Confidence was further undermined when the ACB's chief executive was arrested for alleged "economic mismanagement".
Chris Huhne's chances of keeping his Cabinet job were further undermined when Liberal Democrat colleagues began for the first time to openly question whether he should stay on.
Hopes that the balloting could be credible were further undermined when the International Republican Institute, the only American group planning to monitor the election, canceled its plans over concerns about possible suicide bombings and other violence.
It was further undermined when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk drove the Greeks from western Asia Minor in 1922 and deposed the Turkish sultan in the same year; it finally collapsed when he abolished the caliphate altogether in 1924.
The king's credentials as a proponent of democracy were further undermined when he delayed legislative elections and then announced that there would be elections for new local councils, a move termed political sleight of hand by those calling for free elections for Parliament.
Morton's leadership was further undermined when in April 1959, Liberal backbench MP for Manly, Douglas Darby, challenged Morton for the leadership.
In the controversy that followed, Bligh's rebuttals could not silence doubts as to his own conduct, and his position was further undermined when William Peckover, a Bligh loyalist, confirmed that the allegations in the Appendix were substantially accurate.
The government's finances could be further undermined because of a fall in the tax revenues from big businesses.
If it does, and if the government demands remedies, the logic of the HBOS takeover will be further undermined.
Arsenal's domestic and European challenges were further undermined yesterday when it was revealed that their young central defender Matthew Upson has broken his right leg and will be out for at least six weeks.
