Sentence examples for intended against from inspiring English sources

No slur intended against bassos, whose deep-pitched tones usually make them instantly recognizable around an opera house.

This drawing was a criticism of Netanyahu, and not of the Jewish people: there was no slight whatsoever intended against them.

Speaking at the State Department today, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said he believed that in the end, the Chinese would "come to the same conclusion that the Russians came to, that this action is not intended against them".

Socrates eventually presents no fewer than eleven arguments, not all of which seem seriously intended, against the Protagorean and Heracleitean views.

The government told El Pais that the police response deserved praise, saying "It was a prudent and proportionate action and we congratulate police forces for preventing a sabotage of the rule of law that was intended against Congress".

Such messages were also spread in printed works like Francis Herring's Pietas Pontifica (republished in 1610 as Popish Piety), and John Rhode's A Brief Summe of the Treason intended against the King & State, which in 1606 sought to educate "the simple and ignorant... that they be not seduced any longer by papists".

Doctors have the moral obligation of exercising due care, balancing intended benefits against risks and inevitabilities of harm, physical, psychological, and social.

This wall was intended to defend against floodwaters.

James Ashby said he intended to appeal against the judgment.

Antitank weapon, any of several guns, missiles, and mines intended for use against tanks.

FA general secretary Alex Horne said last month the FA intended to appeal against the bans.