At the same time, many workers took strike action, with Hong Kong's transport services being particularly badly disrupted.

At least for the moment, the bin Laden network has been badly disrupted.

The fixture list was badly disrupted during the three winter months with Dunfermline only managing to play six games.

The problem was that his schedule had been badly disrupted.

The distribution of food, never well organised, has been badly disrupted.

With so many moves the education of the Burrows children had been badly disrupted.

The political structures of Haiti have been badly disrupted by the earthquake.

That phenomenon is interpreted as meaning that available supplies have not been badly disrupted.

Crude oil production, however, was not badly disrupted, Ms. Scott and other industry analysts said.

If shipping is badly disrupted, which has so far not been the case, it could hurt commerce in Japan's major population and business center.