Well-intentioned Sentence Examples

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  • As has been demonstrated the action taken was one of vacillation between these two courses, and was complicated by a native policy which, though well intentioned and intelligible, needlessly irritated the white colonists (British and Dutch) and did not prevent bloodshed.

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  • His administration was, in many respects, well-intentioned and useful.

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  • The well-intentioned abolition of the tax on meat also had not the desired result, for by a system of cornering the price of meat rose to more than it In the autumn of 1896 the grand vizier (Amin-es-Sultan) encountered much hostility from some members of the shahs Mi I t riai entourage and various high personages.

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  • Yet he was a cautious and in the main a well-intentioned prince, and the extreme moderation of his original demands seems tc prove that he did not at first aim atthe crown.

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  • With a well-intentioned but narrow mind, he had nothing in him to strike the imagination of his subjects.

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  • A well-intentioned but often inscrutable treatise Schaeffer was a sincere, devout, extremely intelligent, and supremely compassionate man.

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  • It's best to stick with adults, since even well-intentioned youngsters can forget to come by when they are supposed to.

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  • Anglo-Australian judges are often well-intentioned - but they simply cannot conceive that a rock might have something to say (Povinelli 1995 ).

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  • Like many Radicals, the leaders of the disturbances which broke out into open defiance and violence against authority, were probably well-intentioned men.

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  • This top-down way of helping families is certainly well-intentioned.

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  • Not only in trade liberalization but in every other aspect of globalization even seemingly well-intentioned efforts have often backfired.

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  • Foreign aid, although well-intentioned, creates welfare dependency on an international scale.

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  • Plan honing his model is to not well-intentioned organization comes of the products.

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  • Under no circumstances let a friend try to help as more harm than good often results from misguided but well-intentioned attempts to help.

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  • But like most good ideas dreamed up by nice well-intentioned people, it was quickly abused.

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  • But what will the effect of one of these nights out be on the less well-intentioned men in our town?

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  • The most inconvenient mail I get is for some well-intentioned person to send me a few dollars asking me for a copy of PGP.

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  • However well-intentioned, the North has no right to impose its solutions on the South.

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  • It 's best to stick with adults, since even well-intentioned youngsters can forget to come by when they are supposed to.

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  • Anglo-Australian judges are often well-intentioned - but they simply cannot conceive that a rock might have something to say (Povinelli 1995).

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  • Some misguided but well-intentioned people may even take the kitten home and turn it loose believing they have saved it from a worse fate.

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  • Many well-intentioned designs have been known to create an imbalance in the temperatures of your home.

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  • Many teenagers are well-intentioned, but they are also subject to peer pressure and the anxious feeling of wanting to experience adulthood.

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  • Baldwin made a well-intentioned but devastating mistake in renaming German Shepherds, calling them Alsatian Wolf Dogs.

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  • In others, if not well-intentioned, the surveillance (such as listening in on a cell phone conversation because they happened to intercept the signal) is at least harmless.

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  • Funny presents are especially appropriate for a Secret Santa Christmas gift exchange or white elephant gift party, when most of the recipients would expect unusual and even awkward but well intentioned gifts.

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  • Nothing throws off the most well-intentioned effort as a nasty injury.

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  • They may not appreciate you publicizing their need, no matter how well intentioned.

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  • They were well-intentioned, but weak, and without political ability; and the king regarded them with distrust, only qualified by his abhorrence of the ministry which they superseded.

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  • Whether these businesses are profit-driven puppy mills or well-intentioned backyard breeders, they can still produce poorly bred dogs with health and behavioral problems.

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