Sentence examples for Very pernicious from inspiring English sources

" 'Stability' is a very pernicious word," he said.

"It is a world problem and it is a very pernicious problem.

It has a very pernicious impact on religious freedom, not just for non-Muslims but for Muslims as well".

"Bush badly mangled the definition of enemy combatant to expand to anyone who might be giving support, which was very pernicious," he said.

"This is not the end of the efforts to deal with what is the very, very, very, very pernicious trade of people smuggling, which trades on people's lives and gives people the expectation that in return for very significant sums of money they can be brought to Australia for passage," Chris Bowen, the immigration minister, told the lower house.

Even at very low concentration, it can be a very pernicious to human beings.

Suicide bombers are just really pernicious.

China is a very aggressive and pernicious economic competitor with no morals.

One cable described China's presence in Africa as "very aggressive and pernicious economic competitor with no morals".

So beware a popular mythology of hardwiring that can result in some very concrete – and pernicious – outcomes.

Apparently based on a conversation with Johnnie Carson, the US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, it said: "China is a very aggressive and pernicious economic competitor with no morals.