Example sentences of "[adj] be intended to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes they demonstrably were not ; for example , portraits of the Emperor Augustus struck at the end of his reign , when he was seventy-six , do not depict a man of that age and do not correspond with the unflattering description given by his biographer , Suetonius. portraits such as this are intended to be the embodiment of a political ideal rather than a realistic likeness ( though in some cases , such as that of Nero , they might be both ) . |
| 2 | ‘ This is intended to be a very personal , intimate guitar , ’ explains Andy . |
| 3 | This is intended to be an introduction to the project and therefore there will be no admission charge to the site on this occasion , although a couple of conation boxes will be suitably positioned for those who may wish to assist the project in this way ! |
| 4 | This is intended to be a topical , practical inquiry , but one whose findings may add to our understanding of social policy development in general . |
| 5 | This is intended to both inform theories of driver behaviour and to provide a realistic applied test of and extension to theories about emotional arousal and memory which have been developed in other areas . |
| 6 | The songs fell together in a muddy pool of short-sighted production : not a bad début album by any standards but this was intended to be a complete signal post in the history of popular music . |
| 7 | This was intended to be a temporary measure , but it was so successful that the Chinese authorities gave it formal recognition for the whole of Aglen 's term as inspector-general ( 1911–27 ) . |
| 8 | There is no doubt , from the terms of the 1259 treaty , that Henry III's was intended to be liege homage : on 4 December 1259 he performed liege homage to St Louis in the garden of his palace on the Ile-de-la-Cité . |
| 9 | These are intended to be a cheap , quick and informal way for customers to resolve disputes . |
| 10 | In effect , these were intended to be little more than reconnaissance raids on a large scale . |
| 11 | These were intended to be interim arrangements only , and further negotiations took place to try to establish the bases of a more lasting political union . |
| 12 | Apart from other considerations , it is manifest that the words of section 6(1) of the Act of 1978 are intended to be interpreted widely , hence the use of the words ‘ whatever the basis of his liability ’ and the emphasis added by the word ‘ otherwise ’ at the end of the enumerated causes of action . |
| 13 | Batch 3 was intended to be quite small , in terms of numbers of courses . |
| 14 | I say unwittingly because originally the second nine was intended to be the first , but this was changed and thus gave the second nine its water-strewn flavour . |
| 15 | That was intended to be a pat on the back — as one of several others — for me . |
| 16 | Most were intended to be exulting or to act as aids to the recognition of individual figures . |