damage on several British vessels before an increasing breeze allowed Schomberg to press home his attack.

On 25 April 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake inflicted severe damage to the nation of Nepal, causing several Himalayan mountains to shrink, including Mount Everest which shrunk by one inch.

Irene could still inflict severe damage well inland.

She could inflict severe damage, once breaking her nose.

Fighter jets scrambled from Eglin inflicted severe damage, slowed it, and the USS Carney torpedoed one of its supports.