Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] intended [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , our quiz is intended to be light-hearted , so if you disagree with the conclusions , feel free to take them with a pinch of salt . |
| 2 | The present study is intended to be a follow-up survey of sites which have been investigated by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory . |
| 3 | The Greenpeace action is intended to be followed up by a series of prosecutions involving companies who , the organisation believes , are exceeding limits of discharge into the Mersey which is one of Europe 's most seriously polluted rivers . |
| 4 | Further delays could have a serious effects on Army plans to introduce a fleet of gunship anti-tank helicopters , for which the long range Trigat is intended to be the primary weapon . |
| 5 | The First Wives Club was intended to be ‘ tongue-in-chic ’ , but it has struck a nerve . |
| 6 | Powered by six NK11As of 2,500hp each this strategic bomber was intended to be based in Hokkaido to carry out attacks on the Continental USA , using radar to ensure target identification at night or in bad weather . |
| 7 | The break was intended to be a long one , possibly a year or two . |
| 8 | It was important that the underwear was intended to be worn as supplied and no instructions to wash before using were given . |
| 9 | Under the previous law , the offence was committed where the onlooker believed that violence was intended to be provoked or ‘ whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned . ’ |
| 10 | The dilemma is simple : if the Sistine Chapel 's wall and ceiling were intended to be preserved as form , they should not have been painted with frescoes , it means that someone wanted to remove forever their original architectural character and create something else , which is acceptable ’ . |
| 11 | This ‘ closed-door ’ session is intended to be a meeting of minds involving a free and frank exchange of concerns , ideas and information with which to reduce , as far as is practicable , the possibility of terrorist acts against British Gas installations . |
| 12 | This ‘ closed-door ’ session is intended to be a meeting of minds involving a free and frank exchange of concerns , ideas and information with which to reduce , as far as is practicable , the possibility of terrorist acts against British Gas installations . |
| 13 | This ‘ closed-door ’ session is intended to be a meeting of minds involving a free and frank exchange of concerns , ideas and information with which to reduce , as far as is practicable , the possibility of terrorist acts against British Gas installations . |
| 14 | This is something of a paradox when one remembers Lord Hailsham 's assurance that the 1981 Act was intended to be a liberalising measure . |
| 15 | So , as I stood there on Hampstead Heath , I felt that it was just from that point of view that the single surviving Pinus sylvestris was intended to be seen . |
| 16 | The end product is intended to be a computer that could control a robot to perform such tasks as picking strawberries or blackcurrants . |
| 17 | The factory 's main product is intended to be peat briquettes and charcoal for barbecue fuel . |
| 18 | The tool is intended to be an accessible reference source , and generally contains key points . |
| 19 | Wine is intended to be drunk , as I aim to be shortly after finishing this . |
| 20 | Sometimes called Scotland 's Disgrace , because it was never finished for lack of funds , this fragment of a memorial to the fallen in the Napoleonic War was intended to be a facsimile of the parthenon . |
| 21 | He evidently considered that all pottery of that period was intended to be reduced black or grey , and thought that black burnished were actually coated with bitumen . |
| 22 | It is , however , by no means certain that such a limitation was intended to be introduced by the Court of Appeal . |
| 23 | The community charge was intended to be a simple and visible system of raising revenue in which the behaviour of profligate ( assumed to be Labour ) councils would be evident to the electorate . |
| 24 | Therefore , all pictorial content is intended to be merely representative of the entertainment themes available within the Euro Disneyland complex and not specific . |
| 25 | But this kind of animation is intended to be ‘ invisible ’ and would lose its effect if obviously or obtrusively noticeable . |
| 26 | Of course , that is not in essence what education is intended to be about . |
| 27 | If the video is intended to be little more than shots of the folks taken as and when opportunity offers , you will obviously wish to be burdened with the barest minimum of tackle . |
| 28 | Yesterday 's event was intended to be a re-creation of the ‘ people power ’ uprising that swept Mrs Aquino to office . |
| 29 | It was plain that the document as whole was intended to be kept confidential by the plaintiffs and that this fact was firmly impressed upon anyone who had anything to do with it . |
| 30 | Harris says that ‘ The doctoral dissertation is intended to be an original contribution to knowledge . ’ |