Sentence examples for sustained substantial damage from inspiring English sources

The authority sustained substantial damage in addition to its airports, shipping terminals and tunnels, Mr. Foye said.

"It will take at least one month to restore the road connections to the rest of India", he said, based an aerial survey of the region that shows that the roads have sustained substantial damage.

David Feldheim, the neurobiologist whose house sustained substantial damage in the fire attack, was one of those listed.

Cultural heritage sites such as shrines and mosques that are a part of daily life in Iraq have also sustained substantial damage.

The shop sustained substantial damage to a caged area at the side of the property and scorch damage to a wall of the premises.

It then struck the ground "at an approximately wings-level attitude" at below 30 miles per hour, and "the aircraft sustained substantial damage as a result of the impact and wing failure" the NTSB report says.

The convoy had to return to base after suffering numerous casualties, and sustaining substantial damage to the their vehicles.

Several smaller communities sustained substantial property damage, including houses swept away by streams and rivers.

CNN reported that the aircraft sustained substantial visible damage to its nose and that at least one dead crane was stuck to the front when it landed.

Kobe, one of Japan's largest industrial cities, suffered an earthquake in 1995 and sustained substantial structural damage although the strength of the quake was far weaker than the 8.8 magnitude quake that struck near here on Friday.

The UN's food and agriculture organisation (FAO) said about 42,000 acres of croplands had sustained substantial direct damage and half of Gaza's poultry stock has been lost due to direct hits or lack of care as access to farmlands along the border with Israel became impossible.