His assiduous good manners at last reassured her that his plans matched his stated intent: to wean away her visceral distrust of the sea.

I'll go with a safe choice and bet Adele will make good on her stated intent to go country on her next album.

At least, that was the Council's original and stated intent.

Yet the animosity is not just toward Summers himself, but also toward his stated intent to steer Harvard closer to the mainstream.

The S.E.C. has signed off on Mr. Reed's new structure, endorsing his stated intent to keep the Big Board's self-regulatory function intact.

They intend to push Mr. Lott on his stated intent to support the nomination of Judge Charles W. Pickering Sr., a conservative, to an appellate court.

My reasons are my stated intent to do just that, should these depradations continue unchecked.

There was an even greater discrepancy between stated intent and theatrical actuality in "Only One Sky," a premiere.

Gerti asked, a bit confused, for it did not seem to her that Obould was moving along that line, though it had always before been his stated intent.

Butler thanked President Obama for his stated intent to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, and repeatedly thanked the Obama staffers for their work during the election.