How To Use Intent In A Sentence

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I did not have intent to imply that homeschooling is like public school, but that public school directs what a child learns and when and unschooling does not. What do we teach our kids? | Johnny B. Truant
How anyone could have read some sinister intent into those views is indeed puzzling, and illustrates well how those damned Jewshow certain hypersensitive and overly privileged people who feel superior to the rest of the world are willing to cut their own throats for short term advantage by using unjustified charges of anti-semitism to point out how they take advantage of their position in any nation or institution who trusts them so as to benefit their own in group at the expense of that nation or institution. The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?
It had begun the seventies with the declared intention of contributing 0.7 percent of the gross national product in official aid.
He seems intent on upsetting everyone in the room!

On the taxes proposed she said, "Those concerned by our wish list's ` nanny state 'implications might helpfully redirect their focus to the many unseen measures intentionally adopted by the food industry to shape our behaviour … It seems that without our knowledge or consent we are subject to the pervasive' nannying 'activities of industry. THE MEDICAL NEWS
Searle wants to deny that collective intentions are analyzable in terms of singular intentions, but he also wants (and in my view with better reasons) to deny that there are collective spirits or other mysterious creations.
The Waterford publicans, who have signified their intention to defy the ban, are following in the footsteps of their colleagues in Kerry, Cork, Donegal and Wexford.
In the absence of a clear express intent to abrogate rights and obligations - rights of the highest importance to the individual - those rights remain in force.
Where the company is seeking general authority to purchase shares in the market they must state their intentions regarding the authority granted.
I'm personally offended both by the error on the Times website and by your association of me with what you call the intentional slander of US marines. Rightwing Spin That Haditha Massacre Never Occurred
Two rows behind the bench sits a sweet-faced junior college girl who just announced her intention to play for Oregon next year.
Opening to the power of intention, you begin knowing that conception, birth and death are all natural aspects of the energy field of creation. Wayne Dyer
I was haunted by the beauty of the landscape all about, of the natural ferneries then disappearing, and of the domed forest-trees on the slopes, and was fortunate in meeting a gentleman intent on preserving in art the beauties of his country. Sailing Alone Around the World
So long as the defendant does not communicate his intention, he commits no offence.
When in the following October the nobody met Katsu Kaishu, the enlightened commissioners of the shogun's navy, it might have been with intent to assassinate him.
Dishonesty is always one way of climbing the ladder of success, but dishonest intentions and manipulations are more prone to fail. Dr T.P.Chia
But while the mysterious circumstances of the tragedy keep on adding up, the ghostly presence of her partner seems intent on having his say. The Sun
When we checked with the building department, the local inspector told us that the water heater is correctly installed and that the overflow pipe complies with the intent of the building code.
His intention took shape in action.
I have no intention of retiring just yet.
Whilst not sent with any malign intent, the letter was an " oppressive document".
The new shareholder has declared the intention to conclude agreements with the plant's creditors and restore the production.
He had no intention of paying for the meal out of his own pocket.
And the intention of the work is purely propagandistic - it is not to stimulate thought, but to close it down. Times, Sunday Times
The forwards also seemed intent on glory as several rolling mauls were stopped dead in their tracks when the wingers were standing idle and unmarked on the flanks.
Willoughby in outwearying: she asked herself how much she had gained by struggling: -- every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force, and rendered her less able to get the clear vision of her prospects, as though it had sunk her deeper: the contrary of her intention to make each further step confirm her liberty. Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
As the student's uniforms are traded for spears and war paint, the innocent boys devolve into uncontrolled, bloodthirsty hunters and ultimately, savages intent on killing the "beast".
It's all a matter of perspective and intent, something Cave covetously explores across the two discs.
He needed at least three days to assess the genuineness of their intentions.
The arresting part of this photo is not her femaleness, although foregrounding her gender seems to be the intention, but the condition of her gun, which is old, chipped, and rusty.
That last post might have been a completely unintentional plagiarism of a song that I haven't heard for probably eighteen years.
So the theories are that perhaps somebody intentionally detonated this weapon in what's sometimes called fragging, an intentional effort to kill officers, and in this case, two officers. CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2005
The Crown case was that the lawful activity which they had intentionally disrupted was retail selling. Times, Sunday Times
I was the one who had convinced him to bring the bomb, even if it wasn't intentional.
Philosophy aims only at the truth, not at mere persuasion regardless of truth, which is a dubious enterprise in both its intentions and its methods.
to all intents and purposes the case is closed
Such an intention must be clearly manifested by unmistakable and unambiguous language.
While the Dvorksy essay on "curing" fundamentalism that Stephen links to is well-intentioned George says of the fundamentalists that he wants to "return to them free will, rationality and self-respect" in order to help give their lives "meaning and purpose", I tend to share Stephen's concerns about this kind of memetic engineering. The Speculist: The Danger of "Memetic Engineering"
The security goal is to stop them before they penetrate the security zone with the intent to blow up the city's waterfront.
The intent was to redirect some of the hunters' energy from shooting game to caring for it, thereby preserving enough game to satisfy increasing numbers of hunters.
The similarity of the two fires suggests the possibility of malicious intent.
The master talked to him gently but seriously, and he cocked his ears, and listened with painful intentness. The Call of Kind
Tara of Helium saw it coming and leaped for the tree toward which she had been moving, and the banth realized her intention and redoubled his speed. The Chessmen of Mars
He listened intently, jabbed furiously three or four times at the transmitting key, then leapt to his feet, tearing his headphones off. THE LONELY SEA
The intention behind not allowing the registration of cases is to keep the crime figures low thereby projecting a crimeless state. Why Dalits have slammed Mayawati's Sarv-jan Formula?
‘We differ from them… only in degree, not intention,’ she declares.
The play starred a well-known retired actress who was intent on a come-back.
The kaiser, he said, had no intention of taking permanent possession of Venezuelan territory.
Her face was intent on the Caddy, and it was with some effort that she directed her attention towards him.
Whether you overslept or had a flat tire, airlines often will waive such fees for passengers who unintentionally miss flights.
The state's intentions, of using the entire coastline for desalination, were revealed when chief minister Ashok Chavan recently instructed officials to explore the idea of allotting land to private parties for setting up desalination plants on design, build, operate and transfer basis. Daily News & Analysis
When a well-intentioned program yields unwelcome results, for example, a truth-aversive organization will seek to minimize or disguise these consquences.
When someone seems, by any reasonable standard, so intent on braiding the rope, tying the knot, and hanging himself with it, it's easy to suppose that the best thing to do is to stand back so everyone can have an unimpaired view.
The intention is to provide practical and ethical guidance on risk issues.
And he called Herodotus a thief and a beguiler, and “the same with intent to deceive,” as one of their own poets writes. Letters to Dead Authors
They whiche unto the warre have given rule, will that the menne be chosen out of temperate countries, to the intente they may have hardines, and prudence, for as muche as the hote countrey, bredes prudente men and not hardy, the colde, hardy, and not prudente. Machiavelli, Volume I
He reiterates the issues at the end of each chapter, with a brief summation of the argument, thus giving the reader a basic understanding of each author's particular intention.
The statute seems to be cumbersomely written but it appears the intent was to deny the use of the “Castle Doctrine” defense to someone engaged in drug trafficking. The Volokh Conspiracy » Drug Dealers’ Self-Defense Against Other Drug Dealers
He didn't make his intentions clear in his letter.
Many South Africans are apparently wary of what they see as ignoble intentions by profit-hungry American drug companies.
In all three cases the conclusion reached was that a deliberate intention to breach the order was not a necessary element for a finding of contempt of court.
This was a man who had no intention of allowing any error to distract from his all-important evidence in defence of the Government.
The government's intent was reconstitute orthodox communism.
Back in the early fifties people across the land followed the Redex trial intently, listening in for updates in the daily news broadcasts from their valve radiograms.
He's intent on getting promotion, and no one's going to stop him!
The same eyes were looking at me, almost burning me with their intent gaze.
The intent of composite is to " compose objects into tree structures to represent part - whole hierarchies.
He was sentenced to four years for illegal possession of the firearm with intent to endanger life.
We have been talking about the intentionality of consciousness, the role of sensation in perception, and so on.
And then, I will consider shutting down discussions, by deleting, that I consider to be drawing the discussion offtrack, especially if I think this is being done intentionally. No more Feminism 101 here
A pope determined to bring his message to the world makes himself vulnerable to the malign intentions of fanatics. Times, Sunday Times
Sadly though the intention had been to get to see the Crypt, where the Rakoff collection of comics is stored, both our minds let it slip till too late - but I did see the really cool old lifts with the doors you have to close manually and suchlike, plus having a nice lunch with companiable conversation. A day away at the V&A but not at play
It is not the intention of the book to critique the theory or substantive findings of the studies. Critical Social Research
I will not intentionally injure you or harm you in any long-lasting way.
I'm sorry I offended you; it wasn't my intention.
Its intention is to restore pride in the past and create a more mannered society.
The council has announced its intention to crack down on parking offences.
Biblical exegetes intent on recovering historical origins treat the text as an object on which to practice methodical procedures when they should instead be acknowledging the traditions to which they themselves belong.
Is there a parallel between taking up a storekeepers time by pretending to shop and ask prices for items we know we will not buy and dating the opposite sex with no intention of a committed relationship?
I would have solved the problem by demonstrating that the use of the term “etymologist” was intentional, as follows: Cheeseburger Gothic » Snip snip.
He has sent the authority a resignation letter signalling his intention to quit from next Monday.
It is not my intention to review the relevant jurisprudence in this ruling.
Because actually your intention includes whatever you aim at achieving.
We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery. Dejan Stojanovic
Ray Bradbury turned 90 years old on Aug. 22, and the science fiction pioneer has no intention of slowing down.
The baronetage of Nova Scotia was devised in 1624 as a means of promoting the "plantation" of that province, and James announced his intention of creating a hundred baronets, each of whom was to support six colonists for two years (or pay 2000 marks in lieu thereof) and also to pay 1000 marks to Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
The book was authorised, not critical, and its intent was somewhat hagiographical.
We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery. Dejan Stojanovic
The pressure has now reached such a pitch that White can no longer hold out in the centre, but must declare his intentions. Times, Sunday Times
The owner seems intent on exploring one of the most remote and beautiful coastlines in Europe. Times, Sunday Times
he was upfront about his intentions
The Republicans have no intent on letting Obama fill any vacancy unless the nominee is a conservative. Think Progress » Cornyn Hypocritically Accuses Democrats Of ‘Hysterical’ Reaction To Right-Wing Judicial Activism
No matter: "My intention is just to send it right back into the ThredUp system and trade up again. Sign of the times: Going swapping, not shopping
It may be based on true events but its feel-good intentions often feel formulaic and it sometimes seems to lack the courage of its convictions.
Embracing the new orthodoxy with almost catechistic devotion, they insisted on the importance of construing each constitutional provision according to the presumed intentions of the Framers, no matter how disruptive or radical the consequences might be. Rehnquist the Great?
Provided the discrimination was not indirect and unintentional, damages can be awarded to take account of injury to feelings.
The two elements of crime in English-derived law are “mens rea” (guilty mind, or intent) and “actus reus” (the act itself). Evening Buzz: U.S. Terror Stings
During early testing, I ran pseudo with the server modified to randomly crash about one syscall in three, with the intent of carefully testing this functionality.
The intentions were good, which is why Brooke couldn't really fault him.
So intent was the big cat on getting her lunch that she chased her prey directly into the midst of a convoy of cars carrying tourists through the park.
No doubt, the intention of the landowner throughout is to hold a market monthly on these Saturdays.
They were all in their street clothes, so I'd figured they'd vacated the locker room with the intention of going home… until they'd noticed the basketballs.
Why do individuals' actions not always give on to their intentioned ends?
The original intention had been that it would hold 1000 prisoners. The Prisons We Deserve
The ruling of the Lord Chief Justice that a book written with pure intention and meant to convey useful knowledge might yet be obscene, drew from me a pamphlet entitled, “Is the Bible Indictable?”, in which I showed that the Bible came clearly within the judge's ruling. Autobiographical Sketches
Agrippa, and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him, osculantes obsecrarent ne id quod natura cogeret, ipse acceleraret, not to offer violence to himself, with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it: and so constantly died, precesque eorum taciturna sua obstinatione depressit. Anatomy of Melancholy
International Business Machines Corp. is one company that raised concerns about how it would be affected by the Dodd-Frank Act. It is among several large corporations that believe, without further clarification in rulemaking, they may be unintentionally caught up in the definition of a "major swaps participant" — essentially a non-dealer that regularly engages in swaps — despite their swaps being legitimate. Minimum Thresholds for Swaps Urged
Intent could be a factor in defining elder abuse.
This intentional manipulation by the author, perhaps already let the readers nebulously perceive a remote Utopia upon seeing the chirping swallows.
Oborne regrets the 'loss of self restraint' and his intention is to recreate it, or rather to again 'ostracise' and 'thrust beyond the outer margins of debate' those who dare to speak out about the impact of Islam on the British way of life. The British National Party
The intention is to rely on them in the next 15 years or so to give our astronauts a lift into space. Think Progress » Steve King Blows Up, Physically Grabs TP Blogger When Asked About His Justification Of IRS Attack
Dr Leander Starr Jameson led a group of over 500 men with the intention of taking control of the town, but was met and overpowered by the burghers in Krugersdorp, 30 kilometres north west of the town.
Times-Union an "initial investigation revealed that someone in the regional office intentionally entered veterans 'claim documents with incorrect dates -- called' backdating '-- into an internal database. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Ministers of any government have no intention of relinquishing control over local government spending. Times, Sunday Times
It also meant intentionally making our groups more diverse so that group members can experience the richness of diversity. Christianity Today
But it clearly has "www.cakewrecks.com" written on the side of it-it *has* to be intentional, as much fun as the other possibilities are. Call Me!
The original intention had been that it would hold 1000 prisoners. The Prisons We Deserve
She was found guilty of affray and of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear and violence.
Bypassing the media seems to have been effective in converting voting intention.
Yet God's all-wise, necessary and patient method of working out this intention in time is through calling individual human beings one-by-one to himself through prevenient grace and election.
He couldn't risk having her think his intentions were less than honorable.
Colors are faithfully rendered but a bit muted; this appears to be intentional.
Surma is made from antimony sulfide, but it may contain lead as an accidental impurity that remains in antimony sulfide or it may be an intentional adulterant.
Yet he saw consequences the most unpleasant in this rumour of her attachment; and though he still privately hoped that the behaviour of Mandlebert was the effect of some transient embarrassment, he wished her removed from all intercourse with him that was not sought by himself, while the incertitude of his intentions militated against her struggles for indifference. Camilla
It is curious and probably fitting that the first clear evidence for discarnate intention was taught to me by my deceased mother. The Sacred Promise
Cummings called the Interior Department "schizophrenic" - on the one hand declaring its intent to protect polar bear habitat in the Arctic, yet at the same time "sacrificing that habitat to feed our unsustainable addiction to oil. Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
Of course, the pain associated with birthing was considered entirely natural, while the protraction of pain and suffering associated with foot-binding was altogether an intentional act of the human will.
A peaceful demonstration had been hijacked by anarchists intent on causing trouble.
Middleton had denied breaking into the bank on 6 December last year while acting with others, with intent to steal.
If practice is undertaken for mental or spiritual gain, that intention will determine the results.
I had bought a box of black hair dye earlier with the intention of using it, but had lost my nerve when I got home with it.
For instance, if in an emotional dream you injured someone intentionally, you could perform a simple penance the next day to atone, such as fasting one meal.
Since I was talking generalities rather than specifics, it wasn't my intention to spend a lot of time searching and counting replies.
Largely as a result of these influential criticisms, the law was altered so that the requirement of intent was abrogated.
Uncle Alphonse had a strap hanging on the inside of the door to the bathroom that he used on Mick and Caesare with liberal and gleeful intent, recalling, perhaps, the beat - ings his father had inflicted on him in the "backhouse," as the outhouse was called. Second Skin
No sooner does a government attempt to go beyond its political sphere than it exercises, even unintentionally, an insupportable tyranny.
While both deontologists and rule - utilitarians are rule-followers, deontology explicitly stresses duty and intention rather than outcome, whereas the ultimate focus of rule-utilitarianism is on consequences.
I have every intention of paying her back what I owe her.
If you have no intention of marrying her, you shouldn't keep leading her on.
Second, many advisers are still intent on chasing high returns.
The union has signalled the workers' intention to strike.
At around 6 p.m. Buenos Aires time, 19 hours after declaring a state of siege, De la Rua announced his intention to resign.
As these three examples demonstrate, the "one-China principle" has been used by the PRC as a means of waging its "legal warfare" to incorporate Taiwan and to accomplish its bottom-line goal of de jure unification, as explicitly stated by its declared intent to use military force if necessary under the "anti-secession law" of 2005 to "reunify" Taiwan. Jamestown Foundation: All Publications
Stuff has been happening, but it's all kind of introspective, sad stuff that isn't that easy to write, even if I did have any intention of splashing it all over the web.
Unintentionally or not, it even takes a dig at humans.
These were all blameless cases of unintentional and unwitting mental telegraphy, I judge.
You only go there with serious intent. Times, Sunday Times
The other reason I make this statement is because a week before this book landed on my desk, I had bought an open-end ticket to Ireland and gave notice of my intention to quit my job.
This flight-deck director didn't understand the pilot's intentions, or he wouldn't have run out on the deck and started to chock and chain the aircraft.
Now I begin to see light on their good intentions.
If that doesn't quite amount to an intention to offend, it does amount to culpable negligence in avoiding pointless offence. Times, Sunday Times
Y entonces cuando intentamos sacarnos la camisa de ese complejo nos volvemos agresivos, arrogantes, violentos. Global Voices in English » Ecuador: The Passing of Writer Jorge Enrique Adoum
The garden was a living, breathing, creature that now seemed intent upon swallowing her up.
If the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the one accused, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.
There is no first-strike plan or intention on the part of the South or the United States. Bernard Rowan: Oh, My Korea
We all have sordid purposes and empty intents and material incentives.
My post, while intentionally understated, is meant to provoke one to think about the insanity of "sameness" being the purpose of education. "No Child Left Behind" Is Nothing New In Albuquerque
He drew five intentional passes in the second game of a meaningless 1929 double-header with the Phillies.
As to relations with the opposite sex, Skinner would cut no ice with Germaine Greer but he makes a well-intentioned if misdirected stab at equality.
The Israeli government is so concerned that America's adversaries may miscalculate U.S. intentions that it is privately urging Washington to make it clear that the U.S. would intervene in Saudi Arabia should the survival of that government be threatened. The Arab Spring and U.S. Policy: The View From Jerusalem
Here were five hugely accomplished musicians who were listening to each other as intently as members of a string quartet. Times, Sunday Times
Rubio, now 57, was convicted in 1972 of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
The same eyes were looking at me, almost burning me with their intent gaze.
When they embark upon marrying someone, they should do so with sincerity of purpose and with the intention of creating a harmonious relationship.
No one had ever peered at her so intently before, and she generally avoided talking to other people, particularly fully fledged Clayr. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
The self-confessed drug addict admitted possessing heroin with intent, but claimed that he was only looking after it for another person.
But she has no intention of changing her spendthrift ways. The Sun
Why not respect the intention implied by the choice of impermanent materials and the adoption of quick and casual techniques?
Bottom trawling (scraping large nets across the seabed) kills coral, stirs up sediment causing pollutants to migrate into seaweed and other fish feed, and scoops up large amounts of by-catch -- other sealife, like turtles and dolphins unintentionally caught and wasted. Cathy Erway: The Pescatore's Dilemma
Israeli courts interpreted these statutes to mean that all laws were subject to these rights, although whether this was the original intent of the drafters is under dispute. Constitutional Lessons from an Israeli Supreme Court Justice : Law is Cool
The intention is to take the town's fate in hand, until such time as democratic elections are held.
You have succeeded in dividing the readership, you have brought in sympathetic readership from another blog, as was your intention, to support your position, and start your verbal donnybrook." and Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A.
The intention of the Department to maintain a skeleton staff of graders at beef factories is not a solution.
Although the intention was to create new and independent economic and cultural centers, most of the satellite towns remain economically dependent on Beijing, and have only become dormitory towns," Jeffrey Johnson, who specializes in Chinese megacities at New York's Columbia University, said in emailed comments. Reuters: Press Release
As a youth he had no intention of pursuing a military career, but he was drafted into the revolutionary army in 1793.
Last night I was reminded once again that despite my best intentions, political discussions make my eyes glaze over like two yummy little doughnut holes.
The City boss is now intent on selecting as many players as possible that he can rely on for consistency of performance during the vital last four matches of the season.
The Referees Committee was formed at a meeting attended by 17 referees with three excused, but to date there are still two referees who have not answered the call, or indeed, signified their intentions, one way or another.
Word has reached us that they have seized control of the countryside nearby and are intent upon putting to death those there loyal to your kingdom.
He went down the wicket even to bowlers of extreme pace with the intention of making them drop the ball short, and when they did so, he would cut or pull the ball savagely.
In the frontier-land, fences and stockades announce intentions rather than mark realities.
It's rather appropriate that the logo for Disney is a mouse, because The Walt Disney Company this week announced its intention to throw money down a rathole.
Every morning Madam Duff goes on to the beach to plead with young men intent of gambling their lives in a quest for an eldorado in Europe.
He had no intention of enduring this smothering by overkindness any longer than it took him to figure out how to run away, and where to run to. The Fourth R
In the early days of electric lighting, fixtures intentionally flaunted naked bulbs so that no one could possibly mistake them for gas.
Just the luck of the draw, or intentional preadaptation (front-loading)? Critic in the Matrix
General David Petraeus, in a rare public show of indecorum, last week suggested that corruption has been a part of Afghan culture since the country came into existence, which is a sentiment that is not only, from a historical and anthropological perspective, wholly ignorant, but one that exposes intentions on the General's part that seem both dubious as well as misplaced. Michael Hughes: Afghanistan Corrupted by U.S. and 30 Years of Foreign Meddling
But a spokesman for the Terrence Higgins Trust warned against rushing to criminalise people with HIV, except in cases where malicious intent was beyond doubt.
stood watching intently
Thirdly, Nosey, wi 'his kilt, and bannet, and red coat, was, to a' intents and purposes, as like a human creatur as a monkey could weel be. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu
The genuine protestors were joined by outside agitators, intent on encouraging violence.
It is then that, stripped for a brief moment of our armour of complacency and self-esteem, we see ourselves as we are -- frightful chumps in a world where nothing goes right; a grey world in which, hoping to click, we merely get the raspberry; where, animated by the best intentions, we nevertheless succeed in perpetrating the scaliest bloomers and landing our loved ones neck-deep in the gumbo. Jill the Reckless
In the past 20 years, employees have lost right after right to Government-backed bosses intent on squeezing more work for less pay out of their workforces.
Professor Johnson has indicated his intention to retire at the end of next year.
The only beauties of the place, and those unintentional, were the long lines of hand-planted shade-trees, uglified as far as possible with whitewashed trunks and croppy heads, but still lovable, growing, living things. Animal Heroes
Unintentional ignorance can diminish or even remove the imputability of a grave offense. The Volokh Conspiracy » Ann Coulter, Christian Chauvinist:
The bill's promoter stated specifically that he has no intention of going on to tackle shooting or angling.
Perhaps the phrase "I'm just a soul whose intentions are good" are more than the words of an often despised and misunderstood singer. Michael Gilmour: Yusuf Islam, Salman Rushdie And Censorship

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