Example sentences of "intention of [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She relaxed , then became aware of disappointment from the knowledge that he had not had the slightest intention of kissing her after all . |
| 2 | Having created the luxury 4 × 4 niche , it has no intention of relinquishing it to recent pretenders in the form of the revised Shogun , G-Wagen and Land Cruiser . |
| 3 | The challenges facing it were daunting : a considerable proportion of the UN was opposed to its existence ; the predominant political forces in south Korea regarded it simply as providing a veneer of international respectability for the creation of a south Korean state ; north Korea had no intention of helping it in any way and the United States believed the commission should complete its task swiftly and without asking awkward questions . |
| 4 | Now the National Gallery , London , is borrowing the picture , minus the rest of the exhibition , but with the intention of comparing it with other works by Leonardo in their collection . |
| 5 | But here — since he had not the slightest intention of addressing anything but common courtesy towards Miss Skelton — he could allow that sympathy to exercise itself . |
| 6 | While Brunner naturally had not the remotest intention of supporting anything of this kind , his concern for his own kind of natural theology seemed to Barth to be wholly without adequate defences against it . |
| 7 | In 1968 , the Kittyhawk was purchased with the intention of returning it to flying condition . |
| 8 | Needless to say I 've no intention of committing myself to that particular folly . |
| 9 | I mentioned to Kirk that I had no intention of asking him about that part of the tour . |