Примери за scuttling

• But if the end must come, let it not be by scuttling.

• Certainly when one gets into the position of scuttling a ship and claiming its full insurance value one is dealing with very large sums indeed.

• I do not suppose there was ever a milder man charged with the duty of scuttling a ship or of destroying constitutional practice.

• One is aimed at scuttling the prospect of devolution after one year and the other provides a reasonable chance.

• They have statutory duties which they ought to perform, and the scuttling of justice does nothing for those involved in the dispute.

• What nonsense it is to talk of scuttling and surrender.

• I want to be clear on this point about scuttling.

• Here we are, microscopic creatures scuttling about on the surface of a minor planet circling round a second-rate star in one of halt-a-million galaxies.

• At times, indeed, their policy has seemed suspiciously like one of scuttling away from our responsibilities behind a smoke screen of bluster.

• They have adopted the method of scuttling their undertakings.

• Had we been in office we would have been told that we were "scuttling" from these places.

• First, deposit from floating containers and the scuttling of vessels, together with their related activities of towing and propelling, are included for the first time.

• Enemy merchant ships were under instructions to avoid capture at all costs and, if necessary, to resort to scuttling.

• He is just beginning to retreat, and in a very short time he will be scuttling away amid the jeers of his supporters.

• Other extensions of control relate to scuttling, deposit from floating containers, and foreign vessels.