Sentence examples for part in the downfall of from inspiring English sources

He played an active part in the downfall of Bavaria's leading minister, Maximilian Montgelas (1817), whom he blamed for these anti-ecclesiastical policies.

Earlier Mr Botha had told local radio stations that he was being victimised "because of Oscar", claiming the charge had resurfaced because of his part in the downfall of the  wealthy national hero.

The state's powerful NIMBY tendency has long ensured that it is undersupplied with electricity; and a botched deregulation, exacerbated by the antics of Enron, played a huge part in the downfall of Governor Gray Davis in 2003.

Indeed the weakness of oil in the 1980s (and the sapping effect of the Afghan conflict on morale) played its part in the downfall of the Soviet empire; this time round, the Russian economy is already showing signs of crisis.

The carbon tax played a large part in the downfall of the Gillard prime ministership, representing a broken promise that she would never introduce new taxes if Labor was voted to power.

The focus, vitriol and blame heaped on Credlin is quite extraordinary, and of course there are elements of sexism, but the main player, the actual prime minister, the man who was in charge of Australia has been relegated a bit part in the downfall of his government.

Of course, such a wholesale recusance on the part of the economic laity will result in the downfall of the pampered economic priesthood - they will be turfed out of their cloistered temples, and dragged kicking and screaming from the boardrooms, cabinet tables and television studios where they currently hold sway.

His part in the downfall was murkier.

This results in the downfall of the first not all-good man.

Credit derivatives were implicated in the downfall of troubled financial giants Lehman Brothers and the American International GroupAIG.

At the end of the 14th century, Conwy Castle was involved in the downfall of Richard II.