Sentence examples for seek to engineer from inspiring English sources

Many of the traits that crop geneticists seek to engineer into their charges may increase the likelihood that they will thrive as weeds.

The statement from Blacks's directors leaves the group in limbo as they seek to engineer a prepackaged administration on behalf of the bank.

Such a requirement may seem a bit unnecessary, given that most parents do not intentionally desire painful states for their children, and would not seek to engineer them in this way.

"It will be a long and challenging summer as we seek to engineer much-needed changes to the composition of the first team squad," said head of football development and recruitment Kevin Thelwell.

Israeli officials still worry that Obama will seek to engineer some sort of diplomatic game changer, whether by enumerating a set of peace parameters or by giving U.S. blessing to a resolution at the United Nations.

"We are seeking to engineer it," he said.

Since the pharaohs, we have sought to engineer immortality through the folly of monuments.

Before heading to Minsk on Wednesday, Angela Merkel, the main negotiator with Putin, has been in Moscow, Munich and Washington in the last few days seeking to engineer a breakthrough.

The Iranian foreign ministry also accused the BBC and Voice of America of being mouthpieces of their respective governments and seeking to engineer the ongoing riots that followed the presidential election.

None of the other expected candidates to succeed President René Préval, a mild-mannered agronomist, have shaken hips with Shakira at the Grammy awards; none of the others are seeking to engineer a transition from pop star to statesman.

The defendants are accused of seeking to engineer a military coup against Turkey's government.Two Bosnian Serb commanders were found guilty of committing war crimes in Bosnia by The Hague war-crimes tribunal.