Sentence examples for a pest to from inspiring English sources

What isn't useful is irrelevant, or even a "pest", to be destroyed at all costs.

Susie's father so obsesses over the sinister neighbour he is certain killed his daughter and he's right that he becomes a pest to the police.

Thus ended the reign of this native North American bird, which once flew from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and was so numerous that it was a pest to colonial farmers.

They might have leaked leads often this season — particularly in the fourth quarter — but they are still effective in large doses, and Rajon Rondo, their point guard, remains a blur on the court and a pest to opponents.

Elvis Andrus, a pest to the Yankees all series, doubled into the left-center field gap, moved to third on a one-out single by Hamilton and scored on Guerrero's groundout.

Such a policy, Mr Smith says, "re-engages the hunter", rather than simply treating the bison as a pest to be eliminated.And hunters are delighted to be re-engaged.

While the eight-legged creatures are an awe-inspiring part of nature to many, they are a detestable pest to some – which is where a new shed comes in.

"I got one this morning," he said, referring to crows, which are a big pest to watermelon crops.

He was an Aboriginal leader named Pemulwuy, and the British governor had ordered him killed because he was "a terrible pest to the colony".

The small (2 mm long), green-coloured lucerne flea (Sminthurus viridis), one of the most common species, is a serious pest to crops in Australia.

Mr. Witherspoon said Garst would direct farmers who want next year's crops engineered to fend off the corn borer, a common pest, to use corn strains based on Monsanto's YieldGuard technology, which has government clearance for food uses.