When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. From LearnThat.org. [Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), German statesman.]
My intention changed once I saw her. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Seeing the intention is to be a book, and not a radio drama or play, I will rate it here. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
It seems to me that this intention is the only difference between Front-Loaded Evolution and plain-old non-teleological evolution. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Teeth] Reference
ITL's long-term intention is to manufacture in South Africa. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Why, because its design and intention is to negatively polarize. From Wordnik.com. [Page 2] Reference
Perhaps His intention is to slay all His creatures by this sickness. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters of India] Reference
Oprah's intention is for everyone she touches to live their best life. From Wordnik.com. [Martha Stewart 'A Personality, Oprah 'A Way Of Life': Discovery Network COO] Reference
My intention is not to pose veiled threats or to practise brinkmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Bill 22: Must Economic Growth be Achieved at the Expense of Cultural Development?] Reference
And also, what will be the sort of long-term intention on this business?. From Wordnik.com. [Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
China's long-term intention has been to become the world's manufacturer. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog Green] Reference
My intention is to take a month or two (or six), and just explore a bit. From Wordnik.com. [Should I be nervous?] Reference
The intention is never to go out there and be humorless and sanctimonious. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Stewart: The Most Trusted Name In Fake News] Reference
Our intention is not to trick reporters or play a practical joke on Chevron. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca Tarbotton: Does Chevron Think We're All Stupid?] Reference
My intention is to discuss only the broader national aspects of the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Canada's Immigration Problems] Reference
His intention is to finish the door on time, but other jobs will come his way. From Wordnik.com. [Some Thoughts On Living In Mexic] Reference
In planning and in intention Japan must have been at war with us for a long time. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Few Weeks in the Far East] Reference
The intention is just, and designed to protect the minority groups in our society. From Wordnik.com. [Politics in the Third Wave] Reference
Factions like the Taliban, al-Qaida, etc., have no long-term intention of going away. From Wordnik.com. [Photos - DesMoinesRegister.com] Reference
That said, our intention is to make Hulu's growing content lineup available worldwide. From Wordnik.com. [It's a Sci Fi Christmas - Lost in Space] Reference
The intention is that it should be an end-of-season showcase meeting for British racing. From Wordnik.com. [Champions Day has a brighter future at Ascot than at remote Newmarket] Reference
My intention is to do five things every day towards the promotion of the January launch. From Wordnik.com. [Arielle Ford: The Rule of 5 for Book Promotion] Reference
There may easily be dispute touching the latitude with which the word intention may be used. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Our intention is to highlight the egregious distance between Chevron's rhetoric and reality. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca Tarbotton: Does Chevron Think We're All Stupid?] Reference
Dunnett stresses that her intention is not to invoke feelings of horror, nor reveal the gruesome. From Wordnik.com. [Fiona Dunnett: images of self and death in Oaxaca] Reference
I came to the conclusion to-day that an heroic intention is not to be kept in sight without much endeavor. From Wordnik.com. [Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910] Reference
Poland's clear intention is to become a full member of the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union. From Wordnik.com. [Poland and the Twenty-First Century] Reference
Although that brings up another question, since in the subjunctive the feeling or intention is very important. From Wordnik.com. [Traer versus llenar] Reference
The intention is to create environments in which everyone is more focused, more cautious, and more considerate. From Wordnik.com. [Distracting Miss Daisy] Reference
It is a weak line of conduct to appeal to friendship when conduct is in intention free from imputation of evil. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
For training purposes on these unit farms the intention is that each family will be put upon a quarter-section. From Wordnik.com. [Can Canada Remain British] Reference
They now have those two operating systems and we are not sure what their longer term intention would be with that. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Now, we are finding a way so that most everyone can be a fit to survive except those whose intention is destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD: The Psychology of Religion: Why Are Some of Us Attracted to It?] Reference
My intention is for that to come through in my photography, my fire dancing, and my interactions with everybody I meet. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Gordon-Levitt: Remembering the brother of Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the wake of his death] Reference
I cancelled in intention a walk I had planned to take, and assured him I was quite free and would be delighted to see him. From Wordnik.com. [Aleta Dey] Reference
Why are these gargantuan companies -- whose only intention is to make money, not make you healthy -- allowed to fund the ADA?. From Wordnik.com. [Justin Stoneman: America: A Big, Fat, Stupid Nation] Reference
She said the idea was to notify everybody on all sides that the United States has no long-term intention of occupying Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [Salon] Reference
My intention is only to get an idea what that bias actually looks like, not to indicate that SF is evil and bad and racist/sexist/etc. From Wordnik.com. [Attention All SF/F Book Reviewers!] Reference
As a guide, her intention is not to lead her audience into oblivion, marooning them at sea like the castaways in the television show Lost. From Wordnik.com. [Terra Incognita] Reference
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