Example sentences of "[pron] [is] designed for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At the moment we 're dealing with a general purpose system , which is designed for all sorts of applications , and one pays for having a thing general purpose by costing more money . |
2 | Both statistics are equally powerful in large samples but by and large you will always be using a small sample , so use the test statistic which is designed for small sample work , that 's the F statistic . |
3 | The modules are structured into five levels , from Module 1 which is designed for complete beginners through to Module 5 , in which students attain a level of competence some way above that required for a pass at SEB Higher Grade . |
4 | Most serious cases of sex abuse are passed on to a unit which is designed for this purpose and has specially trained staff . |
5 | It 's designed for greatest impact on gullible female tourists . ’ |
6 | The company claims this is because it 's designed for first-time users , but it 's a nuisance if you want to import a mailing list from another package . |
7 | It 's designed for short hops . |
8 | It is designed for one party to put forward a proposition which the other party denies or opposes . |
9 | As for Unix , as we said way back in 1984 when we forecast that it would come to dominate the mainstream market , it is fundamentally quite inappropriate as the basis of a robust commercial operating system because it is designed for free sharing of resources and code between users , where one of the most important requirements of a mission-critical operating system is that the crass behaviour of some idiot wo n't bring the system down . |
10 | It is designed for maximum pleasure and harnesses the power of a System Porsche 1.2 fuel-injected engine , complete with three-way catalyser . |
11 | It is designed for large volume trickle filters , wet or dry , and can be combined with CeraFoam . |