However well-intentioned, these policies have only resulted in the further decay of our school system.

Currently, a wooden structure protects the monument from further decay.

Any further decay, he said, "would also have a ruinous impact on the nation's health," its work force and thus the rebuilding of Russia.

Such knowledge can lead to the prevention of further decay by learning which pieces need to be handled with particular care.

The strengthening work did not prevent further decay of the bridge's structure.

Attempts to preserve the ruins from further decay were undertaken in the 1920s.

The authorities concerned should make concerted efforts to save these pieces of architecture from further decay.

The park service has stabilized the ruins against further decay.

Action is urgently needed to preserve this artistic architectural structure from further decay.

The abbey was closed in 1793, after a century of further decay.