In the grinding gears of this story, there is always an older, established entity that acts too timidly for fear of undermining its core business.
However with prolonged exposure interdiffusion of other elements, originally added, to increase the mechanical properties of the alloys, will act to undermine the integrity of the protective scales.
The antagonism by acute EtOH of DIR would act to undermine that direct excitation.
Even when the upper management levels are committed to such a partnership, intermediate and lower levels of the hierarchy may act to undermine that objective (Audretsch et al., 2002).
There are lots of vituperative rants against the press in "A Journey"; at one point Mr. Blair rails against Britain's Freedom of Information Act as "utterly undermining of sensible government".
Hard cases or acts of terrorism undermine the case.
Similarly, although all schools were generally aware of privacy and equity issues, practices instituted in haste without the benefit of forward planning, acted to undermine these values.
On the other hand, where there were family problems or destructive relations; where access to services was poor or services were perceived as non-supportive; or where the immediate environment was poor, these features acted to undermine the well-being of individuals.
In a letter to the leaders of those organizations, Griffin wrote "You have unrelentingly and unequivocally acted to undermine this case even before it was filed.
Guidelines and main priority areas of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) also impacted on the ability of the districts and regions to act, undermining the effectiveness of the decentralisation policy in the health sector.
