Sentence examples for might collapse under from inspiring English sources

It was the fear that the 22m franc (about £2m) production might collapse under Adjani's demands.

Once it arrived, however, concerns arose that the hillside underneath it might collapse under the weight of so much water.

Dr. Janice Henderson, an obstetrician for high-risk pregnancies at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, described a recent meeting where doctors worried that the delivery room table might collapse under the weight of an obese patient.

In 1160 61 the possibility that the Fāṭimid caliphate in Egypt, shaken by palace intrigues and assassinations, might collapse under the influence of Muslim Syria caused anxiety in Jerusalem.

The reason for this maddeningly slow method of rubble removal is to preserve any below-ground pockets of shelter that might collapse under the weight and vibration of heavy equipment.

(By the way, go back and listen to Dr. John's complicated, spaced-out record "The Sun, Moon & Herbs," from 1971, when all recordings were analog: are we trying to out-hip that on its own terms?) If Dr. John weren't grounding it with his casual essence, it might collapse under the weight of its own studied scuff.

Ironically, since there are several such TVs coming from different manufacturers, the smart TV market might collapse prematurely under the weight of half-baked models all trying to outdo an Apple HDTV that doesn't even exist yet.

Chinese officials argued that if China cut off oil and energy supplies to North Korea, the regime might collapse, resulting in the unification of the Korean peninsula under a pro-Western government in Seoul.

Or she might simply collapse under the agony of it all.

For two years, Esteban and his family say, the boy has bounded up 15-foot banana plants, tying insecticide-laced cords between them to stabilize trunks that might otherwise collapse under the weight of the produce that is behind Mr. Noboa's fortune of over $1 billion.

This difference in weight distribution would allow a person to cross an area of ice while crawling that might otherwise collapse under their body weight while standing up.