It may also erode the charter value of institutions.

Some, indeed, suggest that the EU often acts to erode the welfare state.

The combined effect of these developments has been to erode Lee s reputation precipitously.

America s policy shift will inevitably erode the Western liberal axis.

What was not anticipated was that globalization would erode these boundaries.

Without growth, tax revenues will remain stagnant, and the capacity to service debts will continue to erode.

Third, it would erode, not enhance, democracy and accountability in the Security Council.

The current fighting will not erode that support, which regards resistance to Israel as a victory in itself.

True, a steep and persistent collapse in earnings will erode wealth invested in stocks.

MILAN Around the world, policies, technologies, and extended learning processes have combined to erode barriers to economic interaction among countries.

Given that central banks are likely to continue to pursue multiple objectives for a long time, their independence will continue to erode.

Fourth, America s decision to back extremists in Syria contradicts its war on terrorism and will erode international support for it.

The Study Group agreed, however, that such clauses might sometimes erode the coherence of the treaty.

Indeed, without profound structural change, the favorable standard of living that underpins the Gulf states political stability is likely to erode.

However, inflation continued to erode GDP gains, with an average rate of 12.6 expected in Mongolia at the end of 2011.

Although these speeds are possible, the heat generated from the propulsion of the object is enough to erode the rails rapidly.

Borrowers and lenders can resort to cross border financial flows to evade domestic controls and erode the integrity of regulatory standards at home.

The US is still in a position to lead the world, but, without far sighted leadership, its relative position is likely to continue to erode.

They were convinced that Germany and the US were growing stronger year by year, while British power would erode.

The new wave of violence jeopardizes the achievements of recent months and could greatly erode trust between the parties.

Banks began to slow their new lending, and defaults on mortgages began to rise.

The international community must decide whether to move forward by restoring its relevance or simply to allow the confidence of States in the Treaty to continue to erode.

But this is the wrong way to go, for it might serve only to erode one of the few effective mechanisms in place to make multilateral agreements binding.

He began to cry.

He began to shout.

I began to cry.

You began to cry.

I began to cry.

During the Cold War, the West used hard power to deter Soviet aggression, while it used soft power to erode faith in Communism behind the iron curtain.

They believed that the economics would encourage network providers to deliberately erode the quality of best effort traffic as a way to push customers to higher priced QoS services.

The old Assad feared that open borders and the end of the politics of conflict might erode his one party system.

The euro is not overvalued or poorly managed, which would undermine competitiveness and erode confidence in the currency s long term stability.

And increasing rewards for those at the increasingly sharp peak of the income distribution have not called forth enough enterprising market competition to erode that peak.

That is why unions throughout much of the developed world have been fighting so hard to block free trade negotiations that might erode their position further.

The boy began to cry.

He began to feel ill.

We began to understand more.

Sami began to realize that.

And I began to daydream.

Suddenly rain began to fall.

In this regard, special and differential treatment should be accorded to landlocked developing countries to compensate for their geographical disadvantages which erode their competitive edge at the world market.

She began to talk to the dog.

In America, at least, 2006 is likely to be another year in which stagnant real wages freeze, or even erode, the living standards of those in the middle.

And the longer this continues, the greater the risk that Germany s neighborhood will erode the robustness of what the country has painstakingly built.

Eventually, faith in democracy and the market economy will erode, and the legitimacy of existing institutions and arrangements will be called into question.