Sentence examples for authority has eroded from inspiring English sources

"Arafat's authority has eroded over the years," said a Western expert on the region who has dealt closely with him.

Instead, Al Qaeda seems to thrive where tribal authority has eroded, or in the southern areas where hatred of the government is most intense.

It may, however, also speak more fundamentally to the role of the artist in American society in the 21st century, a role whose political authority has eroded along with that of novelists, poets and philosophers.

The advisers said they agreed with the results of a study by the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, a nonprofit foundation in North Carolina, which concluded that under President Clinton, civilian authority has eroded as military officers increasingly considered civilian leadership incompetent.

But as central authority has eroded in Baghdad and Sunni-Shiite violence escalates, the Kurds have made clear their intentions to sever their region from the mounting chaos.

But in recent weeks, public confidence has eroded further as church authorities have been forced to reveal that the same disgraced bishops kept secret the embezzlement of $400,000.

But our dominance has eroded.

Since independence, that dominance has eroded.

Today, confidence has eroded.

Let me make my sentiments clear: It is my view that, by propping up deeply troubled big banks, authorities have eroded market discipline in the financial system.

"This has been I think a very dangerous resolution and it's given the executive branch just such broad authority that it has eroded our system of democracy and our system of checks and balances," she said.