Sentence examples for intent on confronting from inspiring English sources

And at least one former senator intent on confronting Ms. Rice seemed sensitive to her background.

But short of the installation of an aggressively anti-American regime intent on confronting the United States, which seems unlikely, American policy should seek to build a stable, productive relationship with China that does not paper over the serious differences that will continue to divide the countries.

She added that at every meeting she attended it appeared the board was more intent on destroying Mr. Protas than on confronting its own financial shortcomings.

Mr. Lamont said Mrs. Rell and the Democratic-controlled legislature are more intent on gamesmanship than confronting what even some Republican legislators privately concede: in addition to the budget cuts proposed by the governor, tax increases and labor concessions must be part of the mix.

England's two massacres, coming so closely together, starkly reveal the challenges for intelligence and security services in identifying and confronting individuals intent on causing mayhem and destruction.

Spielberg declared to Reader's Digest that beside the work being a fantasy, the threat represented was real: "They are a wake-up call to face our fears as we confront a force intent on destroying our way of life".

He is intent on avoiding another one.

CITADEL A traumatized single father must confront a gang apparently intent on kidnapping his daughter in an Irish thriller directed by Ciaran Foy.

Confronted with Senate Republicans intent on undermining the NLRB's authority, Obama made three recess appointments – Sharon Block (D), Richard Griffin (D) and Terence Flynn (R) – to guarantee a fully functioning board.

He was so intent on focusing on the challenges and philosophical choices confronted by doctors in the field that many of the volunteers, including some of the main four, are not immediately identified, and some are never named at all.

Shortly, he will return to the chairmanship of the House Budget Committee, where he has had a defining role in moving Republicans rightward on fiscal issues, only to confront a re-elected president intent on sticking to his campaign pledges to raise taxes on the wealthy and preserve social programs.