Example sentences of "intent on [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But people intent on stealing from the public purse at the expense of others in need will be actively pursued to stamp out this type of theft . ’ |
| 2 | Throughout the 1920s the Communist Party leaders remained intent on affiliating to the Labour Party and on working with Labour Party members . |
| 3 | She left the track without a backward look , intent on hiding in the hotel suite until Ace returned to rescue her . |
| 4 | Instead of choosing to ride through the woodland paths which she loved so much , Tamar turned up the village street , intent on keeping to the roads . |
| 5 | Thatcher and her supporters ’ seem intent on doing to the NHS what they have done to other public services such as gas and water . |
| 6 | When the chairman seemed intent on remaining in the post , White House Chief of Staff Samuel Skinner fired him . |
| 7 | Under President Islam Karimov , the government seems intent on returning to the ways of the Soviet Union , or to even worse models in the country 's more distant past : the emirs of Bukhara , whose lands are now part of Uzbekistan , once maintained a minaret of death , from which prisoners were flung alive on market days . |