Example sentences of "[was/were] originally intended to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such redemption annuities were originally intended to be payable till 1996 , but they were ended by the Finance Act 1977 , and the final payments ( of double the normal sum ) were made on 1 October 1977 . |
| 2 | It was also the realisation of the fundamental concept behind page description languages , in that they were originally intended to be used for creating displays rather than driving printers , and the beginning of Adobe 's attempt to create a standard for graphics systems , now known as Display PostScript . |
| 3 | The record , aptly renamed ‘ This Charming Man New York ’ , was originally intended to be a DJ pressing only but Rough Trade changed their minds and issued the offending article nationally . |
| 4 | I could never visit Kyle of Lochalsh without feeling an impelling urge to go across to Skye , and now , in writing this book , which was originally intended to be about the mainland only , I find that I simply can not pass the island by without a further look at its highlight , the Black Cuillin . |
| 5 | The National Labour Office has already awarded the central server portion of what was originally intended to be a three tier contract to Data General 's local partners , Microsystem RT , in a deal estimated to be worth around $1.5m . |
| 6 | The problem was that OpenForum ‘ 92 was originally intended to be an exhibition as well , and the relatively late decision by the organisers to focus more on the conference side was not communicated clearly enough to some of the exhibiting vendors . |
| 7 | 386BSD was originally intended to be ‘ a university curiosity , ’ Jolitz said , a non-commercial , non-industrial strength way for students , facility and researchers to have access to Berkeley code on inexpensive machines . |
| 8 | This was preferred to the normal process of simply making the hair greyer , and the stars did not like the set of wigs that was originally intended to be used . |
| 9 | The record of a system should describe the system as it is actually used rather than the form in which it was originally intended to be used . |
| 10 | Although the road was originally intended to be a private toll-financed venture , the feasibility study suggested that tolls could only contribute between 30 and 40 per cent of the revenue required . |