Sentence examples for was very pernicious from inspiring English sources

"Bush badly mangled the definition of enemy combatant to expand to anyone who might be giving support, which was very pernicious," he said.

I think that the notion that solutions exist as a consumer sell rather than as a lifestyle or an understanding of the deeper implications of health is very pernicious, particularly when it is male centric.

"It is a world problem and it is a very pernicious problem.

That would be very different from the pernicious and autonomous kind envisioned by Professor Bostrom.

" 'Stability' is a very pernicious word," he said.

Even at very low concentration, it can be a very pernicious to human beings.

"This is a very pernicious crime," she said.

We are not arguing that markets are always pernicious - in fact, markets can be very useful.

Since few people know about the pernicious consequences of injection abuse, it is very common that patients demand injection treatments for the purpose of quick recovery from sickness.

I'm very suspicious of materialism and have a demented personal crusade against the pernicious effects of advertising.

But managers have never been very good – like teachers spotting bullies in the playground – at identifying equally pernicious behaviour that expresses itself in more subtle and accumulative ways.