Sentence examples for major breakdown a from inspiring English sources

"Most truckers are one major breakdown — a broken axle or a damaged engine — away from bankruptcy," said Mr. Hendley, who laid off his last driver this month and turned to independent operators to ship his logs.

Another friend of mine whose fiancé suffered a major breakdown a few years back, talked to me about how things move on.

Her therapist has died, and she has just suffered a major breakdown in a Disney store.

In 1963 Waldron had a major breakdown caused by a heroin overdose.

I was depressed.' When he was 17, he had a major breakdown and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for six months.

Redundancy is key: a major breakdown in that tunnel could deal a blow not only to many thousands of commuters and other passengers but the regional economy as a whole.

Spitzer alleges that there were specific quid pro quo deals between the firm and its investment banking clients in what he calls a "shocking betrayal" and "a major breakdown in the supposed separation between the banking and research divisions".

But the Democrats suggested today that they were willing to explore a compromise rather than escalate the confrontation on the Senate floor, where a filibuster would amount to a major breakdown in bipartisan relations.

The main challenge for the use of solar energy as a new technology in Somalia is the lack of skilled personnel to service the system and repair it if there is a major breakdown.. Currently the system is maintained by an attendant employed by the community to protect the solar panels and keep their surfaces clean to receive the sun rays and yield maximum power.

How will the Mars One programme react when a colonist who was deemed psychologically fit suffers a major breakdown after years of isolation, with no way to get home?

But after a day of brinkmanship on Saturday – with Stern warning of a "major breakdown" - the deal was done.