apparent intention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofapparentandintention
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apparent
adjective
uk/əˈpær.ənt/us/əˈper.ənt/
able to be seen ...
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intention
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈten.ʃən/us/ɪnˈten.ʃən/
something that you want and plan ...
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(Definition ofapparentandintentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One cluster contained such features as frequent low-constraint questions and brief conversational turns and accordingly was identified by theapparentintentionto elicit conversation from the child.
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I am concerned about theirapparentintentionto restrict their future programme of house building.
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I was disappointed that my request for a meeting has not been granted and there is noapparentintentionto do so.
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Therefore, if you enter with theapparentintentionof hiking and then you commence to hunt, you have committed an offence.
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There is noapparentintentionto amend the provisions, but they entail vast costs.
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This experimental survey also showed anapparentintentionamong producers to increase the numbers of breeding stock further.
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There is therefore a contradiction between the clause'sapparentintentionand its probable effect.
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However, we must not confuseapparentintentionwith capability.
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Whatever be the messing about with this or that detail, theapparentintentionis to cut by nearly half the amount that goes to victims.
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I forget his exact words, but theapparentintentionwas that they were to be made as wide and as humane as possible.
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The other aspect is that it is theapparentintentionof this company to establish its manufacturing capability in a development area or a special development area.
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I think that this should allay the concern of manufacturers who pointed to the use of specific place names on goods made elsewhere with theapparentintentionof misleading.
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Some early bypasses of towns were built with theapparentintentionof twinning them as a divided highway with access limited to intersections.
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