First, the danger from New France to the American colonies was ended, thus weakening their dependence on Britain.
Semiconductor prices have been falling, thus weakening Taiwan's once-strong high-tech sector.
Investigators did find that the five-year-old walkway contained grout that was contaminated by calcium chloride, thus weakening it.
He let batsmen look good so as to tempt selectors into choosing them and thus weakening their team.
She appears concerned that the UK could be isolated from other net contributors to the EU budget - thus weakening those who want a lower settlement.
The ECB embarks on its version of quantitative easing on a grand scale, boosting Europe's money supply and thus weakening the euro.
He also secured the passage of legislation that created three new provinces out of the existing ones, thus weakening and diffusing the provinces' power.
In the final vote on the bill, which should come next week, he will likely find himself, just as Boehner did, losing a majority of his Republican colleagues, thus weakening his Speakership just as it gets started.
Several officials expressed concerns to Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, that the Fed would pour more money into the economy to stop inflation from falling and to stimulate growth, thus weakening the dollar.
Leaching of antibiotics creates pores or cavities within the AIBC structure, thus weakening it.
Or is it possible, as some have argued, that the Internet is actually killing the news industry and thus weakening our democracy?
