Sentences with phrase «point of extinction»

Just five years ago, the brontosaurus of consumer vehicles looked as if it might be on the point of extinction.

And are being pushed to the point of extinction.

If in our time we have seen a great people brought near to the point of extinction, we are also witnessing in Israel what can genuinely be called a resurrection of an ancient people.

In many ways the rise of the new state of Israel is the modern counterpart of the use of the idiom of resurrection to express in metaphorical form the hope of an historical renewal after the national life has been near to the point of extinction.

It may be said that in many ways the rise of the new state of Israel is the modern counterpart of that aspect of resurrection which we have been looking at in this chapter, the use of the idiom of resurrection to express in metaphorical form the hope of an historical renewal after the national life has been near to the point of extinction.

Britain's democratic oversight of the intelligence and security agencies has «rescinded to the point of extinction», the president of the Liberal Democrats has said.

When the programs systemically collecting your personal information are so secret that even the Cabinet are not aware of their existence, our democratic oversight has rescinded to the point of extinction.

These whales, inhabitants of the North Atlantic and once prolific, have now been hunted almost to the point of extinction and show no sign of recovery.

Lethal mutagenesis annihilates HIV by causing it to mutate to the point of extinction.

And for the past two decades, illustrations in reading primers have become increasingly detailed and obtrusive, while the language has become impoverished — sometimes to the point of extinction.

In fact, with many of the world's predators, from snow leopards and tigers to polar bears, dwindling — some species to the point of extinction — similar reintroduction efforts have been called these animals» last, best hope.

At present, predictions assume that any contribution is completely lost at the point of extinction — leading to a decline in ecosystem performance.

The result is that some fish, such as North Sea skate, bluefin tuna and northern cod, are on the point of extinction, and we're within a few decades of permanently destroying entire marine ecosystems.

Many rare breeds are declining to the point of extinction due to anti-breeder laws.

Unfortunately, so many Bouviers lost their lives during that conflict that the breed was driven almost to the point of extinction.

This beautiful little fish proved so popular that it was over-collected, almost to the point of extinction in the wild.

In the early 19th century, whalers settled along the banks of the Moyne River — revelling in its safe anchorage and consequently hunting the Southern Right Whale to the point of extinction.

God Eater Resurrection Facing an enemy completely immune to conventional weapons, modern society is driven to the point of extinction.

Just at the point of extinction they reach the exit and their figurative integrity is restored.

The animals are domesticated to the point of extinction as they inhabit spaces devoid of food, water or fresh air.

Jean Marie Perdrix, Hiroshi Sugimoto and David Wojnarowicz consider the exploitation of natural resources to the point of extinction, and Marco Esparza and Joachim Koester turn their attentions to the idea of self - empowerment as a potential precursor for redemptive violence in the name of civilization.

Species were hunted almost to the point of extinction, making fish far more expensive, and the oceans became a dumping ground for industrial and urban waste, spreading contamination throughout the marine food chain and making it unsafe to eat fish in great quantities.

These activities have destroyed nearly 30 percent of tropical forests and threatened numerous animals and plants to the point of extinction.

The population collapsed almost to the point of extinction.

It was something that peaked during the Windows Mobile era, eventually being phased out to the point of extinction when capacitive screens proved to be a more reliable form of touch interaction.