The river area is a soil erosion point region.

柳河流域是水土流失重点地区。

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This is to point to the risk of erosion of Europe's tax base.

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At that point he began a slow erosion in performance that culminated in a -0.227 PPM by his sacking after match 27 (-8.6 points over 38 matches, or a nearly 16 point swing).

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Again the point is just to address this erosion of confidence that people feel in the banking system.

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