Sentence examples for prior collapse from inspiring English sources

Although it had already been looted when it was discovered by archaeologists, the prior collapse of the ceiling of the summit shrine of the pyramid protected a section of the tomb from the looters.

So when Alcott and Hawthorne often referred to the new house as Apple Slump, it was both a fond reference to the favorite dessert as well as a wink at the prior collapse of Fruitland, a slump in its own right.

Immediately prior to collapse of the spindle (Fig. 1B, 0 min, arrows show direction of impending collapse), mitochondria were seen flanking the spindle midzone region.

Prior to collapse, in exertional sickling, the athlete gradually weakens and the legs cannot support weight vs the sudden collapse of a cardiac dysrhythmia or the painful last few steps of a contracted large muscle.

And with the burden of debt and the rate of unemployment both set to rise sharply, the medium-term outlook offers little respite.Over the short term, economic policy will be driven primarily by the need to stabilise the economy and restructure the banking system (the total liabilities of which, prior to collapse, had totalled more than 10 times Iceland's annual GDP).

Tested beams exhibited little deflection and very low ductility and deformation prior to collapse.

Compactness of the crystalline domains is correlated to prior chain collapse in the liquid state.

The last set of yielding elements, plastic hinges or lengths of yield lines form within the last standing members or segments of the structure prior to collapse.

Reliability estimates of PHWR inner containment subjected to an internal pressure exceeding the design pressure, considering three stages of progressive failure prior to collapse are presented.

For the pre-damaged panels, significant crack growth was seen in the skin stiffener interface prior to collapse, which caused a reduction in load-carrying capacity.

Reliability estimates of AHWR Inner Containment subjected to an internal pressure exceeding the design pressure, considering four stages of progressive failure prior to collapse are presented.