noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
announce a decision/intention/plan
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The government has announced plans to create 10,000 new jobs.
declared aim/objective/intention etc
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It is their declared intention to increase taxes.
declared...intention
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He declared his intention to stand for president.
every intention
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We have every intention of winning this competition.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
clear
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Only after Coleridge returned from Shrewsbury, freed at last from immediate financial worry, could vague hopes be transformed into clearer intentions .
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The clear artistic intention of the show elevated things to another plane.
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The three men met, and it soon became clear that their intentions were different.
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At Thayer the clear intention is that if something is central to our mission, we will not leave it to chance.
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I return to work on the spot with insights into what I am looking at and a clearer sense of intention .
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The interview had left him with two clear intentions more firmly fixed than ever in his mind.
good
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The best intentions and the wisest council are likely to misfire if entrusted to the care of the machinery of state action.
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Economists who must put up with taunting at cocktail parties should re-member that the road to good intentions is paved with hell.
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We pin up quality ditties on corporate walls to enthuse staff of our good and noble intentions .
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He was ousted, tried, pleaded good intentions , and was acquitted.
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Many people's good intentions go to pot as Ian Cocking does the work virtually single handed.
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I will remind you, with best intention , to cease your negotiations with PetroVietnam.
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A belated rush to help is under way, complete with the good intentions and hazards that hasty rescues invariably bring.
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Threatening circumstances and challenges compel both performance and change much more effectively than mere opportunities and good intentions .
original
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At least, that was his original intention .
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My original intention was merely to sell the cards quietly for the best possible price.
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The original intention was that they should replace the Milnes cars which were worn out.
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Whatever the original intentions , aid programs had become an end in themselves.
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The original intention was to hive off assembly operations to sub-contractors.
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My original intention was that the entire Unit should participate in the debate ... Just a moment.
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The report stressed that the original intention of right-to-buy legislation was to enable public sector tenants to purchase the houses they occupied.
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The original intention was that Cramlington would be a free-standing newtown with a full range of shopping services.
■ VERB
announce
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Partly as a result of all these changes, the government has announced its intention to equalise the State pension age.
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Clinton announced his intention to name Rep.
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Clients will announce their intentions to the group, and then report back the following week.
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Clippers executive vice president Andy Roeser said the team filed the paperwork Thursday announcing its intentions .
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On June 19, Hankiss announced his intention to resign following a recommendation by the parliamentary cultural committee.
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When Dave announced these intentions , they met with the usual mixture of confusion, alarm, and skepticism.
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Characteristically, however, he announced his intention to carry on as normal.
declare
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It has also declared its intention to help develop new environmental industries.
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Clinton will accept the Democratic nomination for a second-term without ever having publicly declared his intention to seek re-election.
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She was also mistaken in declaring her intention to fight on immediately the result of the first ballot was known.
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The leadership of the Democratic party was anxious for him to declare his intentions about running for the second term.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has declared its intention of buying up to 15 percent and is thought to be quietly picking up stock.
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Now it surprised him that he was expected to declare the pattern and intention behind it all in order that others could understand.
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Now some of his players are saying it's time he came clean and declared his intentions .
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Kevin Welch has been appointed skipper because Richard Smith has declared his intention to retire.
express
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At least 24 groups had expressed their intention to register as political parties.
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The prime minister has expressed his intention to quit, but had not done so for fear of weakening the coalition.
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Violent and damaging words are used to express feelings, not intentions .
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Conference, scheduled for Sofia in 1995, and express their intention to continue their support for this process. 12.
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We can not create reasons just by intending to do so and expressing that intention in action.
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In tradition, the projective contents of wish fantasies expressing defended-against intentions , have been deposited.
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Here, then, the doubts about precatory words are reasonable doubts whether they clearly express an intention on the part of a testator.
indicate
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Nu had indicated his intention to retire from office six months after independence, but events made that impossible.
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Following the election, Hau indicated his intention to resign as Premier before the Yuan's first session in February 1993.
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Trade having been done, they settled to take the meal, to eat, to indicate their good intentions .
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The Government has indicated an intention to set up some 20 such colleges in Inner City areas.
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The slightest act by the owner indicating an intention will be sufficient.
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In our imaginary case, Walkertronic needs no further information and indicates an intention to defend in the following terms.
let
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The Allies, however, had no intention of letting the armistice arrangements slide by default into a full-blown peace.
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Beck had no intention of letting his report gather dust on the legislative shelves.
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And I've no intention of letting you get near anything important.
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Miyako Immigration was following all the official procedures, but they had every intention of letting Loi ashore.
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But he had no intention of letting himself be intimidated.
return
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In 1968, the Kittyhawk was purchased with the intention of returning it to flying condition.
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His wife had announced at the height of the storm her intention to return to Boston.
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He had little more than a week, as his intention was to return to Jalo by 10 January.
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Built into his trip and giving it its entire purpose was the intention to return .
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Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity.
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She had no intention of returning to the house in a hurry.
state
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In order to invoke the rule against prior restraint, the defendant must state on affidavit his intention to justify the allegation.
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He refuses to marry her, in spite of the fact that he gave her a legal document stating his intention .
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Where the company is seeking general authority to purchase shares in the market they must state their intentions regarding the authority granted.
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Although a government may state its intention to reduce taxation, the truth may not always be as declared.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc
with the best of intentions/for the best of reasons
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Army leaders could not guess at the enemy's movements or intentions.
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Bouvier returned to Europe with the intention of gathering further support for his cause.
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The government announced its intention to create 50,000 jobs by the end of the year.
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The lawyers had every intention of calling Smythe to the witness stand.