Sentence examples for long intent from inspiring English sources

But there on the extreme left, legs crossed, with his long, intent nose and his immature moustache (he is 22, young for such work), sits Richard Sonnenfeldt.

"The most hermetic poem in English," a "long intent eccentric unread game," was the critic Hugh Kenner's judgment of "A," and Kenner liked it.

In three minutes some stars are out, and in four the planes are no longer distant lights but "had become the great, familiar, graceful forms with their high tails and long, intent noses".

At the heart of the issue are developer and industry interests long intent on undoing the 1972 Clean Water Act's protection of waters of the United States.

The organization has long been intent on showing the outside world its positive face.

The country's cash-poor government has long seemed intent on following China's lead by maintaining firm control over the military and huge social-service bureaucracy, while introducing free-market measures to keep its economy afloat.

That the Jets had lured Sparano so soon after Schottenheimer resigned late Tuesday night — he failed to get the Jacksonville head job — only reinforced the notion that they had long been intent on revamping their offensive coaching staff.

Ambitious, driven and prepared to get his "hands dirty" to find new talent, the former Wales international has long been intent on making his mark, rather than just a quick buck, in MLS.

Some investigators, however, suggested that the suspects, though long on intent, were short on ability, and had not yet obtained the money and explosives they would need to carry out such a plot.

Investec media analyst Steve Liechti said the deal was a "hugely important showcase for BT's long term intent and the competitive threat to Sky".

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey, one of the most endangered Senate Republicans, wrote an opinion piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer drawing back from his long-stated intent to back the GOP nominee.