Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.

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61 Whilst explosion other than explosion due to force of internal steam or fluid pressure is excluded , certain forms of explosion e.g. transformers bursting due to electrical faults , are intended to be covered as the proximate cause is electrical breakdown .
62 The November and December 1993 talks are intended to be joint meetings with our sister society , SWSHAS , the local history society .
63 The November and December 1993 talks are intended to be joint meetings with our sister society , SWSHAS , the local history society .
64 The November and December 1993 talks are intended to be joint meetings with our sister society , SWSHAS , the local history society .
65 Neither are intended to be dominated by games .
66 Other aspects of the grammar and phonology of these sentences ( from different speakers ) make it clear that they are intended to be " Patois " .
67 These principles are intended to be good practices that data users should comply with in order to protect the data they hold , in both their interests and those of their data subjects .
68 Buyers often attempt to include express warranties stating that goods will be suitable for the purpose for which they are intended to be used by the buyer , or suitable for the purpose for which they are ordinarily or generally used .
69 Thus there is generally a presumption that business agreements are intended to be legally binding , and the courts generally accept an element of imprecision in business agreements so that " the dealings of men may so far as possible be treated as effective and that the law may not incur the reproach of being the destroyer of bargains " ( per Lord Tomlin in Hillas v Arcos [ 1932 ] All ER Rep 494 , at p499 ) .
70 The basic distinction at common law is between statements which are intended to be terms of the contract of supply , ie promissory in nature , and statements which are representational in nature .
71 Yet we have been programmed to be curious , to question , to probe and to seek to solve riddles .
72 In the bat , the five fingers have been programmed to be long in order to support the web for flying .
73 Bernstock & Speirs ' hats are designed to be easy to wear .
74 They are designed to be less restrictive than full safety helmets and are known as ‘ bump caps ’ .
75 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 .
76 Instead they are designed to be ‘ read ’ in the following way .
77 Although many compound feeds are designed to be fed on their own with pasture or hay , ( ie not mixed with other cereals ) some manufacturers make ‘ balancers ’ .
78 These areas are specifically set apart for retail outlets ( both large and small ) and are designed to be as convenient and pleasant as possible for both customer and retailers .
79 Parts are designed to be made of single materials only , making separation during recycling much easier .
80 Certain easels are designed to be used with a variety of attachments .
81 Many modern mains transformers are designed to be versatile , but this versatility can ( and does ) cause a certain amount of confusion .
82 The LSE guitars are designed to be stage-usable straight out of the box , and so feature cutaways and undersaddle pickups as standard .
83 As the kites are designed to be flown with verve and pulled through sharp manoeuvres , they buzz like a horde of hornets .
84 Certain easels are designed to be used with a variety of attachments .
85 Relations in databases are designed to be searched by the primary keys .
86 More problematic for the school as a whole are those initiatives that are designed to be cross-curricular and pervasive : language across the curriculum , maths across the curriculum , computing across the curriculum .
87 Oxford primary readers are designed to be used very flexibly .
88 They are designed to be positive in their orientation , emphasizing what pupils ‘ know , understand and can do ’ .
89 The messages defined in the proposal are designed to be implemented using existing and emerging messaging technologies such as broadcast , multicast and the Object Management Group 's CORBA for distributed object technology .
90 These procedures are designed to be used in conjunction with the IBM VM Interactive Productivity Facility ( IPF ) Problem Control Facility ( PCF ) .
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