In Libya and Iraq, as well as Syria, Russia and the US, the destruction is ongoing.
I guess the upside is that a stock can't fall below zero, so there's an end in sight to the ongoing destruction of jobs and shareholder wealth at Yahoo.
Given the large scale of neighbourhood demolition, surprisingly few participants drew attention to the ongoing destruction of their neighbourhoods.
Britain has expressed serious concerns about the ongoing destruction of a historic cemetery in southern Iran, where members of the country's most persecuted religious minority are buried.
One of the more amazing facts about the ongoing destruction of the Greenland ice sheet is that it is producing earthquakes that can be detected worldwide.
This potentially can be seen as an allegory for the ongoing destruction for the environment in general - and unlike the rabbits, if we don't save our environment, we won't be able to find somewhere else to live.
Mr Blix was expected to highlight the ongoing destruction of Iraq's al-Samoud 2 missiles, though the inspectors are still awaiting details from Iraq of other potentially illegal missiles, and Mr Powell accuses it of concealing yet others.
He notes that the power produced by the dam is not considered renewable or clean by the state because it comes from a system that "requires the ongoing destruction of a huge ecosystem".
Keenly interested in classical art, Elgin secured permission from the Turks after his arrival in Constantinople to record and remove Greek antiquities, fearing their destruction in the ongoing conflict between the Greeks and the Turks.
"What you are trying to do is balance the urgent needs of the present — the ongoing destruction of habitats that species need now — with the urgent needs of the future — places where they may end up if they are able to move in response to changing climate".
The ongoing destruction of ancient sites in the Middle East by the Islamic State has galvanised the case for the universal museum, with advocates like Gary Vikan, the former director of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, arguing that only institutions in the west can preserve the world's cultural heritage.
