Parliament bridled in sympathy with the public then, and the Government soon retreated from its intent.

His expression made it obvious that he would not be swayed from his intent.

We won't restructure a playwright's work by bending it from its original intent.

However, in the course of the novel, the phrase comes to mean something quite different from its original intent.

One interesting thing about such projects is how they evolve from their original intent.

It startled him enough from his intent to give me the chance I needed.

"None of the changes to which we have agreed detracts in any way from Congress's intent to strengthen the whistle-blower protections."

Both changes make it simpler for thousands of refugees and immigrants to remain in the United States, a 180-degree turn from the original law's intent.

That may distract them from our real intent.

But it means different things in each state, and its effects so far have been quite different from its intent.