Sentence examples for turning disaster from inspiring English sources

"We welcome the chance to showcase Christchurch to the world as a city that is turning disaster into opportunity," says Lianne Dalziel, the mayor of Christchurch.

Turning disaster into triumph in the manner they do is every bit as impressive as achieving the heights in the first place.

No sooner had Hurricane Patricia petered out on Saturday than the accusations began that the president had ginned up a crisis and exaggerated the strength of the storm for political purposes, turning disaster management into a media-made spectacle — not the first time such charges have been tossed at Peña Nieto who is one of Mexico's most image-conscious politicians.

£18.85, www.amazon.co.uk 3. Fay Ripley Actor and author of Fay's Family Food Magic whisk If any lumps appear in my custard, gravy or sauces, I whip it in there and it magics them away, turning disasters into culinary masterpieces.

He could turn disaster to success, however.

Mr. Anschutz, whose fortune was built on oil and railways, has turned disaster to advantage before.

By means of kinetic diplomacy he turned disaster into brief triumph.

Is she simply a sharp operator who has skilfully turned disaster into triumph?

But when disaster struck in March 2015 and a fire in a neighbouring building caused them to relocate, they determined to turn disaster into eco-triumph.

WHEN the 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed his shop, Frederick Meyer, a German-born cabinetmaker with links to the Arts and Crafts movement, turned disaster into opportunity.

And ultimately, he was fighting his own powerlessness, as a president castigated for failing to stop the nation's worst-ever oil spill tried to turn disaster into opportunity.