Not all of the consequences were disastrous.

The consequences could be disastrous. Time is fast running out.

Involuntary testing has similarly disastrous consequences in the health care sector.

The outgrowths of humanitarian crises usually have potentially disastrous consequences for peace and security.

Sometimes people trip over the equipment, or a piece of scaffolding falls, with disastrous consequences.

Hezbollah s patrons in Iran, like the party itself, realize that the consequences would be disastrous.

And yet, marine debris has disastrous consequences for the environment, the economy, security and health.

The main justification for a monetary union cannot be the possibly disastrous consequences of its falling apart.

Otherwise, China would quickly reach its limits to growth, with disastrous ecological and, as a result, political consequences.

The consequences of the earthquake and tsunami are disastrous for the populations and the economies of the countries affected.

Handing over any local power before those leaders are ready to use it would be an error, with potentially disastrous consequences.

A new American president would do well to remember the disastrous consequences of protectionism in the 1920 s and 1930 s.

The sub prime contamination of money market funds would prove disastrous, with consequences far beyond what we have seen up to now.

But the food shortage in Zimbabwe, which is amplified by ill conceived economic policies, could have disastrous consequences if nothing is done.

Mr. Badji (Senegal) said that a greater number of women than men continued to suffer the disastrous consequences of poverty and illiteracy.

With respect to HIV AIDS, the Programme of Action underscores the disastrous consequences of the epidemic for individuals, communities and entire nations.

Mass production favors the growth of mega banks, so, unlike the misjudgments of lending officers, these behemoths defective models have had disastrous consequences.

The point to which Keynes kept returning was that the attempt to extract debt payments over many years would have disastrous social consequences.

Where such attacks are targeted at a country's critical national infrastructure, such as power systems or transportation networks, the consequences may be disastrous.

If Iraq continues along its current disastrous path, mayhem and civil war will be the inevitable outcome, with dire consequences for the entire region.

There is little doubt that Greenspan had great moments, when one could at least imagine a less deft governor doing the wrong thing with disastrous consequences.

Today, with less than 10 of the world s states being homogeneous, treating self determination as a primary moral principle could have disastrous consequences in many regions.

And, since governments typically try to enforce the conventional wisdom, the consequences could be disastrous, because they are magnified by the state s coordinating and coercive power.

And what could ultimately arise from this worrying situation is a global recession. A world recession would have disastrous consequences for the economies of developing countries.

Previous experience relating to displaced indigenous populations suggests that, if handled badly, the consequences can be disastrous both for the displaced population and the host community.

We were able to reach an agreement on banning chemical and biological weapons because we realized all of the disastrous consequences that their use would entail.

Calls on the Member States to assist the Republic of Djibouti in its struggle against the disastrous consequences of the recent flood at both the social and economic levels.

The results were disastrous.

Inaction or delay would be disastrous for the climate, but it would also be disastrous economically.

If Iraq continues along its current disastrous path, mayhem and civil war will be the inevitable outcome, with dire consequences for the entire region. Yet Iraqis continue to hope for a better future.

However much we may wish to look away, the consequences of allowing the bloodbath in Syria to take its own course may well be disastrous for the region and for the West s security.

That would be a disastrous step.

Indeed, such attitudes are potentially disastrous.

The Napoleonic Wars were particularly disastrous.

Assuredly ye utter a disastrous thing

Assuredly ye utter a disastrous thing

In the face of a disastrous humanitarian situation, widespread poverty, and persisting armed conflict, isolation from the Internet could be disastrous.

That would be nothing short of disastrous.

One could also argue that the consequences of reform would not be as organizationally disastrous as feared in the same way that cleaning up backwaters like the Vatican Bank would restore credibility to the Church s spiritual message.

From the time a potential uprising begins in Iran until the establishment of a fairer system, stakeholders invested in the future of Iran can limit potentially disastrous consequences by learning from the history of countries such as Yugoslavia.

The disastrous failure of the left has many causes.

The result has been disastrous, as ethnic rivalries sharpened.

There are two hopes for avoiding this disastrous outcome.

It cannot be right, when the international community is faced with genocide or massive human rights abuses, for the United Nations to stand by and let them unfold to the end, with disastrous consequences for many thousands of innocent people.

After the disastrous Malayan Campaign, Singapore surrendered on 15 February 1942.