Sentence examples for the intention of seizing from inspiring English sources

An ensuing court battle dragged on for years until the authorities showed up to his ranch in April 2014 with the intention of seizing his cows, which the government classified as an illegal trespass on public lands.

On 22 September, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau approached the island of Papeete in French Polynesia with the intention of seizing the coal stockpiled in the harbor.

Antony invaded Media Atropatene (modern Iranian Azerbaijan), then ruled by Parthia's ally Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene, with the intention of seizing the capital Praaspa, the location of which is now unknown.

And a protester who tried to get close to Trump at an event in Dayton, Ohio — with the intention of seizing the microphone and calling Trump a racist — rightly was stopped by the Secret Service and arrested.

Photograph: DUMITRU DORU/EPA Updated at 3.58pm BST 3.44pm BST A crowd of pro-Russian demonstrators has converged on Donetsk airport with the apparent intention of seizing control of it, the Guardian's Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) reports.

In the game's prologue, Saturos and Menardi, with help from a raiding party, storm Mt. Aleph with the intention to seize the Elemental Stars for themselves.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

In April of that year, another group of young Islamist activists seized weapons from the arsenal of a military school, with the intention of marching on the Arab Socialist Union, where Sadat was preparing to address the nation's leaders.

Philip seized the initiative in 1213, sending his son, Prince Louis, to invade Flanders with the intention of next launching an invasion of England.

It's the intention of the acts.

And with the intention of coming back.