Sometimes, indeed, they may be destroyed by them.
Commercial collectors argue that, if they don't act, many fossils may be destroyed due to erosion.
His myth may be destroyed, but Tyson's drawing power is not.
"But the public property of the enemy may be destroyed wherever it may be found".
Some fear it could become a shrine of sorts for al-Qaida supporters, and so it may be destroyed.
We also have ample examples of the way the lives of acquitted defendants may be destroyed by the publicity.
More important, they are unraveling the mysteries of a fragile ecosystem that may be destroyed before it is fully understood.
A 19th-century Russian Orthodox Church may be destroyed as part of an overhaul of a port.
The team spent their time in Iraq working to ensure that while pieces may be destroyed, they are not forgotten.
Original stratification may be destroyed by plants or animals, by recrystallization of limestones, or by other disturbances subsequent to deposition.
Because the surveys were supposed to have been anonymous, all of those carried out so far may be destroyed.
