1.  Liberation has turned sour producing anomie and alienation, severely undermining any sense of collective responsibility or response.

2.  Nothing is done more to undermine our sense of common responsibility than our failed welfare system.

3.  To punish only the occasional kid for failing to inform is arbitrary and capricious, and it undermines the sense of the school as a just community.

4.  While individual liberties are vital, taken to an extreme they can undermine the sense of common destiny that binds society, the cardinal said.

5.  Your proposed act of petty deception would undermine that sense, much as the spectacle of turnstile-jumpers discourages other riders from paying their fare.

6.  Economist Andrew Zimbalist of Smith College in Northampton, Mass., said the attacks may undermine the sense of stability that has attracted foreign investors to the island.

7.  Economist Andrew Zimbalist of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, said the attacks may undermine the sense of stability that has attracted foreign investors to the island.

8.  Globalisation has not only made countries more vulnerable to fluctuations in the world economy but also undermined a sense of community and cultural values.