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Readers are submerged in a ' corrosive, powerful, negative ideology of ageing ' (1988 : xiii).
However, pre-formed peracetic acid is unstable, potentially explosive, highly acidic and as a consequence highly corrosive.
The discussion quickly broadened to denunciation of the proposed activity as corrosive of the fundamental trust relationship that was the heart of the physician-patient interaction.
There is a reason we legislate conflict of interest rules, a reason why bribery is such a persistent corrosive influence in political systems.
Electronic music in particular and its corrosive tendencies, though spread and supported by remarkable composers, has ended up being devoured by academic immune systems.
Second, it would have a long-run corrosive effect on the concept of entitlements (219-221).
In particular, restoring the rule of law is necessary in order to prevent and contain the corrosive effects of endemic corruption.
As the aluminium is forming, a solidified bath layer, the so-called ledge, protects the cell sidewall from corrosive electrolyte and reduces the heat loss from the cell.
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