Sentence examples for intention to pick from inspiring English sources

He bordered on the condescending when he confirmed his intention to pick Lancaster's brains.

However, the models did not describe antecedents of intention to pick berries or mushrooms, or to study plants and animals, satisfactorily.

Britain's government has declared its intention to pick up the baseball bat again — to engage in further austerity, which does not bode well.

Howley has already declared his intention to pick the same starting line-up which beat Les Bleus for the trip to Italy on 23 February, meaning Ryan Jones will continue as captain with Tipuric at open-side flanker.

Gertler (2001) distinguishes between ordinary demonstratives, which typically involve an intention to pick out an entity that satisfies some description, and a pure demonstrative, which picks out its referent solely by a fundamental act of attention or acquaintance.

Her intention was to pick his brain on the proper care and handling of a corruption-racked monolith nobody else seemed ambitious enough to want to run, much less fix.

While back-row James Haskell is unavailable as he enjoys a sabbatical in Japan, Lancaster included Stade Francais lock Tom Palmer as an exception to the Rugby Football Union's stated intention to only pick home-based players.

It was not our intention to "cherry pick" the case study, although Swi6 is one of the factors for which the method shows a higher accuracy.

Later a Fox executive called CBS to apologize for inadvertently denting the award ratings, saying the intention was only to pick up some of the male viewers known to be drifting to cable out of disinterest in the Emmy show.

"This indicates his intention to start picking holes in the amendment and government quickly," Mr. Sethi said.

This time Van Gaal wants his team to "keep the ball better and move the ball quicker" and his intention, he said, was to pick his strongest possible team, regardless of the game against Arsenal on Sunday.