corrosive influence

collocation in English

meaningsofcorrosiveandinfluence

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corrosive
adjective
uk
/kəˈrəʊ.sɪv/us
/kəˈroʊ.sɪv/
A corrosive substance causes damage by ...
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influence
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/us
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to ...
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(Definition ofcorrosiveandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His screenplays frequently delved into the corrosive influences of wealth and power.
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There is a reason we legislate conflict of interest rules, a reason why bribery is such a persistentcorrosiveinfluencein political systems.
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That is an illustration of thecorrosiveinfluenceof the growing queues—people are profiting from protracted pain.
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It is a powerful illustration of thecorrosiveinfluenceof contracting and purchasing and of the way in which they are affecting our service.
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Such a tendency is a verycorrosiveinfluencein our national life.
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Itscorrosiveinfluenceis once more at work eating away at the improvements which were achieved.
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Perhaps it will be acorrosiveinfluencewhich will render the concept void over a period of time.
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They are unrestrained by the discipline required in a large party and can be acorrosiveinfluenceon any society.
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That lowest common denominator has been, and is still, acorrosiveinfluenceon the whole process of justice.
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Then there will be thecorrosiveinfluenceof those newspapers.
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It has been acorrosiveinfluence.
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Where is the evidence ofcorrosiveinfluence?
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That £3,000,000 will not be of assistance, but it may have acorrosiveinfluenceort the industry; it may intensify the evils from which the industry is suffering.
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The three men's rights groups opposed women's entry into the labor market and what they saw as thecorrosiveinfluenceof the women's movement on social and legal institutions.
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Various corrosive influences have been at work, which have made life difficult for the residents, businesses and towns of our area.
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His screenplays frequently delved into the corrosive influences of wealth and power.
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