Sentence examples for intended to erode from inspiring English sources

This concession seemed intended to erode support for a drive to send Iran's case for judgment by the United Nations Security Council.

The phrase seems to suggest that evangelicals intend to erode the separation of church and state.

The naming of Mr. Garcia is cited by immigrant-rights groups as evidence that the administration intends to erode immigrant rights and to erect new barriers to immigration as it steps up the war on terrorism.

"Russia's cyber-activities were intended to influence the election, erode faith in U.S. democratic institutions, sow doubt about the integrity of our electoral process, and undermine confidence in the institutions of the U.S. government," a White House statement said on Thursday.

Opponents of the Senate's pension measure have focused in particular on a provision that would have eased a rule intended to force companies with severely eroded pension plans to shore them up quickly with large cash contributions.

For every triumph, like the hard-fought renewal of the Violence Against Women Act after 500 days languishing in Congress, we're faced with reports that mandatory federal spending cuts will erode many programs intended to help victims of abuse.

That sense began to erode when the United States made clear that it intended to prosecute the war on its own terms.

And Michael DeStefano, who follows the agencies for Standard & Poor's, said any signal from Congress that it intended to expose the agencies to more market discipline could erode their special status in the marketplace.

But trust in the sector had been deeply eroded after a free maternal healthcare programme intended to lift the country from the bottom of global indexes had been beset by doctors and nurses secretly charging money.

But the military's power has been eroded in recent years as Turkey enacts reforms intended to enhance its candidacy for admission to the European Union.

The trouble with selling consumers something other than what they want is that it can erode trust in the MSC brand, says Gulbrandsen, which is intended to generate profits that lessen the environmental impact of fisheries.