This tissue has been irreversibly damaged.

But that's obviously irreversible, and there could be side effects.

Some Europeans argued that the US was irreversibly bent on unilateralism.

The ultimate fate of the universe is the same as that of an open universe.

My decision to achieve the institutionalization of the armed forces in Nicaragua is irreversible.

Still, that identity has been fractured I hope not beyond repair.

They had been irreparably traumatized and scarred, forced to live in constant fear, insecurity and turmoil.

Over the last few years, the international landscape has been transformed rapidly, dramatically and, hopefully, irrevocably.

Our country has taken the first steps in this direction, irreversibly engaging itself on the path towards democracy.

But the victim refused to press charges because she claimed that law enforcement had permanently altered her memory through the use of Frederick's photograph.

A petition was sent to Prime minister Stanley Baldwin, stressing the lack of alternative employment and the economic consequences of closure, but the decision was not overturned.

Officials ordered one million riyals ( 174,000) be paid to the relatives of those killed, and the same amount to those permanently injured.

It was essential that the nuclear weapon States should reduce their arsenal in a progressive, systematic, irreversible, transparent and measurable manner, thus proving that they were respecting their obligations.

Accordingly, the perception of monitoring as an essential management tool will not come about until a culture of management accountability is firmly established at all levels in the Secretariat.

With mountains of waste sitting in bags in simple stores that will inevitably degrade, planning and developing centralized disposal facilities has become a critical issue.

The local government of Sarawak in Malaysia is building a mega dam despite the fierce opposition of residents and indigenous peoples who will be affected by the project.

The agreement will certainly lend a new and encouraging vitality to the peace process in both its bilateral and multilateral tracks, irreversibly consolidating the latest developments.

quot In order to affirm that international law is now irrevocably transformed so far as the seas are concerned, we need not wait for the process of ratification of the Convention to begin. quot

UNRWA reported that, over the past four years, some 2,990 homes in the Gaza Strip alone had been destroyed or damaged beyond repair by the Israeli army, leaving some 28,483 people homeless.

Affecting more than 40 countries on the African continent, desertification irreversibly swallows up some 6 million hectares every year, diminishing their productive capacity indeed, making them totally sterile.

In point of fact, international relations should always be firmly and irreversibly anchored on a solid foundation of international law and justice as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations rather than on the predominance of military power.

They await but a single blast which will not be repeated.

They await just one Scream, which no one can avert.

These are only awaiting for a single Cry, to which there is no delay.

And these wait but for one shout, wherefrom there will be no deferment.

And these only wait for a single Saihah shout (i.e. the blowing of the Trumpet by the angel Israfil Sarafil) there will be no pause or ending thereto till everything will perish except Allah (the only God full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour) .

These can expect only a single scream, from which there is no recovery.

They are waiting for nothing except a single Cry, after which there will be no second Cry.

These wait for but one Shout, there will be no second thereto.

These too do not await but a single Cry, which will not grant them any respite.

Indeed, my question is how we can solve the case of East Timor if we the victims and protagonists of the civil war provoked by the irresponsibility of the Portuguese authorities in 1974 are irreversibly opposed to one another.

The issues of human rights, good governance and other conditionalities that were behind these actions by the donor community have now, I am happy to say, been dealt with decisively, each one in an irreversible manner and, where applicable, by Act of Parliament.