The phrase "emphasize the intent" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to highlight or draw attention to the purpose or meaning behind something. Example: In her speech, the politician emphasized the intent behind her policies - to create a better future for all citizens.
They reject Historicist approaches to literary history, which they find reduce literary history to "a series of discrete and hence finally incomprehensible fragments" and emphasize the author's intent too greatly.
When contacted in 1999 by The Village Voice the public relations director of Hitachi, Gerry Corbett, emphasized the original intent of their product: "Clearly, [the Magic Wand] is a straightforward product.
In this article, we report a case presenting cervical pain associated with localized tenderness and reversible structural changes of the common carotid wall, with the intent to emphasize the applicability of the diagnostic imaging methods that support the diagnosis of carotidynia, in the appropriate clinical context.
The intent was to emphasize the relationship between diagnosis and patient care.
Wear clothes that emphasize the good will and friendly intent of your smile: Yellow is the colour for dependability and happiness.
The paper does not seek to romanticize the role of health professionals in rural areas, but intents to emphasize the need to explore health professionals' role in rural resource poor settings in a more holistic and in-depth way rather than blaming them for health system failures.
It is not our intent here to recount it, but to emphasize the gravity of this moment in light of it.
First, both the majority and Justice Scalia's concurrence in Clark emphasize the impossibility of a 3-year-old's having a testimonial intent.
"I emphasize the 'today' part.
They emphasize the "new Citi".
