If the spoilsport corporation begins to erode their right to these simple liberties, it may spell the end of modern childhood as we know it.

On one hand, some argue that entertaining the possibility of intervention in some patients may erode the right to die moral obligation.

Various pro-capitalist economists have argued that a socialist state would by its very nature erode the rights of its citizens.

This could easily erode their ability to make overpayments to their mortgage.

But the proliferation of white-ball competitions has eroded their ability to deal with the moving ball.

Its wide-ranging assessment also warns that encrypted communications and anonymisation services are eroding the ability of law enforcement to detect dangerous offenders.

He suggests that our deep relationships with technology have eroded the ability of people to communicate with other humans face to face.

Such contracts are supposed to give businesses protection from currency movements, which can erode profit margins.

The second reason for disappointment came with the eroded profit margins.

Analysts said that a late burst of discount-driven spending had failed to rescue like-for-like sales and had further eroded profit margins.

Buy-to-let investors need to be wary of steps the government may take, such as raising interest rates, which could erode profits.

It said a nitrile price war, triggered by overcapacity, with more chemical plants set to open this summer, was further eroding profit margins.

These huge price rises can steadily erode the value of your wealth.

Cynics also expect inflation to rise as governments sneakily seek to lighten the burden of their debts, which will erode the value of bonds.

It would erode the value of savings and reduce real incomes.

Of course, it's not quite as simple as that because inflation will erode the value of your savings.

Charges are important because fees will very quickly erode the value of your savings.

She recommended better co-ordination and education, and warned also that presumed consent could erode trust in doctors.

After years of hiding tariffs and quietly placing consumers on the worst deals, this latest blunder will only further erode trust in the energy giants.

When that prescription exists, it erodes trust in the system.

Today's populism grew not out of the massive migration flows but out of the 2008 banking crisis, which eroded trust in financial and political institutions.

The gulf between the sentences imposed and those served erodes trust in the criminal justice system.

This can be damaging in the long term because inflation erodes the spending power of cash.

Inflation erodes the value of our money - a pound earned or saved today can buy less over time.

Inflation erodes living standards, whereas price stability makes it easier for consumers, businesses and investors to plan for the longer term.

After retirement, inflation erodes your buying power.

Inflation erodes the value of bonds over time, while stronger growth makes riskier assets, such as shares, more attractive to investors.