"Even though I disagree with the president on many of the issues, the bigger concern is the erosion of the foundation that our founding fathers put in place," said Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican of Nebraska.
This wholesale assault on the core values of lawyers and doctors represents an erosion of the foundation of a civil society.
The two most basic causes of failure arising from flooding are scouring and erosion of the foundation of the superstructure.
Her new partner in crime, Blaney, entered the race over the weekend, promising that "right now, we are seeing a slow and sure erosion of the foundation of Canada".
One reason why Labour "failed to repair the roof in the sunshine" was the erosion of the foundations by the last Conservative administrations.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has warned against behavior that could lead to the "erosion of the foundations of the rule of law".
He noted certain similarities between Germany in the thirties and the United States today — in particular, "the erosion of familiar cultural foundations.
When the dam was recaptured, American engineers and scientists worried that the lapse in grouting had hastened the erosion of the dam's foundation.
In 1987, the Schoharie Creek Bridge collapsed in upstate New York, due to erosion of soil around the foundation, which sparked renewed interest in bridge design in inspection procedures.
An important aspect relates to the erosion of bottom material around the foundation of the wind turbines, caused by the local increase of the wave and current induced flow velocities by the pile's presence.
"In terms of internal erosion potential of the foundation, Mosul Dam is the most dangerous dam in the world," it said.
