It is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express definitive intent, to indicate something is a declared purpose. For example: "It is the intent of this policy to ensure a safe and equitable workplace."
Yet on this issue, the measure is vague; the final version scheduled for a vote Wednesday says only that "it is the intent" of the Legislature to pay back the money once general revenue receipts grow by 5percentt a year.
Within the limits of its resources, it is the intent of The Davis Center to provide a salary that, when combined with the sabbatical leave funds and outside grants, equals the normal salary paid to a Fellow at his or her home university.
"It is the intent of the administration to disclose all of them," one official said.
It is the intent of this course to stimulate the students' interest for study and investigation in future courses.
It is the intent of the Attorney General's Office to file with the Supreme Court as soon as possible.
It is the intent of this paper to give an overview over the Iono_WG activities and to point out the importance of GPS for routine ionosphere monitoring.
It was the intent of the givers to help someone who has lost someone.
The trial judge observed that it was the intent of Congress in all the copyright acts to proscribe the unauthorized duplication of copyrighted works.
They do not show that it was the intent of the defendants, by their conspiracy, to hinder or prevent the enjoyment of any right granted or secured by the Constitution.
It was the intent of Congress that, for their sustenance, and as a fitting aid to their progress, they should be secure in their possession during the period specified, and should actually hold and enjoy the allotted lands.
"It was the intent of the team that Mark should win that race," Horner told Sky television on Thursday, also ending any doubts about Webber's plans for the rest of the year.
