Sentence examples for a little intent from inspiring English sources

If you scratch the surface with even a little intent, the stink of colonialism ascends quickly.

UNABLE TO WIN GOLD in their last two home Olympics in 1976 and 1988, the Canadians have been intent (a little too intent?) on ending that drought in Vancouver.

The only problem, if it is one, is that Mr. Chailly seems a little too intent on making just those points: on showing that a Bach performance by a symphony orchestra -- this symphony orchestra, in particular, which has sometimes worn its tradition heavily -- need not be stodgy.

In the middle of this, Miller appears: tensely charming, more than a little creepy, intent on urging June to come away with him, because he is the only one who can protect her against the heavily armed bad guys who are about to show up – but not before he has established a little alpha-male bonding with Rodney, who is a fireman.

It would be an exaggeration to suggest that the effect was immediate, but without exactly laying siege to the Villa goal Newcastle did step up their attacking efforts after the break as well as beginning to play with a little more intent.

With 3D Touch, The Apple devices ask us to touch them with a little more intent, to move past the glass and into something deeper behind the surface.

Drawing Hitler with semen, and Kim K in urine, had a little more intent.

This sounds basic, but there are lots of therapists out there who appear to be listening to you, when in fact they're a little more intent on waiting for an opportunity for you to listen to them so they can regale you with their expertise.

We believe that clinical trials are still conducted sparingly with the minimal goal of testing clinical effectiveness as dictated by regulatory agencies to justify licensing but with little intent to identify causes of failure of a given treatment.

DC showing what little intent their numbers allow.

Those linked to terror offences have next to no protection and there seems little intent to distinguish the actions of the wives from those of their husbands, with officials in the building readily confirming that both women potentially faced a death sentence after what passed for an investigative process.