Sentence examples for intent to enforce from inspiring English sources

But if there is no intent to enforce or a passive approach to enforcement, then why pass the ordinance at all?

As Dutch citizens and politicians continued their discussions about policies and attitudes toward minorities, immigrants, and asylum seekers, Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk developed strict policies and confirmed her intent to enforce them consistently.

Where other cases have found facial First Amendment challenges ripe for review, "either the activities in which the complainants wished to (or had) engaged or the enforcing authority's particular intent to enforce the statute, or both, were clear enough to show the adversarial posture assumed by the parties and the contours of their dispute".

So, if there is no intent to enforce it, then is there a need for the ordinance at all?

Late last month, University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings wrote she had "no intent" to enforce the anti-trans bathroom law.

The police force demonstrated their serious intent to enforce the new laws by raiding a party boat named Saga at the beginning of the summer that did not have licenses to cover all of its activities.

Even though this first settlement under the new rule may appear to be lightest of wrist slaps against Bank of America, it signals new intent by the housing agency to enforce rules that prevent lending discrimination.

"I want to know if he's going to enforce congressional intent not to second guess those things in a way that could jeopardize those officials but also could cause our intelligence officials to be risk averse -- the very kind of risk aversion...that the 9/11 commission talked about when they talked about what set us up for 9/11".

The latter aim proved difficult to enforce.

I question why an amendment that seeks to enforce the original intent of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, which established the sentencing guidelines, is so controversial ("An Ominous Attack on Judges," editorial, April 7).

But abortion foes remained bothered by Planned Parenthood's involvement, and state health officials' seeming unwillingness to enforce the Legislature's intent.