Sentence examples for form the intention from inspiring English sources

Rather than just intending to exercise more, you might form the intention to set off jogging when the alarm goes off.

Multiple studies show people are much more likely to follow through on an intention to do something – say, exercise more – if they form the intention to do it when they encounter a cue.

So, given a clear understanding of the situation, one is likely to find it difficult, if not impossible, to form the intention to drink the toxin.

Given this fear, one might be quite confident that one will drink the toxin if one gets the million; and so it might be quite easy for one to form the intention to drink the toxin.

As Richard J. Arneson says, according to the sophisticated consequentialist, "it can be morally right to form the intention to do what is morally wrong … Sometimes one ought to become a friend, even though this involves disposing oneself to do wrong, because forming this disposition would be acting to produce best consequences" (394).

But as Paul points out, before I form an intention I typically lack sufficient reason for thinking that I will perform the action intended if I have sufficient reason to believe that I will F, then I needn't form the intention to F at all.

"Early in 2014, a Romanian team called FRR Formula 1 Team [Forza Rossa] formed the intention of entering Formula 1.

Surely forming the intention to hit someone is a consequential mental act.

It might also be pointed out that if thanking can serve as a commissive (see section 3.3), then thanking might be made sincere simply by forming the intention to develop grateful attitudes, if they are lacking at the time of thanks.

When it was formed, the intention of the foundation was to support the Church in all of its ministries, "anything the Catholic Church is interested in, involved in and advocating for or offering a broken world is eligible for funding".

According to Fishbein & Ajzen, forming the intention to engage in PA is translated into actual PA behavior [ 11].