Sentence examples for intent on observing from inspiring English sources

The Austrian style is mainly static, intent on observing (rather than participating).

A huge press entourage accompanied her, intent on observing the spectacle of her first public appearance with Mr. Sharpton.

There are artists who like to sequester themselves in their studios and tune out the world, and then there is Jorge Colombo, a modern-day version of Baudelaire's flâneur: a "passionate spectator," intent on observing the urban landscape.

With most of its shopkeepers still intent on observing the siesta, Madrid is also the perfect place to enjoy a long, leisurely day's browsing, punctuated by a lunch of Rioja and tapas somewhere like La Bardemcilla, Augusto Figueroa 47 (00 34 91 521 4256), owned by the family of actor Javier Bardem.

From newspapers, he observes, libraries, intent on downsizing, began to turn to books.

The intent is to observe how different visibility conditions contribute to a crash occurrence.

He is intent on avoiding another one.

Since Obama is so intent on giving us national health care on the European model, Steyn observes, you might suppose evidence abounds that the European model works.

Dickson observes: It's worth noting that only Hague and Pickles have been active since polling day; and judging by one recent tweet, Pickles seems intent on maintaining pre-poll levels of activity.

Max Messier of FilmCritic.com observes, "Disney even manages to lambast the capitalist lifestyle of the adventurers intent on uncovering the lost city.

The Senate appears intent on forcing our most lucrative derivatives business onto open exchanges, where investors can, for the first time, observe the prices we give them.