They want to undermine the government, hoping - in a dream that seems increasingly quixotic - to return to power.

But even if he survives, the deal threatens to undermine the government.

Through public demonstrations, strikes, seizures of buildings, and propaganda campaigns, these organizations sought to undermine the government and create conditions conducive to a revolutionary assumption of power by the left.

It also undermines the government's commitment to speedy justice.

Opponents of the three, including other cabinet ministers, say they have undermined the government's negotiating position.

No such exception could be made in the case of a dissolved corporation since it would undermine the policy of certainty that underpinned legal advice privilege.

If workers were allowed to opt out of paying union dues, the free rider problem would undermine this policy.

Labour's open-all-hours policy undermined the traditional role of cops and courts in regulating late-night drinking.

It ends up undermining that policy, and wasting money.

The belief policy undermined the principle of innocent until proven guilty, he warned.

The result was to further undermine a system that was once the envy of the world.

Does that not undermine a system that you have insisted had to be open and transparent?

Yet the future film star played the greatest role of her distinguished career in helping to undermine that system.

Next, if competitors have openness and you have secrecy, they may undermine your system.

However, they are usually hideously underpaid, so by not tipping, you are not undermining the system, but simply keeping them poor.

The company was set up to cater specifically for married people who wish to cheat on their partners and undermine the institution of marriage.

It may also undermine the institution of marriage if marriage-like obligations are brought into being outside the bounds of a regular marriage.

The proposals would have received a bumpy ride from critics who fear that they undermine the institution of marriage.

Critics say the agreements are inherently nasty and undermine the institution of marriage; and add that the process of drawing one up can place tremendous strain on a relationship.

The judge said she had undermined the institution of marriage.

But now he, too, presides over errors and delays that are cruel, disastrous to his party's reputation, and undermine respect for democratic government.

This culture of nods and winks and secrecy has undermined respect for democracy.

If parliamentarians and the press continue to criticise the judiciary they risk devaluing our democracy and undermining respect for the law and order that underpins it.

Failure to do so simply undermines respect for all laws, including those laws that should, and, indeed, must be followed.

Parliamentary grandees, though, feared a dogmatic approach risked pressuring officials into rushed spending on weak projects which would undermine support for aid in principle.

Corruption-themed television shows have for long been barred for fear that they might undermine support for the party.

Although the lawsuit was about the secrecy of the task force, it resulted in controversy for the task force itself and helped undermine support for task forces eventual proposals.

Much of the area was without electricity and telephone service because the landslides undermined supports for overhead lines.

That inevitably undermines support for it among the home-owning classes who are, or might be, caught in its net.

We should be celebrating the hard work, dedication and demonstrable achievements of teachers rather than lining up to undermine their status, competence and professionalism.

It was felt that such a grant would undermine the status of the two existing cities in the capital.

He said price cutting had 'undermined the status of fashion for the consumer'.

He firmly rejects any suggestion that the existence of conflicting moral judgements implies moral relativism and undermines the status and universal scope of moral judgements.

But the system also undermines the status of foster carers as professionals in their own right.

Taxes on dividends, which for illogical reasons have pariah status, may increase, and that will undermine the value of many types of investment.

It may even undermine the value of making them more rigorous in the first place.

Does this undermine the value of art?

Subsequent technological advancements, however, undermined the value of early virtualisation efforts.

The collapse in the oil price and the fall in global commodities have undermined the value of those assets.