Sentence examples for intent on surviving from inspiring English sources

St . Johns finds itself vulnerable, but intent on surviving.

If the president spikes the measure, Congress — particularly Republicans intent on surviving beyond the Bush administration — better quickly demonstrate how veto-proof their lobbying reform fervor has become.

Intent on surviving the first cut in the bidding for Vivendi Universal's entertainment assets, NBC is seeking to reaffirm the seriousness of its proposal for a joint venture, according to senior executives close to NBC's strategy.

This was always a murky zone because any society intent on surviving needs to operate a covert spy agency to confound the hidden machinations of dangerous foes.

Gillibrand's neck-twisting conversions are distasteful and not particularly convincing, but they are indicative of a Democratic Party intent on surviving and on thriving in power.

Max returns to Spider, who samples what's in Max's head and has a Che Guevara moment, realizing that Max has the potential to re-boot the system, but Max, intent on surviving, flees.

"I just focus on surviving".

At the time, Robert Baratheon Mark Addyy) was intent on killing off surviving Targaryen family members to secure his claim to the Iron Throne.

But should the patient die without something in writing stating this intent, the surviving partner could have a claim on that genetic material and could use it to produce a child.

If Cavafy's poem blamed national inaction and a too-easy fatalism on a long and tortuous history of invasion from without, León seemed intent on exploring ways to survive this period of gloom and impasse from within.

Victoria Justice (Nickelodeon's "Victorious") is Wren, a high school student intent on New York University, if she can only survive her eccentric mom, Joy (a deft Chelsea Handler), who dates a guy too young for her, and Wren's prankish little brother, Albert (Jackson Nicoll, a devilish pantomime), who hasn't spoken since Dad died.