They take on a ferocious appearance in order to frighten away evil spirits and to destroy ignorance and ugly passions.
Among the campaign's few memorable moments were those in which Marchi, ordinarily amiable and contemplative, tried to look ferocious on TV in order to live up to the slogan assigned to him by his campaign manager - "Getting Tough Because He Cares".
Secondly, Germany is pushing for substantial changes to the EU treaties in order to create ferocious borrowing and spending rules for euro zone member governments, policed by the European Commission and, ultimately, the European Court of Justice.
At the hearing on Monday, he said the BBC Trust put him under "ferocious pressure" to cut senior staff numbers in order to reduce costs.
But in order to get that work accomplished, he's ferocious".
In order to guard against bias, the rules are ferocious: timed questions and answers, no interrupting, no controversial topics or direct attacks.
Beowulf, the bravest of all warriors, goes to the help of a neighbouring kingdom in order to do battle against takes on the ferocious Grendel, a savage creature who stalks the night.
I've been reading two engrossing new histories of that time — "Those Angry Days" by Lynne Olson and "1940" by Susan Dunn — both focused on the ferocious and now largely forgotten resistance Franklin D. Roosevelt had to navigate in order to stand with our allies against Hitler.
The ferocious fighting soon forced the 38th Infantry Regiment to fight its way back to Kujang-dong in order to rejoin the division.
"The locals formed armed groups, exchanging shifts throughout the day in order to protect people, cattle, sheep, and also children and women heading to schools, from those ferocious wolves," said Mohammed abu Reesha.
