31.   None of the criticism eroded his confidence.

32.   Or will recent events further erode consumer confidence, leading to more declines in spending online and offline?

33.   Or they can help erode his confidence.

34.   Recent reports of severe sexual misconduct by a very few priests of the Roman Catholic Church erode confidence in all clergy.

35.   Some investors said the longer the strike lasts, the more likely it will erode investor confidence in economic growth.

36.   Still, investors and analysts said the continued departures are eroding their confidence.

37.   Such episodes, he acknowledged, were eroding confidence in the FAA.

38.   That further erodes confidence in the yen and Japanese financial markets.

39.   The bill would ban the donations that have eroded public confidence in the political system while placing stringent curbs on the use of soft money by independent groups.

40.   The budget may further erode confidence in the Indonesian economy, which economists think is headed for its first recession in twenty years.