The civil war did serious damage to the country's agriculture.

If Abe does so, Japan s relations with South Korea and China will suffer serious damage.

But the damage to America s moral position is more serious for the health of the world.

Richer countries do much of the environmental damage.

In the meantime, they do serious damage because Europeans are so worried about the possibility of reform that the mere possibility of such reforms actually being enacted plunges them into a funk.

Prisoners shall not be assigned work that entails life risks or danger of serious damage to their health.

Those measures were causing serious damage to the Palestinian economy, which had been severely affected by the destruction of infrastructure.

Serious politicians do not speak like that.

Should Germany spurn the first part of this formula, the European project would suffer serious damage and so will German national interests.

Failure to do so will result in serious consequences.

Had they managed even a few more attacks similar to the ones on New York and Washington, they could have done serious damage.

And avoiding serious damage and difficult recoveries requires us to get a lot better at recognizing these self limiting growth patterns early on.

The unsustainable patterns of production and use of POPs and persistent toxic substances (PTSs) are causing serious damage to human health and environment.

But, while banks undoubtedly have the capacity to inflict serious damage on economies and livelihoods, a well run financial system can offer significant benefits.

Compared to developed countries, rogue actors do disproportionate damage in a country like Guinea.

Also noting with concern the serious damage and loss of life caused by natural disasters and their negative impact on public health and health systems,

Either the damage caused by the financial crisis was more serious than people realized, or the economic medicine prescribed was less efficacious than policymakers believed.

People who become dependent on uppers may suffer paranoia, kidney failure, and internal bleeding, and even serious mental health problems, brain damage, or heart attack.

Also noting with concern the serious damage and loss of life caused by natural disasters and their negative impact on public health and health systems,

(a) An explosive or incendiary weapon or device that is designed, or has the capability, to cause death, serious bodily injury or substantial material damage or

But, in a global village, misperceptions can arise all too easily and can do great damage.

Side effects are rarely serious, and do not cause any permanent disabilities.

Worldwide, one in four children under the age of five is stunted, meaning that chronic under nutrition has caused serious and often irreversible physical and cognitive damage.

Weapons of mass destruction, nuclear bombs in particular, certainly cause more damage faster than conventional armaments do.

So there is no serious international effort to force them to do so.

Investigative journalism and serious commentary, like religion, do not have a profit model.

Concerned that Malawi continues to face natural catastrophes such as drought, floods and heavy rains, causing serious crop failure, loss of life and extensive damage to property and infrastructure,

Reliance on investment will not enable China to achieve stable, long term growth and prosperity on the contrary it may well inflict serious long term damage on economic performance.

Furthermore, on numerous occasions he had been kidnapped and subjected to beatings with sticks and fists by supporters of BNP, which had resulted in serious damage to his elbow.

The suggested criteria read as follows the procurement is of an especially high value, presents novel legal issues, or poses a serious risk of damage to property or injury .

Poor policy choices, on the other hand, will at best delay recovery and at worst do permanent damage.

Had Shakespeare said, First, shoot the accountants, the world might have realized the amazing damage they can do.

Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.

Deeply concerned at the recent floods in Djibouti causing an important loss in livestock, as well as serious damage to roads and health establishments thus causing cholera and malaria epidemics

Blackwater has done more damage in Iraq than Al Qaeda would ever dream of an American company would do.

But the more urgent threat is that any kind of germline genetic modification could do long term, permanent damage.

The idea here is to cause damage to the enemy by getting a 3rd party to do the deed.

This duty encompasses both a positive obligation to take appropriate measures to respond to a situation that poses a clear threat of environmental damage, as well as the duty to ensure that any measures taken do not aggravate the damage already caused or increase the risk of future damage.

(b) Serious damage to public or private property, including a place of public use, a State or government facility, a public transportation system, an infrastructure facility or to the environment or

Take heed now that ye fail not to do this why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

Of course, it is true that these industries and companies do not always serve the economy faithfully and well. But the problems associated with them from price hikes of life saving drugs to serious environmental damage are not the result of managers excessive focus on short term stock market results.

Unfortunately, the authorities do not have much margin for error in working to counteract the damage done by the international crisis.

Not to do so would mean to renege on political commitments and to severely damage the EU's credibility in the world.

But there's a very serious point, and I think that in the headlong dash of daily life, we often lose sight of the damage that this roadrunner form of living does to us.

There was a need for the Council to do some serious strategic thinking, it was underlined, something it normally finds little time to do.