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• Who *T*-1 knows what *T*-2 will happen down the road , in three to six months , if [_ARG1 foreign investment] starts *-3 to [_rel erode] ? ''
• The reason : Risks from the firms ' new `` merchant banking '' activities are rising as [<sub>ARG1</sub> revenue from the industry 's traditional business] [<sub>rel</sub> erodes] .
• `` [_ARG0 The cost of health care] is [_rel eroding] [_ARG1 standards of living] and sapping industrial strength , '' complains *T*-1 Walter Maher , a Chrysler health-and-benefits specialist .
• In the August proxy material , Avery said that unless it sold Uniroyal , its ability * to service debt would be hurt *-1 and [_ARG1 Avery 's shareholder value] would `` continue *-2 to [<sub>rel</sub> erode] . ''
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Japanese government bonds] continued *-1 to [<sub>rel</sub> erode] as the dollar remained resilient against the yen .
• He said 0 many portfolio managers , whose year-end bonuses *T*-2 are tied *-1 to annual performance , are selling now rather than *-3 risk seeing [<sub>ARG1</sub> their gains] [<sub>rel</sub> erode] [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> further] .
• In a July analysis titled * `` From Euphoria to Despair , '' W.I. Carr -LRB- Far East -RRB- Ltd. , another securities firm , said that [_rel eroding] [_ARG1 confidence] might undermine future economic development .
• And *-2 to protect [_ARG1 their reduced capital investment] from *-4 [_rel eroding] [_ARGM-MNR further] , market makers became quicker *-2 to lower price quotes when sell programs are in progress *T*-3 .
• [_ARG0 Such selling] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_rel erode] [_ARG1 prices of high-yield junk bonds , already weakened * by a rash of corporate credit problems] .
• Unlike larger contractors with a broad enough base 0 * to weather the downturn easily *T*-1 , these companies are suffering big drops in business as [_ARG1 once-lucrative specialty niches in the massive military market] [_rel erode] or even disappear .
• [_ARGM-ADV While each of the Hamilton-Dorgan proposals represents only a small step] , [_ARGM-MNR together] [_ARG0 they] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel erode] [_ARG1 the Fed 's independence] , Mr. Greenspan said 0 *T*-1 .
• `` [<sub>ARG1</sub> Our expectation of confidentiality] is being [<sub>rel</sub> eroded] *-1 . ''
• Dealers said 0 players shied away from the note sale because they were concerned that [<sub>ARG1</sub> prices at the time of the auction] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> might] [<sub>rel</sub> erode] [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> if the stock market staged a recovery , which , in fact , *T*-1 did happen] .
• Big gains for the ultra-right Republicans party in Baden-Wuerttemburg state municipal elections Sunday showed [<sub>rel</sub> eroding] [<sub>ARG1</sub> support] for Chancellor Helmut Kohl in a traditional bastion for his Christian Democratic Union .
• But because first-quarter demand is normally the weakest of the year , several market participants say 0 *T*-1 , OPEC production will have *-2 to decline * to keep [<sub>ARG1</sub> prices] from *-3 [<sub>rel</sub> eroding] [<sub>ARGM-EXT</sub> further] .
• But though most of the 1,087 Federal pilots are believed *-1 opposed , it *EXP*-3 is unclear just how much [<sub>ARG1</sub> their loyalty to Mr. Smith] has been [<sub>rel</sub> eroded] *-2 *T*-4 .
• But analysts reckon 0 [<sub>ARG1</sub> underlying support for sterling] has been [<sub>rel</sub> eroded] *-1 by [<sub>ARG0-by</sub> the chancellor 's failure * to announce any new policy measures in his Mansion House speech last Thursday] .
• But their value as investments can be decimated *-1 by [<sub>ARG0</sub> inflation] , which *T*-2 [<sub>rel</sub> erodes] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the purchasing power of bonds ' fixed-dollar interest payments] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Electronic theft by foreign and industrial spies and disgruntled employees] is costing U.S. companies billions and [<sub>rel</sub> eroding] [<sub>ARG1</sub> their international competitive advantage] .
• The result has been [<sub>ARG1</sub> thinner margins] , which *T*-1 have been [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> further] [<sub>rel</sub> eroded] *-2 by [<sub>ARG0-by</sub> an ambitious research and development effort and rapid overseas expansion] .
• `` [_ARGM-ADV No matter how competent and smart you both are *T*-1] , [_ARG1 the relationship] [_ARGM-ADV almost certainly] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel erode] [_ARGM-ADV if you do n't have time 0 * to talk , to have fun and to be sexual *T*-2] , '' says *T*-3 Ms. Shaevitz .
• While brand loyalty is far from dead , marketing experts say 0 [_ARG1 it] has [_rel eroded] [_ARGM-TMP during the 1980s] .
• [_ARG1 The price] can be expected *-1 to [_rel erode] [_ARGM-MNR further] , because the loss estimate came after the market closed .
• He added 0 [_ARG1 gross margins and operating profit] `` [_rel eroded] [_ARGM-MNR quite dramatically] '' [_ARGM-TMP from the prior quarter] , [_ARGM-ADV along with sales of existing software product lines like Multimate and Framework] .
• *-1 Having just passed through one of the most profitable periods in their history , these producers now see [_ARG1 their prices] [_rel eroding] .
• More troubling is *T*-1 the prospect that [_ARG0 the overall collapse in stock prices] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_ARGM-MNR permanently] [_rel erode] [_ARG1 the base of small-investor support 0 the OTC market was struggling *-2 to rebuild *T*-3 in the wake of the October 1987 crash] .
• The chemical industry is expected *-1 to report that [_ARG1 profits] [_rel eroded] [_ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] [_ARGM-CAU because of skidding prices in the commodity end of the business] .