At stock exchanges around the world the value of stocks in electrical utilities that owned nuclear power plants fell disastrously before trading was halted because of the huge disparity between buy and sell orders.

I need not tell you that this falls disastrously below even the minimum requirements for the replacement of essential personnel.

If team performances slumped, as they did in 1910-11, attendances fell disastrously, sparking off a financial crisis.

In retrospect, it is easy to see that, should recruitment generally fall, ours would (unless the nature of our recruitment changed first) fall away disastrously.

Our recruitment fell disastrously in 1976 with the consequence that a College decision was made to close the department and to phase out the courses that had been developed.

He knew that the portfolio he had chosen might fall apart on him disastrously or damage the record he had created for himself at Dayton, Ohio, where he mediated a durable end to the brutal Bosnian war.

It fell disastrously in 1990 when Hollywood studios boycotted the city because of contract disputes with the film-craft unions.

Staring at the rims of the glasses he shuffled forward across the carpet, looking as if with every next step he would trip and fall disastrously.

(Which fell disastrously.)

Meanwhile, the Braves' attendance fell disastrously in 1951 and 1952, and the club moved to Milwaukee during 1953 spring training.