Sentence examples for eroding from inspiring English sources

It's possible, in fact, that the crisis, instead of eroding the reputational advantages of the big banks, ended up bolstering them.

But now the EU seems to be turning a blind eye to one of these countries: Hungary, where a governing party with a huge majority in parliament is busy dismantling the rule of law and eroding a fragile democratic political culture.

The decision of so many refugees to return home has been attributed to the success of the Burundian peace process, but the voluntary nature of these returns has been questioned by observers who accuse the government of deliberately eroding the remaining refugees' quality of life in order to indirectly force them to return.

Long accused of centralising power and eroding the country's democratic institutions, Mr Orbán is now charged by his critics with plotting to restrict access to the internet, the only significant information space still largely uncontrolled by the government, by making it too expensive for many users.

The prospect of the government being forced to make unpalatable concessions, overhauling the pension system and eroding workers' rights, in addition to further taxes on property and goods, has been greeted with despondency and despair.

Three coral diseases – skeletal eroding band, brown band, and a group of diseases called white syndromes – were found to be less prevalent inside no-take marine reserves, particularly compared with reefs with high levels of injured corals and discarded fishing line.

Moreover, the government's refusal to clarify its European policy setting out a coherent prospectus for EU membership is further eroding business confidence.

Since the mid 1990s the Catholic church's reputation has been slowly eroding amid a deluge of damaging revelations about its priests, religious orders and the institutions they run.