But for the most part beaches along the North Carolina coast escaped serious erosion.

It replaced three lighthouses that had been condemned as a result of serious coastal erosion.

Their agricultural practices have led to serious erosion of the steep slopes.

But the document said that a failure to challenge the search would result in serious erosion of the legislative branch's independence.

The 1960s saw a serious erosion of Militia capabilities and morale.

On the other hand, its meaning may refer to the serious erosion of the mountain.

The opposition considers the bill the most serious erosion of Japan's pacifist traditions since the war.

This region was long held to have suffered serious erosion accompanied by population growth.

There has been a very serious erosion of resources across the board.

Builders and others have criticized the design regulations as a serious erosion of property rights.