"disastrous" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- And while there can be no guarantee that a disastrous spill will not happen again, steps undertaken since the accident have, it is widely agreed, made shipping here less prone to a recurrence.
- The vote was a setback for environmentalists fearful that additional tanker traffic in the Santa Barbara Channel could lead to a disastrous spill.
- Only the fact that the banisters had been installed on those flights saved them from disastrous spills into the central well.
- With some public opinion polls showing a renewal of good feelings toward the oil industry as memories of last spring's disastrous spill fade, the oil companies have aggressively joined the fight for the trust of Alaskans.
- In an effort to avoid stumbling unprepared into another disastrous spill, Ken Salazar is putting all Arctic drilling plans on hold until at least next year.
- E.P.A. officials in Washington and petroleum industry executives said the law should be changed to free up more money and allow it to be used to detect fuel-tank problems before they erupt into disastrous spills.
- The oil and gas industry says its operations in the gulf, which have been carried out without a disastrous spill over half a century, should reassure those concerned about new drilling in the eastern gulf.
- At first, officials said they were not concerned that the tanker would sink, resulting in a disastrous spill, but the five explosions between 12:05 and 12:15 this afternoon changed their thinking.
- He had picked up something after their disastrous spill in the Hudson.
- Industry officials noted that their operations elsewhere in the gulf had been carried out for over half a century without a disastrous spill.
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