Sentence examples for corrosive element from inspiring English sources

Or, if he's pining for home, it might be a corrosive element in a monthlong camp in an African winter.

But the association's proposals do not address what most people agree is the single most corrosive element in the lobbying process: the perception that huge campaign contributions from lobbyists and their clients work to influence legislators' policy positions and legislation.

"What appears to be a fairly common Afghan public perception of corruption inside their government is a tremendously corrosive element working against establishing long-term confidence in that government — a very serious matter," said Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, who was commander of coalition military forces in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005 and is now retired.

Besides the water in the lead pipes, the most corrosive element was the profound betrayal of the public trust.

Kauzlarich, who spent three decades as an American diplomat promoting democracy around the world, warned against corruption as a corrosive element in the process of building modern market-based economies and democratic societies.

The electrochemical impedance spectra and salt spray test shown that the MoS2/Pb-Ti composite and multilayer coatings can inhibit the permeation of oxygen and other corrosive elements, thus resulting a high corrosion resistance.

Many people had suffered from burns and eye irritations caused by lead and other corrosive elements in the red mud.

To protect bodies from corrosive elements and to maintain their strength and appearance, special priming and painting processes are used.

Because of its chemical inertness, gold retains its brilliant colour even after centuries of exposure to corrosive elements.

This application requires high conductivity and resistance to the corrosive elements in glass melts; in addition, corroded electrode material must not discolour the glass.

The exhibition also includes some of the more corrosive elements of California history, including photographs of 1,000 Mexican families being forcibly removed from their community in 1959 to make way for a new stadium for the transplanted Brooklyn Dodgers.