Sentence examples for intent on abandoning from inspiring English sources

He seems intent on abandoning America's children as he previously abandoned Texas' children.

Thousands of villages working with the group have declared their intent to abandon genital cutting.

This belief itself relies on abandoned shells.

Establishing plantations on abandoned agricultural land is the only possibility.

Wild berries often grow on abandoned land.

Here the primal male impulses that propelled Leigh's first protagonist give way to the invincible (albeit late-blooming) maternal instincts of a battered mother of two who returns to the family manse that she abandoned 12 years earlier, intent on marrying despite the protests of her mother.

The administration's adoption of what it calls a "realistic" or "unsentimental" approach to Russia has prompted Russian officials to accuse Washington of being out of step with the times, intent on reviving cold war policies, and abandoning the previous administration's effort to treat Russia as a partner.

He is intent on avoiding another one.

Then, since Anita was so intent on eating Snow and forcing Red to abandon her humanity once and for all, it was difficult to feel anything but relief when Red killed her to protect her best friend.

In one episode on Jan . 26 a crowd encircled an already bloodied militant whose comrades had recently abandoned Gao, recalled Dani Sidi Touré, a resident who was one of those intent on revenge.

Ever since Mr. Bush stood with a fringe M.I.A. activist who accused the Arizona senator of abandoning the veterans, Mr. McCain has seemed intent on restoring his honor and undermining Mr. Bush's.