Example sentences of "[vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ecotopia turns its back on the capitalist treadmill of material progress-not by a return to pre-industrial forms and back to nature " but by developing a " high-tech " society that is designed to be compatible with the biosphere . |
| 32 | Many modern machines are not fitted with a nose release hook for aerotowing , but with one designed to be suitable for both wire and aerotow launches . |
| 33 | Our approach is designed to be personal and responsive to our client 's needs . |
| 34 | Indeed , the principle serves administrative interests well , for if standard conditions designed to be equitable as between apparently similar dischargers are routinely applied , the discharger who wishes to appeal against the standards imposed in his case is probably in a weak position if the agency is able to show the Minister that the standards were those typically in force . |
| 35 | The B-2 " Stealth " bomber , which was designed to be invisible to enemy radar , and which had made its maiden flight on July 17 , 1989 [ see p. 36808 ] , continued to arouse controversy during this period , due to its increasing cost ( estimated in February 1990 at $530,000,000 per aircraft ) , and to technical problems . |
| 36 | Each segment is designed to be small enough to be covered by the salesperson during one day 's work . |
| 37 | The major differences between speech and writing derive from the fact that one is essentially transitory and the other is designed to be permanent . |
| 38 | The new method is designed to be permanent but the transition channel is designed to be transitory . |
| 39 | The trails have been designed to be fun to do but with an education purpose leading children around the museum . |
| 40 | Advent fabric on back — designed to be fast drying . |
| 41 | They are designed to be positive in their orientation , emphasizing what pupils ‘ know , understand and can do ’ . |
| 42 | Five 60 second television advertisements were designed to be shocking and fully realistic . |
| 43 | General SVQs are designed to be open to those who are not in work . |
| 44 | They are designed to be portable and enable herdsmen and hunters to move around the countryside in search of new pastures for their camels , sheep and yak . |
| 45 | Unless in use , both tables and chairs were ranged against the wall , where some heavier items might belong to a fixed position , forming a part of the mural decoration , while the rest were designed to be portable . |
| 46 | Here — ’ And he handed her the lamp , which had been designed to be portable . |
| 47 | So it was designed to be attractive to look at , but with curves , ovals and an absence of straight lines to make it difficult to swim in . |
| 48 | The degree programme is designed to be flexible enough to allow emphasis on language or literature depending on preference . |
| 49 | Alternatively , production arrangements may be designed to be flexible enough to supply target markets in a large number of relatively small and specialised niches , such as in the market for industrial or aviation control systems . |
| 50 | The problem was resolved by writing our own information retrieval program which met most of the requirements as they then existed and , with much thought being given on the subject , was designed to be flexible enough to cater for the majority of future needs . |
| 51 | The matrix is designed to be flexible and adaptable so that it can readily be adjusted to respond to needs identified by users . |
| 52 | It has been designed to be different from the usual run of the mill international tax conference . |
| 53 | Dawson 's ‘ Sign of the Times ’ , a comment on pollution and the environment , for example — submitted for Camerawork 's exhibition of the same title — was designed to be different . |
| 54 | Furthermore , several pairs of the reaction primers can be mixed in the same tube and allowed to ‘ analyse ’ different point mutations at the same time ( all the different products of the polymerase chain reaction are deliberately designed to be different sizes ) . |
| 55 | Dawson 's ‘ Sign of the Times ’ , a comment on pollution and the environment , for example — submitted for Camerawork 's exhibition of the same title — was designed to be different . |
| 56 | The banking document and estate agent 's document were both designed to be readable by lay people , and hence used language structures that could be immediately understood . |
| 57 | It has a range of public rooms all of which are designed to be light and airy . |
| 58 | But there are now synthetic fibres on the market which are specially designed to be light yet very warm . |
| 59 | The Summer Ale is designed to be light and is only about 3.6 per cent alcohol . |
| 60 | It is often said that Order 53 procedure is designed to be speedy and that cases raising significant disputes of fact are not suitable for resolution under Ord. 53 . |