Example sentences of "intention of [verb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We flew back to Mahe and straight on to Praslin for a stay of a few days with the intention of taking day-trips to the smaller islands of Cousin and La Digue . |
| 2 | It is also likely that the ads for the more expensive and unusual products will be of greater general interest than those for the cheap day-to-day items : it is quite tempting to study in detail an ad for an expensive car , or browse through the ‘ houses for sale ’ columns , even if you aspire only as far as a second-hand Escort and have no intention of moving house within the next 10 years . |
| 3 | When I asked them about it later , they said , oh no , we have no intention of doing Anthems of the Nations , perhaps you would like to do it for us . |
| 4 | There must be some act done with the deliberate intention of doing harm to the trespasser , or at least some act done with reckless disregard of the presence of the trespasser . |
| 5 | But , he says , Coda has no intention of going public in the foreseeable future — it likes its independence too much . |
| 6 | The former senior deputy director has no intention of falling victim to the conservative-waged ‘ decency ’ attack that claimed her former boss , John Frohnmayer , who was forced to resign by the Bush administration amid fears the NEA would damage the President 's 1992 reelection bid ( see The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , p. 1 ) . |
| 7 | None of these Jews — half of whom were women and children — had any intention of revisiting Germany in the near future . |