Sentences with phrase «motivated by an intent»

Predation is usually considered to be a unique kind of aggressive behavior, because it's motivated by the intent to obtain food, and not primarily by the intent to harm or intimidate.

For purposes of this Section, and subject to subsection (b), «torture» means infliction of or subjection to extreme physical pain, motivated by an intent to increase or prolong the pain, suffering, or agony of the animal.

Not exact matches

In its decision, the 9th Circuit cited a previous case establishing that «circumstantial evidence of intent, including... statements by decisionmakers, may be considered in evaluating whether a governmental action was motivated by a discriminatory purpose.»

Individuals who sexually harass others appear to be motivated primarily by sexual interest, but intent can be tricky to understand when the harassment is directed at same - sex peers.

We like to imagine Hollywood as a precision machine, with every million - dollar decision motivated by an enlightened blend of business savvy and artistic intent, while auteurs and producers battle it out in the honest assumption that their conflicts will create masterpieces of commercial cinema.

We also informed families of our intent, gave out flyers and motivated parents to attend by having a sample of the no - cost materials they would receive if they participated in the workshops.

Private Action with «Neutral» Intent The fourth area impacting residential segregation, and the one proving hardest to combat, is the exacerbation of spatial inequality by the choices of private citizens that are not motivated by race, but by other factors that are often correlated with race; these factors have racialized consequences when acted upon.

In his May 24 Slate.com article, «Ask Mr. Science,» New Republic senior editor and Brookings Institution visiting fellow Gregg Easterbrook lauded former Vice President Al Gore's new film on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, as «worthy in content, admirable in intent, and motivated by the sense of civic responsibility Hollywood on the whole has abandoned,» before baselessly assailing the film as factually imprecise and morally careless.

In January, a three - judge federal district court panel in North Carolina struck down that state's congressional redistricting plan because it was drawn by Republicans «motivated by invidious partisan intent,» according to the opinion.

... the district court erred in dismissing a juror, based largely on its finding that the juror was purposefully disregarding the court's instructions on the law, where the record evidence raised the possibility that the juror's view on the merits of the case was motivated by doubts about the defendants» guilt, rather than by an intent to nullify the law.

The trial judge found that the appellant was motivated by express malice against Dr. Elmasry, and that he viewed the respondent and Dr. Elmasry «for all intents and purposes, as one and the same.»