Sentence examples for intention to convert from inspiring English sources

Anthem, which announced its intention to convert to a for-profit business last winter, will be selling shares in a volatile stock market.

It did so by announcing four years ago its intention to convert the country's navy to a fleet powered by electric motors.Accordingly, American Superconductor has been using its tape to build superconducting motors.

Ordinary Egyptians suffered from the effects of inflation, requisitioning, and conscription, and the intelligentsia and the professional classes were frustrated by restrictions on personal freedom and by the evident British intention to convert a temporary protectorate into a permanent colony.

The artists who filled its bare-bones studios (peeling paint, fluorescent lights, dicey plumbing) at 70 Washington Street knew their days were numbered; the elder Mr. Walentas had long made clear his intention to convert the building and had tailored their leases accordingly.

Liberty Financial last week announced its purchase of the no-load Acorn family of funds and its intention to convert it to a load family, and in December Founders Asset Management closed its no-load shares to new investors and rolled out five classes of load shares.

He abandoned any intention to convert and became one of the great Jewish theologian/philosophers of the 20th century.

He was, after all, a Jesuit priest whose intention was to convert the Chinese to Roman Catholicism.

The first flight of 20 left in January 1939, sponsored by an organisation called the Barbican Mission, whose intention was to convert them to Christianity.

When renovation began about three years ago, the intention was to convert the office space into rental units, but that decision changed because of a growing need for commercial space.

The challenge is often to shift our intention from trying to convert our partner to our point of view, to trying to understand their perspective and see things from their vantage point.

These questions concerning how to maximize the effect of increased MC motivation on MC uptake, and whether other prompts may be needed to convert intention to action, need further investigation.