Sentence examples for guards intent from inspiring English sources

Mr. Chun, a former medical student and Jehovah's Witness, served three prison terms totaling nearly eight years starting in 1969, and he said he was frequently beaten by guards intent on changing his beliefs.

He is treated as a liability by an old guard intent on saving itself from fed-up and furious protesters.

But Iran's judiciary, which is independent of his government, together with the country's elite revolutionary guards, are intent on making their views clear.

When the Knicks traded for Strickland, who averaged 12.8 points and 4.8 rebounds last season as the Dallas starting shooting guard, the intent was for him to back up Houston, add juice to the Knicks practices by pushing the starters and to serve as insurance in case of injury.

Unfortunately, for every glorious twist to a hit that catches us off guard, Hot Chip appear intent on introspection.

But the others, who were brought to the court together by American troops -- while Mr. Hussein arrived and departed alone with a separate American guard -- seemed mostly intent on winning the judge's favor.

By this time, four decades after the Revolution, the Communist Party had solidified into the so-called nomenklatura a 10 million-strong elite of bureaucrats, managers, and technicians intent on guarding their power and prerogatives.

Dozens of guards walked right past it, intent on maintaining the safety of seats bolted into concrete.

It concluded that the guards at Dade had "no intent" to harm Rainey, and that his death was "accidental".

It is not surprising that the Iranian guards used Mr Bean with satirical intent.

(The guards later testified that they had "no intent to cheat," according to a follow-up report by the Inspector General).