Why do your good dietary intentions always seem to fizzle out before the spring thaw?

At times, the film's intentions seem close to those of a Save the Children appeal on television, though without the pleas for money.

Four years ago he had been so confident; God's intention seemed then so plain.

This intention seemed to me more and more practical and possible.

This declared intention of reassuring conformity seemed to do the trick.

The intention seems to be to export the mine's coal - most of it to Japan.

But even the best intentions don't seem to be working well.

Decent intentions seem to be the most dangerous things around just now.

Yet his main intention in agreeing to an interview seemed to be to explain that Unit 731 was not really so brutal after all.

He wasn't exactly aiming it at us, but intentions seemed to be along that line.