Sentence examples for undermine the foundation from inspiring English sources

To do less would diminish us and undermine the foundation upon which we stand".

"On the contrary, they will only provoke confrontation and undermine the foundation and atmosphere for international human rights cooperation".

Representing 13% of the EU's population and 17% of its GDP, the exit of Britain, the EU's second largest economy, would be a major setback and would undermine the foundation of our 500 million-plus-strong internal market.

But it's not surprising if for others the evidence comes as an attack that threatens to undermine the foundation of their faith, and has to be beaten off blindfold.

The problem with Mr. Carville's prescription in this particular case, however, especially as it pertains to Mr. Daley, is that it would directly undermine the foundation of the case that Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies have been trying so hard to make.

"For the effect of acting unilaterally was to undermine the foundation on which the post-1945 consensus had been constructed: the prohibition of force (save in self-defence, or perhaps, to avert an impending humanitarian catastrophe) unless formally authorised by the nations of the world empowered to make collective decisions in the security council..."...

Aghast, conservatives retort that gay marriage will undermine the foundations of society.And George Bush?

They are beautiful but, like recreational drugs and termites, they can undermine the foundations of your existence.

Despite their monumental size, the dams can be weakened by foraging gophers and squirrels, whose holes undermine the foundations.

If we allow these practices to continue they will undermine the foundations on which all genuine wealth creation is built.

Those protesters ultimately seek to "undermine the foundations of the State of Israel as a Zionist and democratic state," Mr. Barak said.