Sentence examples for intent on respecting from inspiring English sources

But Benítez, aware of how scatty this team can be, had apparently been preaching composure and Newcastle seemed more intent on respecting their team shape than unhinging their opponents.

I never expected to dine so inventively, thanks to a community of locals intent on respecting their island and supporting each other.

This austere, regal leader of a bawling, brawling, newly born democracy seemed more intent on being respected rather than popular.

Andersen would become a more centralized firm, with a strong national office whose leading technical partners would "have central and unambiguous authority over new and difficult interpretations of accepted accounting standards," and in making those determinations "the emphasis should be placed on respecting the clear intent of the standard".

"But Iraq has never evidenced real intent to respect Kuwaiti sovereignty".

But they were intent on paying their respects at ground zero, they said.

Coughlin seemed intent on stressing how much he respected Umenyiora, who missed last season after knee surgery.

While casting ghosts and spirits in metaphysical terms that in certain respects seemed intent on explaining away ghosts and spirits, Neo-Confucians also affirmed that just as yin and yang pervade reality, so do ghosts and spirits.

He is intent on avoiding another one.

The Israeli fear of an Iranian nuclear weapon must be respected, not least because the regime intent on developing this weapon is the world's greatest center of Holocaust denial.

However, according to the patients, this approach should also make provision for the cases when the patient is not intent on quitting smoking, and then his decision must be respected and the GP should abstain from any intervention.