Sentence examples for direct intentions from inspiring English sources

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Online dating is cheaper and has clearer, more direct intentions: everyone on the site is looking to meet people, so there's no need to display the conventional, expensive social plumage (rounds of drinks, fancy dinners) just to assess a person's interest.

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Though he says that is not his direct intention, "the demonised image of Iran is related to the government, not the people.

"In the opinion of experts, it's practically impossible to prove the presence of direct intention in the actions of a journalist," the court said in a statement.

"Now apparently the commanders must have had a direct intention to commit crimes – and not just knowledge or suspicion that the crimes were or would be committed".

Griff Rhys-Jones, who backed the new scheme, said today: "There is a moment when it is optimal for people to give but without the means and the direct intention to give at that moment, we actually put it to the back of our mind and forget about it".

It's unlikely we'll ever know if Steve Jobs pulled out from the show with the direct intention of lowering expectations.

The building owner and the city planning office decided to install the previously discussed rumble strips to alert cyclists to the presence of delivery trucks (and perhaps slow down bicyclists crossing the delivery zone, although this was not the direct intention).

According to the doctrine of double effect, it is, for example, permissible to alleviate pain (a good effect) by administering a drug such as morphine, knowing that doing so will shorten life, but impermissible to administer a drug with the direct intention of terminating a patient's life (a bad effect).

I've gone on the record with my belief that China's illegal and unfair trade practices have the direct intention of hollowing out our manufacturing base and our record unemployment.

Even though this may not be his direct intention, that would solve one of the main barriers for people with disabilities and work, which I have blogged about on several occasions.

I don't know if they have a direct intention to do so, it could vary from horse to horse, but they communicate very clearly that which we have unlearned".

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