continuing erosion

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinueanderosion

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continue
verb
uk
/kənˈtɪn.juː/us
/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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erosion
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈrəʊ.ʒən/us
/ɪˈroʊ.ʒən/
the fact of soil, stone, etc. being gradually damaged and removed by the waves, rain, ...
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This should contribute to acontinuingerosionof price differentials.
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However, behind the rhetoric of this new language we can discern thecontinuingerosionof state responsibility for the care of older people.
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This should contribute to acontinuingerosionof price differentials.
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The first is to give a further measure of compensation to public service pensioners for thecontinuingerosionin the value of their pensions.
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If we do not, we shall find acontinuingerosionand reduction in the level of skills in this country.
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Although some of the trends show a favourable movement, there is thecontinuingerosionin the numbers of people employed in our manufacturing industries.
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I am more concerned because it is part of thecontinuingerosionof the support for these areas.
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That will regenerate those centres and help stop thecontinuingerosionof our countryside.
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The tragedy is that we could have three more lost years, with factories closing and thecontinuingerosionand decline of our manufacturing base.
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Will the money be adequate, or will we see thecontinuingerosionof some buildings because it is inadequate?
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I close by saying to my noble friend that we cannot afford thecontinuingerosionof the proportion of resources devoted to transport.
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If our generation fails to stand firm against itscontinuingerosionwe shall deserve the condemnation of those who come after us.
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The motion mentions thecontinuingerosionof personal liberty and also deals with the question of freedom of choice.
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They are part of thecontinuingerosionof civilised standards.
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Later,continuingerosionby tremors and weathering, caused the collapse of the entrance section.
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Because ofcontinuingerosionduring its construction, the new lighthouse was located about south of the original structure, the site of which is now submerged.
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The 1970s were also an era of rising unemployment among the young,continuingerosionof faith in conventional social institutions, and political and ideological aimlessness for many.
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