Sentence examples for intent and effect from inspiring English sources
"If Mylan engaged in anti-competitive business practices, or violated antitrust laws with the intent and effect of limiting lower cost competition, we will hold them accountable.
The intent and effect of the music were traditional, which is to say ecstatic: to experience the joy of union with the divine.
It followed a federal district court decision on October 9th that the Texas law was discriminatory in both intent and effect and "constitutes a poll tax"—a ruling that was stayed by the Fifth Circuit Court on October 11th.
"Our lawsuit alleges that the intent and effect of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's contracts is to raise hospital costs for competing health plans and reduce competition for the sale of health insurance," Ms. Varney said.
While the appeals court took issue with the city's characterization of the menorah and star and crescent as secular symbols, it said the policy had been crafted with a secular intent and effect — to promote the diversity of the holiday season — and did not denigrate Christianity.
"If your objective is actually to pass a bill insisting on a path to citizenship, it is in both intent and effect a poison pill," he said, adding that he thinks many of the immigration groups working on the issue are "being taken advantage of".
Parole boards and sentencing commissions must re-examine the purpose, intent and effects of life sentences, and governors should start reviewing cases for executive clemency.
There are many ways to consider the usefulness, purpose, intent and effects of dress codes.
The intent, and the effect, was to purge thousands of Mexican-Americans from the voter rolls.
Indeed, Reeves's famous Anacin ad featuring an animated hammer pounding inside one's head could function as a metaphor for both the intent and the effect of late-50's advertising in general.
"The proposal to have a parental consent requirement is discriminatory both in its intent and its effect," said Judith E. Schaeffer, deputy legal director with People for the American Way Foundation, a group involved in the suit.
