Example sentences of "was designed [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that it was designed to be seen from 20ft below and back . |
| 2 | The site was designed to be a mirror-image of Ford 's main US plant . |
| 3 | The questionnaire was designed to be largely self-explanatory and relatively quick to complete . |
| 4 | It was designed to be a troop transport plane . |
| 5 | The Precision bass , however , was designed to be tuned down an octave from a guitar 's lower four strings . |
| 6 | It was designed to be used when knitting pile and drive lace — though I suspect from the almost total lack of drive lace and pile garments that I 've seen , or rather not seen , that is used at all it 's mainly with the rib transfer carriage ! |
| 7 | He replied that although the PVQ was designed to be completed easily , the JMU was always open to suggestions for improvements . |
| 8 | FDC was designed to be installed and used by finance people , with little or no support from systems professionals . |
| 9 | Since it was designed to be earthquake proof and to resist cannon fire , the installation of the revised air-conditioning system was a remarkable feat as well as a test of the building . |
| 10 | This is in contrast to the sociology of knowledge which was designed to be non-evaluative and not to distinguish between false and true knowledge . |
| 11 | In terms of the ultimate political objective of integration , the Common Assembly was designed to be the repository of ultimate control . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was designed to be a communication between experts , discussing technical issues within their own subject field and hence was not intended for ’ public consumption ’ . |
| 15 | If the patriotic appeal was designed to be all-embracing , the platform of support was obviously narrower . |
| 16 | ‘ That dress was designed to be taken off . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Apple 's Macintosh , on the other hand , was designed to be a closed system with a rigidly defined hardware and software core that all developers could take advantage of . |
| 19 | Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term . |
| 20 | Well there 's two , there 's two , there 's two things , there are four things going on here , and it 's , it was designed to be confusing . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | A further specialized module , scheduled for docking in March 1990 , was intended to complete what was designed to be a multipurpose orbital complex for enhanced research in the fields of astrophysics , space biology , medicine and technology and the investigation of the Earth 's natural resources . |
| 24 | The US$373,000,000 Tethered Satellite System was designed to be pulled through space to investigate the electrical properties of the upper atmosphere . |
| 25 | This was designed to be a very generous criterion , minimal examples of correct details could be ‘ We did n't have to wait at the lights ’ or ‘ There were several cars ahead of us ’ . |
| 26 | Fontenoy too was designed to be a watershed — washing away the detritus of the past , opening up a clear future . |
| 27 | Robbins summarized the intentions of his Committee in this regard as being to encourage a ‘ more or less continuous spectrum in the developing system of higher education ’ , and within that spectrum to have institutions that would gradually acquire university status : ‘ our recommendation of the creation of the National Council for Academic Awards was designed to be part of such a continuous system ‘ . |
| 28 | P was designed to be more depth-first . |
| 29 | The W algorithm was designed to be more breadth-first , and more consistent results were expected regardless of the input conditions . |
| 30 | Primarily it was designed to be an animal fountain for the herds of beasts that sauntered around on market day . |