Example sentences of "intention of [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , then , Professor Usher remains convinced that the baby had at least an 80% chance of survival , and that Leonard Arthur did prescribe the drug with the intention of causing the child 's death , especially in view of Dr Arthur 's comments on his philosophical attitude to this type of situation . |
| 2 | He had every intention of getting the hell out of Paris just as soon as he had collected all the money owed to him . |
| 3 | It is rather like something that I used to do as a young groundsman coming up through the ranks , when I applied for vacant jobs all over the place , the bigger and more prestigious the place the better , and more often than not without the slightest intention of taking the job if it had been offered ! |
| 4 | I had no intention of taking the Transit up West — I 'd had enough trouble round the launderette , which doubles as a common room for the junior branch of the Hackney National Front — so I left it parked outside the front door in exactly the spot where Frank and Salome usually plug in the nightlight for their VW Golf . |
| 5 | Your Directors certainly have no intention of accepting the offer in respect of their own shareholdings . |
| 6 | Milton had no intention of sharing the unpopularity which was attaching itself to Sir James and promptly referred the matter to the Solicitor-General for action , but the end result , as Mrs. Campbell pointed out , was that ‘ our Member has lost his interest in this parish and really by most of our friends in the shire ’ . |
| 7 | The Laird of Quarrel did not have the slightest intention of sharing the spoils of office with Craigbarnet , but he was unlikely to get anywhere near the office without strong interest , and those upon whom he relied were ready to see the wisdom of returning to the old practice of sharing the office . |
| 8 | She had no intention of handing the joint back , but I did n't bother fixing another for Melanie and me . |
| 9 | The government gave notice of its intention of reintroducing the death penalty by announcing on Oct. 15 that it intended to withdraw from the American Convention on Human Rights ( also known as the San José Pact , which entered into force in 1978 ) . |
| 10 | Ewen had shown surprise , which of course looked genuine , when the launch , on coming alongside the jetty , turned out to belong , not to the police , but to Customs and Excise , who announced their intention of searching the Stormy Petrel , while the detectives had ‘ a few questions to ask . ’ |
| 11 | The armed robber might say that he had no intention of using the firearm , that he carried it with him simply to frighten the victim , and that it went off accidentally : if the jury believes that , should he be convicted of murder ? |
| 12 | Normally someone at or near the scene would be brewing tea but Dalgliesh had-no intention of using the washroom even to boil a kettle until the scene of crime officer had done his work . |
| 13 | Though there was never any intention of using the bomb against Russia , it lay in the background as a threat . |
| 14 | Aranjuez , however , had clarified Napoleon 's muddled thinking on the Spanish question and he had no intention of using the opportunity it presented in order to support a puppet king whose character and intentions he mistrusted . |
| 15 | In this case , the taxpayers should ensure that either they pay rent for each day of the use or that the property is not available for their use for extended periods when the parties have no intention of using the same . |
| 16 | Even if the seller has every intention of supplying the buyer with the 12 bottles currently in stock , it still may not be a contract for the sale of specific goods . |
| 17 | The 14 allies made clear their intention of maintaining the basis of the NATO concepts of " forward defence " and " flexible response " with a mix of conventional and nuclear forces and a continued United States presence in Europe . |
| 18 | Vargas , however , has a pedigree to pose a considerable threat to Hodkinson 's prospective windfall but the all-action champion has no intention of ducking the top challenges . |
| 19 | A source close to Saatchi insists that there is ‘ absolutely no intention of dispersing the collection ’ and is equally adamant that ‘ the collection will be greater in five or 10 years time than it is now . ’ |
| 20 | Mr Orlando , who last month took a deep breath and announced his intention of leaving the Christian Democrats to lead his own party , is the more bitter of the two . |
| 21 | As I tend to use a float for zander I am convinced that I am not actively feeding fish in these situations as the float shows me that the zander has no intention of leaving the swim . |
| 22 | Milan Cic , the Slovak Premier , on March 10 declared his intention of leaving the CPCz , stating that this step should not be linked with any " careerist interests or motives " . |
| 23 | Section 4.2.1 describes how , following quite a different method , Labov developed the traditional face-to-face interview into a series of interlocking modules with the intention of simulating the topic-shift patterns of conversation . |
| 24 | The rest of the growing colony was left behind , so the islanders accepted that the settlers had no intention of fulfilling the terms of the treaty and leaving . |
| 25 | He had no intention of assuming the emperorship himself . |
| 26 | Victor had no intention of telling the boss-man his wife would n't speak to him . |
| 27 | Dressed only in her thin nightgown , she had no intention of entering the room , just of poking her head into the doorway to yell for peace and quiet . |
| 28 | He had no intention of drinking the stuff , but it might do for a shave . |
| 29 | Lasswells model was speedily recognised to be flawed — it assumed that the communicator had the intention of influencing the receiver and made no allowance for a feedback element in the communication process — but it provided a new method for the study of communication and was the stimulus for further analysis . |
| 30 | In one leading case from 1963 , a Fascist leader was convicted under the section for making a speech at a public meeting which deliberately provoked to fury the Jews , the members of CND , and the communists who had come to Trafalgar Square with the express intention of stopping the meeting . |