Sentence examples for Gradual undermining from inspiring English sources

Not the sudden collapse of Pax Americana, perhaps, but the gradual undermining of it.

Perhaps the gradual undermining of the professions was inevitable, but it has certainly been accelerated by the emergence and increasing prevalence of the digital media.

Another major event, less cataclysmic yet more far-reaching in its impact, was the gradual undermining of Nguni society by expanding European power.

Throughout this part of the story, Whitaker interposes clear, succinct background material on sharecropping, the history of Helena and the gradual undermining of the 14th Amendment by the courts.

The real driving force behind the long road to the Euro via fixed but adjustable exchange rates was for many years German industry seeing two alternatives: Either a gradual undermining of the 'Stabilitaetspolitik' raising the specter of abandoning low inflation or force the other EU member states to adopt their own version of 'Stabilitaetspolitik'Stabilitaetspolitik

It's a gradual process of undermining and systematically isolating a victim". February 2014: Helen cooks a special meal for Rob.

A-level physics entries did drop this year so I hope an unintended consequence of the Ebacc is not to undermine the gradual recovery in physics over the past decade.

The decisive defeat of the Byzantine army and the capture of the Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes played an important role in undermining Byzantine authority in Anatolia and Armenia, and allowed for the gradual Turkification of Anatolia.

It also reluctantly agreed to a gradual repeal by 2004 of the restrictions on imports by travellers".Tourist" imports are already undermining Systembolaget's retail monopoly.

Waiting too long would risk undermining the recovery especially if interest rates then need to be increased faster than the gradual path which we expect".

This is the opposite of what you would expect if the gradual shift from traditional defined benefit pensions to 401 k)s was, as the Journal reporters claim, undermining retirement income adequacy.