Sentence examples for undermining the cornerstone from inspiring English sources
George W. Bush pulled out of the ABM Treaty and began deploying missile defenses near Russia's borders, undermining the cornerstone of strategic stability.
Several Democrats said Kerry waited too long to condemn an ad designed to undermine the cornerstone of his political career and the overriding theme of the convention that nominated him for president: his heroics in war.
Anything else is deceitful and purposeless because, as the central character in High Society - campaigning Labour MP Peter Paget - puts it, either we are or have been users ourselves or know someone who is or has been a user; we are thus law-breakers or condone law breaking and so undermine the cornerstone of social order.
Insidiously, through small concessions that only mounted up over time, we have signed away rights and privileges that other generations fought for, undermining the very cornerstones of our personalities in the process.
It is aimed at destabilising and undermining the development of trade unions as cornerstones of development and respect for human rights in post-Saddam Iraq.
Undermining the local support upon which groups depend, rather than focusing primarily on killing their leaders, should be a cornerstone of Washington's counterterrorism policies.
A failure to protect the Baltic States adequately and Turkey's open flirtation with hostile powers undermine this cornerstone of our national security.
Those who would seek to undermine this cornerstone of our justice system based on such flimsy evidence should think twice about what they are doing.
Brand loyalty to automobile manufacturers has eroded, undermining another cornerstone of the Nascar fan experience: rooting for a Chevy, a Dodge, a Ford or a Toyota.
The ACLU said that "the thrust of the grass-roots lobbying regulation is at best misguided, and at worst would seriously undermine the basic freedom that is the cornerstone of our system of government".
Russia says the project would undermine the Antiballistic Missile Treaty of 1972, a cornerstone of strategic arms controls, and unleash a new arms race.
