Sentence examples for bent on preserving from inspiring English sources

Kaplan explains how officers bent on preserving their careers and avoiding "another Vietnam" happily parroted nonsense to climb the ladder.

The Society grew out of the English one; both are bent on preserving Victorian architecture.

And on Tuesday, several outposts of Morse code blazed to life again, if only for a night, with the help of a group of enthusiasts bent on preserving what they call "the music of Morse," one key tap at a time.

The sales representative is bent on preserving his account relationship no matter what the cost is.

Mr. Chávez's speeches often had references to "squalid oligarchs" bent on preserving their upper-class privileges.

In Europe, governments and unions bent on preserving jobs made mills notoriously inefficient.

Both capitals seem bent on doing everything the wrong way.

That dealt with zombies in London; this, even more forbiddingly, deals with the British rural classes, hell-bent on preserving their way of life.

Speaking to a sea of Harvard graduates, he labeled Davis as a proverbial "strong man", as willful and powerful and hell-bent on preserving the liberty of white Southerners and the enslavement of black slaves.

But instead of exploring that fascinating texture in a marriage, The Theory of Everything is hell-bent on preserving the cliche: it tells you that Jane Hawking quietly and gratefully parted ways with him when it became clear their affection for each other was a casualty of the strain.

The Internet didn't face opposition from an industry hell-bent on preserving its economic dominance.