Sentence examples for was to erode from inspiring English sources

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the letter's "most profound impact" was to erode the trust of international partners and allies in the United States.

The only purpose of this law was to erode the right to abortion and, as such, it was rightly struck down by the courts.

Elders in the area said they believed that the suicide bomber's intent was to erode confidence in the group and to make the area more vulnerable to insurgent infiltration.

In a state where native-born Hispanics outnumber new immigrants, Mr. Call said the goal was to erode the cultural link that has connected Hispanics to the Democrats, primarily by focusing on the here and now of jobs and economics.

Mr. Obama's goal was to erode the business community's intense opposition to federal legislation that would give the government oversight of how companies protect "critical infrastructure," like banking systems and energy and cellphone networks.

From the start, Republican leaders made it plain that the intent of their bill was to erode what they say is a system of government price-fixing that has outlived its usefulness.

The best it can hope for at this stage is to erode his authority.

If the ceasefire were to erode, so too could public support.

The effect is to erode an initial cost advantage and to ease the burden of adjustment in other countries.

Particularly when their very purpose appears to be to erode basic standards of living from people who are already disadvantaged.

One is to restructure (in other words, default on) its public debt; the other is to erode the debt's real value through renewed inflation.