Sentence examples for institutions decay from inspiring English sources

Colonial institutions decay, hedges become overgrown and then are cut down.

"The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die" is his latest book.

If there was a link it would only be seen much later, strung together with hindsight and metaphor: the failing of trusted institutions, decay of infrastructure, the sudden plunge from riding high to submerged.

As imperial powers became more concentrated, republican institutions decayed; the importance of imperial officials grew, while the authority of urban magistrates declined.

How does an institution decay?

The institution decayed from the very danger it was designed to prevent: weak sultans allowed the soldiers' sons to succeed their fathers in office, whereupon the soldiers' loyalty reverted to their families instead of the state.

Public and private funding has not been available to stop many of the country's greatest Victorian buildings, and with them many relevant institutions, falling into decay and disrepair.

By Andrea Walker September 8 , 2009**{:.mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image}Christopher Payne's "Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals" is the result of six years worth of photographing decaying institutions — more than seventy of them in thirty states.

But Tsipras and Varoufakis will have a unique chance to show if they are truly committed to tackling Greece's chronic problems brought about by its decaying institutions, including the public administration and judicial system.

Christopher Payne's "Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals" is the result of six years worth of photographing decaying institutions — more than seventy of them in thirty states.

"Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all the world closing in.