Sentences with phrase «widespread disruption as»
Ian Bauckham, ASCL's president, said it was not possible at this stage to know whether there would be widespread disruption as a result of the action, as the only information the NUT were obliged to provide was the number of members it had in a school.
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Some of them predict that widespread disruptions in modern amenities such as electricity and telephone service will arise from the Y2K computer problem; others foresee religiously ordained cataclysms.
Strike action was solid across 17 London bus operators, as Unite members mounted picket lines across the capital bringing buses to a standstill and causing widespread disruption.
Such an earthquake will cause widespread damage to structures, transportation and utilities, as well as economic and social disruption in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay).
«We think that widespread disruption to synaptic connectivity — the brain's communication pathways — is what makes surgery possible, although effective anaesthetics such as propofol do put you to sleep first,» he said.
«If low level disruption is as widespread as he says, it certainly isn't backed up by inspection grades, which show that pupil behaviour is one of the strongest aspects in schools,» said Mr Lightman.
Political instability in some overseas destinations has also added an undesirable dimension to some holidays abroad, while climatological factors such as flooding and heavy snowfall have caused widespread disruption that has had a big impact on overseas travel.
Natural Disaster is defined as widespread disruption of human lives by disasters such as flood, drought, tidal wave, fire, hurricane, earthquake, windstorm, or other storm, landslide, or other natural catastrophe or event resulting in migration of the population for its safety.