Example sentences of "intent on [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are intent on sorting out the problem , take courage and talk to your boss privately about his/her aggressive behaviour . |
| 2 | By the nineteenth century , as today , chemists were intent on sifting out the so-called impurities of plants in order to isolate their ‘ active principles ’ . |
| 3 | Pupils must not become so intent on filling in the answers , that they ignore other important factors such as the " feel " and atmosphere of the site . |
| 4 | The generally low-key Libyan response suggests that Col Gaddafi is intent on riding out the sanctions and does not want to repeat the mistakes of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq , who provoked the West last year by taking foreign workers hostage as ‘ human shields ’ . |
| 5 | The report is presently unfinished and unpublished , allegedly because of opposition from the Bush administration , which has been intent on playing down the possible effects of global warming . |