Civic Forum's division reflects in part a gradual breakdown into its constituent parts.

The gradual breakdown of Malcolm Tucker and appearance of new threats to his dominance, in particular Steve Fleming (David Haig) are also major plotlines.

However, these reasons are merely symptomatic of the gradual breakdown of civil society and norms due to state-sponsored repression and violence.

She undergoes a gradual breakdown, but persists in her efforts to reestablish her life.

The molding of a new political entity was a challenge in a country in which the gradual breakdown of a well-entrenched tribal hierarchy and its authority was still under way.

An writer for Inside Soap commended Home and Away for Joey's schizophrenia storyline, noting that the character's gradual breakdown had been "well-observed and sensitively handled."

Over time, there is gradual breakdown of cartilage - the cushion that covers the ends of bones and allows joints to move easily.

The coda exihibits a gradual breakdown of the forward motion, and, with a quarter-note progression in the final three bars, the A flat tonality is reestablished.

The other was a gradual breakdown in the cozy political consensus, built upon a semipermanent coalition Government of Social Democrats and Christian Democrats.

Mr. Smith's Onegin was superb - a stunningly effective portrait of a fop whose gradual breakdown was traced from scene to scene.