Sentence examples for trying to destroy a from inspiring English sources

Tom Cruise is back, trying to destroy a dangerous manufactured German virus.

He is accused of trying to destroy a Northwest Airlines jet with nearly 300 passengers and crew members.

Not to mention a plot – a property tycoon trying to destroy a marine reserve – that touches on real-world concerns.

The bad guys are usually trying to destroy a ranch, a town, a portion of the high chaparral, or in some extreme cases, a flourishing ethnic group.

In April 1999 the police arrested five men who were accused of being members of the group and accused them of trying to destroy a fuel depot.

Sam Dillon (NYT) EUROPE CHECHNYA: ATTACK CONTINUES Continuing a large-scale offensive, Russian troops were trying to destroy a Chechen rebel force of about 400 in the southeast mountains.

Arthur Z. Schwartz, general counsel for Acorn, accused Mr. O'Keefe of "trying to destroy an organization whose principal purpose is to help poor people".

"I'm not really such a businessman - I'm a revolutionary trying to destroy an entire industry," he declared at a talk in New York this week, before hastily adding: "I'm joking, of course".

Richard Reid, the Briton accused of trying to destroy an airliner on the way from Paris to Miami, was carrying a "home-made bomb" containing enough explosives to blow a hole in the side of the plane, a court was told yesterday.

"We would be disappointed if our (American) friends told us to present proof even though members of the assassin organization are trying to destroy an elected government under the directions of that person," Yildirim said.

"To try to destroy a business because you don't like some of the customers is, to me, unbelievably un-American," he said in an interview.