In Looe, Cornwall, torrential overnight rain caused the partial collapse of a house, converted into flats.

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Second, while creditors are insured against a systemic collapse they are not insured against a partial collapse.

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Many earth buildings survive in a serious state of neglect or partial collapse.

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Whether or not this is an attempt to whip up support, already disputes are raging over what constitutes complete and partial collapse.

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The joint committee on the government's National Security Strategy (NSS) said the full or partial collapse of the single currency was "plausible".

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The 1.7 mile-long (2.7km) Butterley tunnel, which carried the Cromford canal, was opened in 1794 and closed in 1900 after a partial collapse.

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After the 1968 Ronan Point tower block partial collapse in London, in which four people died, new British Standard Structural Design Codes for concrete were introduced to prevent it happening again.

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Also, the market manipulation continued well into 2010, or long after RBS's management was replaced at the end of 2008 following the collapse of the bank and its partial nationalisation.

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If such partial disclosures cause one of the best run foreign companies operating in China to collapse, consider what havoc they would wreak on other stocks.

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