Sentence examples for the total breakdown from inspiring English sources

But that was a consequence of the total breakdown in national unity over the issue of slavery.

But in amongst the total breakdown in Ottawa Monday night, it was difficult to see whether Silfverberg had much of an effect on the game.

If Damascus tried to offset this by permitting Lebanese guerrillas to shell northern Israeli villages, the result could be renewed warfare in Lebanon and the total breakdown of peace talks between Israel and Syria.

So with the credit crunch on its way, I can't help thinking it is likely we will see the total breakdown of society if the market collapses, and that for many dinner-table conversations will suffer.

So let's here are a few reading recommendations: After Tomorrow by Gillian Cross: The total breakdown of UK society forces everyone to head for France but the French are overwhelmed by British refugees and close the Channel Tunnel.

While traditional disaster risk management meant the city was well prepared in terms of strict building codes, limiting damage and loss of life, what was not foreseen was the total breakdown of communications networks.

Both waves of unrest, nevertheless, seem to be rooted in similar problems: acute unemployment, severe social deprivation, and the almost total breakdown in relations between police and certain sections of society.

But what sets the Syria crisis apart is the sheer number (1.8 million people have already left the country) as well as the rapid and total breakdown of institutions.

But what sets the Syrian crisis apart, he says, is the sheer number – 1.8 million people have already left the country – as well as the rapid and total breakdown of institutions.

The main question for the coming weeks, then, is whether Romney came back from the brink of total breakdown in time to pull ahead and win — or is the hole he'd already dug himself into now too deep to climb out of?

It's not at rock bottom, it's probably not at the stage of total breakdown as it has been in the past, but it's not very good".