The consequent severe operational disruption to the national network and the company's spiralling costs set in motion the series of events which resulted in the ultimate collapse of the company and its replacement with Network Rail, a state-regulated, not-for-dividend company.

: The Special Effects Supervisor instructs the Special effects crew on how to design moving set elements and props that will safely break, explode, burn, collapse and implode without destroying the film set.

His use of routier mercenaries in the central regions had rapidly eaten away his remaining support in this area too, which set the stage for a sudden collapse of Angevin power.

It was well understood that a collapse of that country would set off a scramble for its territory and possibly plunge Britain into war.

The northern branch of the Grand Canal of China was constructed during the first half of the decade, the Uppsala Cathedral was begun, and a partial collapse set back construction of the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais in a blow to the aspirations of its Gothic architecture.

One solution to the problem is when some authors set their stories in an indefinite future, often in a society where the current calendar has been disrupted due to a societal collapse or undergone some form of distortion due to the impact of technology.

* Transitional government, an emergency or interim government set up when a political void has been created by the collapse of a very large government

Chlorinated flour allows cakes and other baked goods to set faster, rise better, the fat to be distributed more evenly, with less vulnerability to collapse.

The novel is set in a dystopian future United States following a Second Civil War which led to the collapse of the nation's democratic institutions.

Hindsight observers might recognize that it was therefore the tik-tok uprising, perhaps more than any other single event, that set the stage for Trantor's sack and the final collapse of the Galactic Empire.

Hearing of the collapse of the civil war in Brittany after the Battle of Auray ( 29 September ), Louis abandoned his design to invade Burgundy and instead set about reconquering the Cotentin for Charles.

Aggressive lower order batting saw Australia set 328 in just over two sessions, but a heavy collapse saw Australia eight wickets down with more than hours to play.

* 2084: Tomorrow is Today, a futuristic novel by John William McMullen set in the year 2084 in which the world has spiraled from economic collapse, limited nuclear war, and global anarchy into a United World under the protection of The Program.

In 1887 the Pickering Land and Water Company set aside a parcel of land for the development of a college, but a collapse in the land boom stalled construction.

* In David Hare's play The Judas Kiss ( 1998 ), Ross is a major character in both Act 1, set in 1895 on the evening of the collapse of Wilde's libel case and in Act 2, in Italy in 1897.

From these they could then either dig into the attackers ' tunnels and sortie into them to either kill the miners or to set fire to the pit-props to collapse the attackers ' tunnel.

Manlius Hippomanes, a gallic aristocrat living in the time of the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, makes cynical use of Christianity for personal power and instills religious intolerance and antisemitism in his followers-and after his death, these followers set up a bonfire and burn Hippomanes ' entire library of Classical works, believing themselves to be honoring his precepts.

In April 1945, just before the collapse of the Third Reich, the defeat of Germany and the end of the war, Renner set up a Provisional Government in Vienna with other politicians from the three revived parties Social Democratic Party ( SPÖ ), Austrian People's Party ( ÖVP, a conservative successor to the Christian Social Party ) and Communist Party ( KPÖ ).

The Dutch economy began to collapse immediately: mass unemployment and even starvation set in.

Fitzgerald also elucidates the collapse of some key American Ideals, set out in the Declaration of Independence, such as liberty, social unity, good governance and peace, features which were severely threatened by the pressures of modern early 20th century society.

The Pope would pound on the wall, which would then be set to collapse.

Contracts that set out clear expectations and clear paths to accomplishing those expectations are far more likely to result in the project flowing smoothly, whereas poorly drafted contracts lead to confusion and collapse.

Once connected to the network, public keys are automatically exchanged amongst members ( provided enough of the members are set to forward and accept public keys ), and nodes will then attempt to connect to each other, strengthening the network ( decreasing the odds that any one node going down will collapse or shut out any part of the network ), as well as increasing the number of possible routes from any given point to any other point, decreasing latency and bandwidth required for communication and file transfer.

The jib will collapse because the mainsail blocks its wind, and must either be lowered and replaced by a spinnaker or set instead on the windward side of the boat.

The ostensible reason was a report by XI Corps commander Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard that Doubleday's corps broke first, causing the entire Union line to collapse, but Meade also had a long history of disdain for Doubleday's combat effectiveness, dating back to South Mountain.

Even after local lemming peaks, the arctic fox population tends to collapse back to levels dangerously close to non-viability.

Following the Allied invasion of Normandy ( June 1944 ), the German army was pushed back on all fronts until the final collapse in May 1945.

The subsequent Siege of Damascus was a complete failure ; when the city seemed to be on the verge of collapse, the crusader army suddenly moved against another section of the walls, and were driven back.

The symptoms of a vertebral collapse (" compression fracture ") are sudden back pain, often with radiculopathic pain ( shooting pain due to nerve root compression ) and rarely with spinal cord compression or cauda equina syndrome.

In order to prove that the wave function did not collapse, one would have to bring all these particles back and measure them again, together with the system that was originally measured.

This is thought to date back to early times in the quarrying industry, where piles of extracted stone ( not fit for sale ) were built into tall rough walls ( to save space ) directly behind the working quarry face ; the rabbit's natural tendency to burrow would weaken these " walls " and cause collapse, often resulting in injuries or even death.

Harry grabs Ben's rifle and threatens to shoot him, but Ben takes back the gun and shoots Harry, who stumbles into the cellar to collapse next to Karen, who has died of the infection of her injury.

; " The Fox and the Forest ": A couple living in a war-ravaged future society on the brink of collapse escape by traveling back to 1938 Mexico ( using a traveling agency in which people can travel to different time periods ) and enjoying life before chemical, nuclear, and biological warfare ruined everything.

However, many Chinese historians extend the starting point of this period back to various years during the collapse of the Han dynasty, such as to the Yellow Turban Rebellion in 184 ; the year after the beginning of the rebellion, 185 ; Dong Zhuo deposing and murdering Emperor Shao of Han and establishing Emperor Xian of Han in 189 ; Dong Zhuo sacking Luoyang and moving the capital to Chang ' an in 190 ; or Cao Cao placing the emperor under his control in Xuchang in 196.

At dawn on May 6, Hancock attacked along the Plank Road, driving Hill's Corps back in confusion, but the First Corps of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet arrived in time to prevent the collapse of the Confederate right flank.

It can transmigrate throughout time and space by folding its energy back into itself, causing it to collapse akin to a black hole and then reform itself upon reaching its destination.

According to Rahn, the history of this paradigm goes back to the collapse of the Han dynasty: " The pattern of ruling power keeping a watchful eye on sectarian groups, at times threatened by them, at times raising campaigns against them, began as early as the second century and continued throughout the dynastic period, through the Mao era and into the present.

The Kuomintang ( KMT ) believed that they would, probably with American help, one day retake mainland China while Mao Zedong's communist regime would collapse in a popular uprising and the Nationalist forces would be welcomed back.

In 1691, at the collapse of rule by Sir Edmund Andros and the reorganization of Massachusetts as a royal colony, Dukes County was transferred back to the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and split into the county of Dukes County, Massachusetts and Nantucket County, Massachusetts.

Meanwhile the English navy tried to gain control over the North Sea also and in the two-day Battle of the Gabbard in June drove the Dutch back to their home ports, starting a blockade of the Dutch coast, which led to an immediate collapse of the Dutch economy and even starvation.

Linebacker II, despite being one of the most intense bombing operations of the conflict, greatly weakened but did not cause the collapse of the communist regime, although it forced the communist government back into peace talks ; and shortly after the operation was called off.

William's father, John Marshal, supported King Stephen when he took the throne in 1135, but in about 1139 he changed sides to back the Empress Matilda in the civil war of succession between her and Stephen which led to the collapse of England into " the Anarchy ".

Cuba's foreign policy has been scaled back and redirected as a result of economic hardship after the collapse of the Soviet bloc.

With the collapse of the Lombard kingdom in 773, Duke Arechis II was elevated to Prince under the new empire of the Franks, in compensation for having some of his territory transferred back to the Papal States.

With the collapse of the Qin Dynasty and the subsequent civil war ( 206 – 202 BC ), the Xiongnu, under Chanyu Toumen, were able to migrate back to the border with China.

The violence in London was such that Somerset, back in England after the collapse of English Normandy, was put in the Tower of London for his own safety.

Its strong Republican roots go back to the formation of the party in the 1800s following the collapse of the Whig Party, which had previously been the preferred party.

After financial collapse of the Australian division, in 2003, the operations were handed back to the State Government.