Sentence examples for destructive agent from inspiring English sources

Again, the destructive agent will have to be destroyed, after what it destroys has been destroyed, and then that which has the capacity of destroying it will have to be destroyed afterwards, (so that there will be a process of change subsequent to the last,) for being destroyed also is a kind of change.

Ephesus, Priene, and Miletus, on the Aegean shores of Asia Minor, are examples of this type of harbour disappearance, the destructive agent in each of these cases being the picturesque Meander (now the Menderes Riverr, whose creation of new land from the sea is readily perceivable from high ground adjacent to the river mouth.

It has already been noted that water is the principal destructive agent of the carriageway: it therefore seems essential to assemble under one heading all the practical facts which concern drainage i.e., concerning ditches, in particular.

It has been suggested that the neuromelanin of the substantia nigra could play different roles in Parkinson's disease, firstly as a protectant by scavenging toxic substances such as exogenous metals and pesticides, and later as a destructive agent when cell death releases the neuromelanin [ 43].

Joseph Schumpeter described capitalism as "creative destruction": hedge funds are destructive agents, predators targeting the weak and infirm.

Wood can be protected from the action of destructive agents such as fungi, insects, and marine organisms (see the section Degradation) by impregnation with toxic chemicals.

The variables studied in the Plackett Burman design were the proteases and chitinases of AC001 or VC4 as destructive agents of S. westeri and trichostrongylides larvae, and P. fastosum eggs.

Transmissible gastroenteritis coronavirus (TGEV) is one of the most destructive agents, responsible for the enteric infections that are lethal for suckling piglets, causing enormous economic loss to the porcine fostering industry every year.

However, it is possible that a forest can be managed in such a way that a modest timber crop may be harvested indefinitely year after year if annual harvest and the losses due to fire, insects, diseases, and other destructive agents are counterbalanced by annual growth.

Carbon-based nanomaterials offer the possibility of some exciting applications, such as drug delivery, selective cell destructive agents, biosensors, and diagnostics.

However, these findings are at odds with traditional inferences of microbes as destructive agents due to biodegradation [10].