Sentence examples for partial breakup from inspiring English sources

Even a partial breakup would be a momentous setback for the European Union, including for the 11 member states that have not, or not yet, joined the euro.

Once-isolated calls for at least a partial breakup of the conglomerate have become a chorus, with NBC Universal, appliances and GE Money, the consumer finance unit, emerging as prime candidates for a sale or spinoff.

For Houghton Mifflin, which Vivendi bought in August 2001 for $1.7 billion, the deal could be a prelude to a full or partial breakup of the company, the executives said.

We guess Directioners are remaining loyal to the group and sticking with them through their partial breakup.

The Final Cut is sometimes viewed as a Waters solo record due to the combination of Pink Floyd's partial breakup and Waters' dominance on the project.

And there are some breakups too — or at least partial breakups.

The cyclic deformation of filler reinforced elastomer compounds results in energy losses caused by a partial hysteretic breakup and subsequent reformation of the filler network.

"This confirms that fears of a (partial) euro zone breakup are gradually receding," Mr. van Vliet wrote.

More fundamentally, it is feared that even a partial euro-zone breakup could be the start of the end of the European Union, a major step backward from decades of integration.

Previously a Dutch-Belgian company, Fortis took on an enormous debt just after the peak of the credit boom in 2007 through its part in the breakup and partial acquisition of ABN Amro.

Processing problems compounded the cash-flow crisis, leading to a breakup of the partnership with Xstrata and the partial demolition of a plant at Windimurra.