Sentence examples for bent on advancing from inspiring English sources

But by late this afternoon, Mr. Sweeney and Mr. Walsh seemed bent on advancing their measure on Wednesday when the committee was expected to convene.

The man who promises to reform America's political system is the first presidential candidate ever to reject public funds for the general election.The anti-Obama argument is that the Illinois senator is a "stealth liberal": a man who talks inclusive talk but is bent on advancing hard-core "progressive" policies.

Although Mr. Fletcher's tall frame bent to advancing years, his expertise did not.

The many-layered group boasts brilliant scientists and a rabid group of followers all hell-bent on advancing their own vision of evolution, forcefully if need be. .

Still the country would never forget the ignominy of the president and his wife having to flee in the face of advancing British troops bent on laying waste Washington, D.C., including setting afire the executive mansion, the Capitol, and other public buildings.

So what we are seeing is blatant distortion, disinformation and deception by conservative forces bent on defeating any health care reform advanced by the party in power.

And that will prove much harder.In Iraq the advance of fanatics bent on devastation has, for now, been halted (see article).

Turkey continues to balk at supporting Kurdish militants in Syria who are trying to reverse the advance of fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a group bent on establishing a caliphate across the entire Middle East.

They are bent on revenge.

"Madmen bent on creating it.

They appear bent on cutting costs.