Sentence examples for intent on asserting from inspiring English sources

No sooner have the Barbours and Hobart begun to provide Theo with the semblance of stability than his disreputable father, Larry, resurfaces, intent on asserting his parental rights and suspiciously keen on cleaning out his wife's apartment.

The impact of the teams' brawl-filled Game 3, which featured 3 ejections and 158 penalty minutes, coursed through Game 4, with the referees Chris Lee and Wes McCauley calling a tight game, apparently intent on asserting control, even at the cost of interrupting the flow of play.

The merger of Disney and ABC raises questions about the drawbacks of giantism, and about whether synergy is as good for the public as it may be for Disney--about, essentially, whether Disney is too big, too centralized, too intent on asserting managerial control.

But China also claims them, and, as before with the Philippines at the Mischief reef in 1996 and the Scarborough shoal two years ago seems intent on simply asserting control.

The Soviet Union treated the 1976 Canada Cup with disdain, but entered this tournament intent on re-asserting themselves following their upset loss to the United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

"Her intent to assert has not changed," he wrote.

The US FDA has stated its intent to assert ("deem") authority over e-cigarettes but has yet to act.

Microsoft's competitors challenge its intent and assert that its goal is retaining its desktop monopoly.

In an April report on the South China Sea, the International Crisis Group said that China had delayed establishing Sansha City's administration to govern the Paracels and Spratlys and appeared more intent on using tourism to assert sovereignty.

"The sport is moving on," he asserted.

He is intent on avoiding another one.