Sentence examples for intent on assuring from inspiring English sources

Iran is intent on assuring its hold over the country regardless of what happens to Mr. Assad — and Israel and the West must prevent this at all costs.

Barack Obama, who came to office not least because of his opposition to the war in Iraq, went to Cairo in 2009 intent on assuring the Muslim world of a new kind of policy: engagement without hegemony.

Though he referred to Pakistan and Iran as "dear neighbors" in the speech, Mr. Karzai seemed intent on assuring Afghans of a defense against the insurgencies fostered next door, implicitly criticizing the two countries for not doing more to curb militants.

But Mr. Bush, the son of a president whose loss in 1992 was widely attributed to a failure to address the last recession more aggressively, seemed mostly intent on assuring voters that he was in touch with what the weakened economy meant to individuals.

Notably, as we were intent on assuring a focus on HRAs and keeping the sample from mirroring a population of heterosexuals at risk of HIV due to injection drug use, the team decided to 'break' chains where referred respondents identified as IDU or resided outside of the HRAs.

In a statement after the White House session, Mr. McConnell indicated that he and his leadership counterparts were intent on devising a fallback measure to assure the borrowing ceiling was raised in time.

He is intent on avoiding another one.

Khuzami assured me he wasn't intent on "slamming" hedge funds, but he clearly sees them as breeding grounds for potential cheaters.

A senior State Department official said that Mr. Kerry assured Mr. Li that the White House was intent on resolving the standoff.

With the Soviets intent on shipping nuclear warheads to nearby Cuba, Kennedy was assured a radiation-proof haven a mere five-minute helicopter hop from his oceanfront winter home on millionaire's row in Palm Beach.

And this week, when Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Ankara, the capital, Turkish officials assured him that their country was intent on maintaining a close relationship in the fight against the Islamic State.