Sentence examples for pursuing power from inspiring English sources

Although he constantly questions his own motives for pursuing power through murder, he almost never questions his wife's.

Yet he had spent so many years pursuing power, he had no ability to appreciate anything else, Ms. Goodwin said.

At the same time, the presence of 7,000 peacekeepers in the country made it hard for Renamo to continue pursuing power through the barrel of a gun.

Men who pursue politics are also pursuing power, Dr. Geary said, and "from an evolutionary perspective the whole goal of men striving for power is to increase their access to sexual opportunities".

But such symbolic acts quickly gave way to Mr. Obama's diplomatic and business agenda, aimed at strengthening ties between the two nations at a time in which China is more aggressively pursuing power in the region.

The Internet in general and social networking in particular have done little, if anything, to hobble those pursuing power with such traditional means as big lies and big money.

He has pursued power for the sake of it.

Platini, who stresses his willingness to co-operate, has pursued power relentlessly as a Blatter protégé.

Not all male primates pursue power by appealing to the gents.

Mr Machar does not have a sufficient support base in the army and has pursued power through largely political means.

This is increasingly impossible in Virginia, where the storyline is the parallel investigations into the backdoor ways politicians pursue power.