All functional entities in the universe can be rendered nonfunctional by the ravages of time, entropy, mutation, and what have you.

FORBES: ENCODE Papers Get A Fisking

Most of what has been produced has been lost due to the ravages of time, ignorance of its value, chemical decay and technological obsolescence.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

Doing rather better against the ravages of time is a marble Roman column brought here from the ruins of Apollonia, 10km to the north.

BBC: Cycling the Tel Aviv coast

Many have survived the ravages of time, from invasions to natural disasters, mostly recently the 1975 earthquake that destroyed many monuments and weakened overall foundations.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

But there is a less sentimental conception of Venice's femininity: of a woman of easy virtue who clings on to many clients despite the ravages of time which are treated by means of shrewdly applied face lifts.

ECONOMIST: Venice