Sentence examples for intent on scaling from inspiring English sources

The activists were intent on scaling the trees around the drilling site and this woman was likely one of them, a protester who had fallen from her perch.

Meanwhile, in Venezuela, President Hugo Chávez's left-leaning government has been intent on scaling back reforms, exacerbating the divisions that led to his brief ouster in April.

Mr. Kelly, for example, who spends much of his time hunched in front of his computer, sometimes sounds more like an earnest sociologist — the subject is his major — than a campus radical intent on scaling the ramparts.

The alienation of the kingdom smacks of carelessness from an Obama administration now intent on scaling back expectations in the Middle East even as it declares a nuclear deal with Iran and an Israeli-Palestinian peace to be President Obama's foreign policy priorities.

Stores such as Saks and Bullock's embraced Carole Little's designs, which were described as perfect for "women intent on scaling the corporate ladder," as women began doing just that.

Celebrities such as Jessica Biel, Kenna and Lupe Fiasco recently declared their intent to scale Mt. Kilimanjaro through Summit On The Summit next January.

Or was he intent on full-scale war?

Intent on doing large-scale ceramic work, then out of favor in Britain, she accepted a teaching appointment at the University of Chicago in 1964 and began executing monumental ceramic murals and, later, bronze sculptures.

He seems rather to be intent on mounting further large-scale protests in an attempt to make the country ungovernable, thereby forcing his rival to step down.

Well, here comes a duo who, although they may not be intent on kickstarting a full-scale comeback, are certainly helping keeping disco's sound and spirit alive.

You can ask customers to rate anything – product appeal, uniqueness, purchase intent — on a five-point scale, but if you've ever run such a test you've probably seen lots of results in which every option scores a 3.5.