Sentence examples for the overall collapse from inspiring English sources

The overall collapse of stiffeners under lateral pressure is included in the possible failure modes.

I knew they'd have a tough time winning that game, but I didn't foresee the turnovers, the overall collapse of the defense.

The firm said the losses in the deal came from the overall collapse of the mortgage market, not from the way the deal was structured.

However, these collapse criteria may not accurately represent the overall collapse behavior of structural systems due to redistribution and variation of damage within the structure.

American officials cautioned that trouble at one prison did not herald the overall collapse of Western influence, and that they believed they could still effect change, especially at Pul-e-Charki, which houses about 7,000 convicts.

Meanwhile, for the statically indeterminate structures, it is a common belief that the local failure would occur first and result in the change of internal force paths, while the structure could support load continually before the overall collapse of the structure.

The drastic reduction in specific control activities at a time when the epidemic was spreading, in the context of overall collapse of the Congolese health infrastructure, most likely contributed to the exponential rise in HAT cases after 1990.

Small wonder that the Ministry of Justice, under orders to cut its budget by 25% over this parliament, is desperate to reduce reoffending, which has fallen only slightly over the past decade despite an overall collapse in crime rates.This week Chris Grayling, the new justice secretary, set out a new plan.

In particular, the contribution made by the floor slab system is of crucial importance as its ability to undergo secondary load-carrying mechanisms (e.g. membrane action) once conventional strength limits have been reached may prevent overall collapse of the structure.

The authors infer that "investors price in substantial government bailout guarantees for the financial sector as a whole" — thus the index puts are cheap, because you don't need to insure privately against overall collapse — with around half of the market value of the financial sector during 2003-9 accounted for by collective bailout guarantees.

Bears quarterback Brian Griese showed a little spark last week, but any progress was overshadowed by an overall collapse that allowed the Lions to score a league-record 34 points in the fourth quarter.