Example sentences of "meant to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was meant to be intimidating , and it served that purpose well . |
| 2 | It 's meant to be private . " |
| 3 | But such an individual usually defines him or herself against a body of people who are meant to be homogeneous and standard-issue . |
| 4 | ‘ That was meant to be sarcastic . ’ |
| 5 | Words which are meant to be comforting and familiar may be frightening or threatening . |
| 6 | She had meant to be comforting , but even to herself the words sounded depressed . |
| 7 | He might not have meant to be comforting , but she felt a flood of warmth ; energy passed from his fingers to hers like a life-force and Jenna did n't know what to say . |
| 8 | I 'm obviously not meant to be rich … he says , pouring himself another beer in Spain ! ’ |
| 9 | Most taxation is driven by the ‘ ability to pay ’ principle ( which in itself is meant to be equitable rather than redistributive ) , and much policy , as suggested above , may be explicitly redistributional . |
| 10 | No doubt there would be disagreement as to precise figures , both in absolute and percentage terms for Soviet economic growth during this period ; and the above small selection is only meant to be indicative . |
| 11 | The list above is only meant to be indicative , and to it could be added those that are difficult to categorise because of their broad nature — loss of confidence , which could occur because of any of the above risks , but is also a risk in itself , and fraud . |
| 12 | These sick visits were genuinely meant to be helpful . |
| 13 | If I may make one suggestion to the South Africans that is meant to be helpful , it is this : call on Bob Burrows , the ITV producer who was in charge of the Rugby World Cup in this country , and invite him to be your consultant . |
| 14 | I knew that they were sincere and above all that they were meant to be helpful . |
| 15 | ‘ I really and truly only meant to be helpful . ’ |
| 16 | These are not meant to be comprehensive surveys of the literature , but are simply designed to illustrate the application of rational expectations to specific areas . |
| 17 | And what do you think of the idea of ways that the , that the way the house types were graded , the fact that some of them were in fact meant to be executive or managerial classes and others were meant to be for people with less income , do you think that this is again recreating this sort of class system within the planning of the town ? |
| 18 | The grumbles of J. Alfred Prufrock in early Eliot are endurable if they are meant to be ridiculous , but only then ; and sitting around on Margate sands , or anywhere else , trying to connect nothing with nothing may be all right for Harvard men abroad , but ( as Eliot must already have discovered when he wrote The Waste Land ) it has nothing to do with the daily life of the Londoner . |
| 19 | Meant to be striking , it is reserved to depict magic or the supernatural , both within the action when magic powers are exercised , and also between acts to help set such scenes . |
| 20 | He had meant to be casual , off-hand , collected and rather grand . |
| 21 | The quality of our lives is not meant to be static . |
| 22 | Can you imagine it comrades , you would have a position in which we attempt to put into place a bureaucratic list of people who are meant to be Labour supporters , they are n't Labour members . |
| 23 | She could hear the regretful , gentle voice of Mother Francis telling her that life was never meant to be easy and that her best course was to work very hard now and get out of this place in record time . |
| 24 | ‘ But life is not meant to be easy . ’ |
| 25 | Because nobody ever said life was meant to be easy anyway … |
| 26 | He glanced down at Mariana , throwing her a fresh smile that was meant to be encouraging but she was looking straight ahead , eyes fixed on the sand-spit . |
| 27 | Churning is not good for buyers though : endowments are meant to be long-term investments , and it should have been made clear to you when you bought the policy that you would lose out if you cashed in before the end of the agreed term , which is typically , 25 years . |
| 28 | We were seriously examining an event of social consequence , ’ Nicholson still maintains , ‘ and it was in no way meant to be exploitive . ’ |
| 29 | These tasks are meant to be stressful and to show how well the student can use the languages in difficult circumstances . |
| 30 | ‘ I hope that was n't meant to be facetious , Bodie . ’ |