Sentence examples for undermines the image from inspiring English sources

It further undermines the image of the city".

The spirit of "gold-medal supremacy," it said on Monday, "undermines the image of sport and is contrary to its value.

Chief executive Francis Sullivan struggled with emotion as he spoke, saying the data without doubt "undermines the image and credibility of the priesthood".

Even if they remain small in number, the sight of protesters dancing around burning tyres and running from tear gas undermines the image of political stability that Haiti needs to bring in foreign investment and create badly needed jobs.Three factors, above all, exacerbate the problems.

"[The road dispute] has an effect on the credibility of the current government and of course undermines the image of the president who is no longer seen as a defender of the environment or as a defender of indigenous rights," Pareja said.

Throughout this argument, the Drapier compares the king's ability to print money with the petty amount of political power held by Wood, which undermines the image of the king as the supreme authority in Ireland while hinting that the king is not protecting the rights of the Irish people.

There was always something that undermined the image.

The film also depicts an almost Keystone Kops element to many of Carlos's attacks, undermining the image of the terrorist mastermind that he himself cultivated.

The militants appeared to have calculated their attacks to undermine the image of a safer Somali capital as much as possible.

But Valerie Steele, the chief curator and acting director of the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, pointed out ways in which the latest borrowings undermined the image of monolithic power.

"These rumormongers," said ChinaTibetNews.com, a state Web site, "seriously undermine the image of the party and the government and harm the public's sense of security".