Sentence examples for intent on acquiring from inspiring English sources

Iraq had caused concern even before the Persian Gulf War, when it was clearly intent on acquiring nuclear weapons.

In the early 2000s, Exxon was intent on acquiring a large stake in Yukos, once Russia's largest private oil company.

McAfee called it the handiwork of a nation-state intent on acquiring, among other things, American military designs.

The Pentagon's planners think China is intent on acquiring what is called in the jargon A2/AD, or "anti-access/area denial" capabilities.

Suppose a company intent on acquiring a target firm announces a hostile tender offer and also launches a proxy fight for a majority of the board.

"Although Saddam probably does not yet have nuclear weapons or sufficient material to make any, he remains intent on acquiring them," the report said.

The questions were designed to initiate dialog with the intent of acquiring rich qualitative data for analysis.

When, after months of digging for remains, municipal workers gave up, one mother, intent on continuing, acquired a license to operate heavy machinery.

Microsoft officially announced its intent to acquire Skype back on May 10 and, since then, users have been taking to Twitter to blame Microsoft for Skype's intermittent service.

On October 28, IBM announced its intent to acquire Red Hat for $34 billion.

On Jan . 24 Carnival signed a letter of intent to acquire Fairfield for about $775 million, including debt.