Those messages of benign intent may take on a highly stereotyped form.

That you live, that your ship has not yet been destroyed, is only evidence of my benign intent.

Did you destroy her as a demonstration of your benign intent?

The filing of different reports to school and parent, however benign the intent, is contrary to our policy and cannot be condoned.

In response, critics say the Russians could never be sure of the benign intent.

It seems to show it's a shambles with more or less benign intent.

Some humans are suspicious of the Overlords' benign intent, as they never appear in physical form.

The problem with this permissions model is that it assumes benign intent on the part of the developer.

That just isn't so, for reasons of both dubious statistics and benign intent.

Unfortunately, the principal international mechanism for reassuring others about the benign intent behind a nation's biotechnology research has been rejected by the Bush administration.