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1. That's devastating.
2. Natural disasters can be devastating.
3. A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.
4. If you left now, the consequences would be devastating.
5. They confirmed the importance of strengthening global precautions in order to prevent devastating losses.
6. People, infrastructure and equipment in ports should be protected against security incidents and their devastating effects.
7. However, most importantly it appears that the considerable increase in imports had a devastating effect on the profitability of the Community producers, given the accompanying price drop.
8. Subsequently, between 23 and 25 January 2003 the region was hit by floods which had further devastating consequences for the shipyard, its employees and its suppliers.
9. In the 1990’s, Cyprus was hit by an unprecedented and severe drought which lasted for seven years, with devastating consequences for agricultural production and farm incomes.
10. In Regulation (EC) No 206/2005, the Commission had found that the considerable increase in imports had a devastating effect on the profitability of the Community producers, given the accompanying price drop.
11. Those control measures aim at preventing the spread of LPAI of H5 and H7 subtypes before they become widespread in the domestic poultry population so that the risk of a mutation into HPAI with possibly devastating consequences may be prevented.
12. Consequently, and against the background of the rather moderate duty level, it is concluded that the imposition of countervailing duties would likely not have a devastating effect on converters.
13. During recent avian influenza epidemics, outbreaks of disease caused by low pathogenic avian influenza viruses subsequently mutated into highly pathogenic viruses causing devastating consequences and risks for public health.
14. The increase in imports had only a limited negative effect on the quantities sold by the Community producers, although their sales and market share dropped somewhat in 2003. However, most importantly it appears that the considerable increase in imports had a devastating effect on the profitability of the Community producers, given the accompanying price drop.
15. Those surveillance programmes aim at identifying the circulation of LPAI viruses in poultry, in particular in waterfowl poultry species, before they become widespread in the poultry population, so that control measures can be taken to possibly prevent a mutation into a HPAI virus which might have devastating consequences.