Example sentences of "[verb] to [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system would be designed to be particularly user-friendly , emphasising the enhancement of worker skills rather than de-skilling . |
| 2 | Its moisturising matte formula is designed to be particularly long-lasting , too . |
| 3 | The questionnaire was designed to be largely self-explanatory and relatively quick to complete . |
| 4 | GCE O level and CSE were designed to be wholly different kinds of examinations . |
| 5 | Outdoor relief was removed , and the indsigent were consigned to workhouses which were designed to be punitively unattractive . |
| 6 | Covering 13,000 square metres and designed to be both relaxing and inspirational , the centre 's facilities are quite simply superb . |
| 7 | TXN 600 texturised nylon designed to be both light and hard wearing . |
| 8 | The courses were Linguistics-based and were designed to be professionally relevant in a broad sense , though they included much that made no claim to immediate practical usefulness . |
| 9 | If the hon. Lady or Puffin Books can show that the use of the puffin symbol contravenes the text that I quoted from the 1986 voluntary agreement , without being bound by court procedures and legal niceties and technicalities , we have a system deliberately designed to be sufficiently flexible to allow action to be taken and new barriers which will not be allowed to be broken . |
| 10 | A touring boat is designed to be directionally stable . |
| 11 | The new 2–10 ml Finnpipette has been designed to be as simple to use as any standard volume instrument . |
| 12 | In addition , the coding system used to describe the condition of items was designed to be as simple and unambiguous as possible . |
| 13 | The AA Foundation study also suggests that car radio/cassette players should be designed to be as automatic as possible , and sold with an information leaflet highlighting the possible influences of music on driving . |
| 14 | Operation of the system by LIFESPAN users such as programmers , who are able to control what is online and what is offline , and by the offline manager who is responsible for the administration of the offline system , is designed to be as automatic and simple as possible . |
| 15 | BBCBASIC(Z80) has been designed to be as compatible as possible with Version 4 of the 6502 BBC BASIC resident in the BBC Micro Master series . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They are designed to be less restrictive than full safety helmets and are known as ‘ bump caps ’ . |
| 18 | Anyway , they dismantled the bed and I was left with a strip blanket [ a sheet of heavy material designed to be almost impossible to tear ] and a mattress , one heavy black mattress . |
| 19 | The resultant online , interactive database is designed to be so easy to use that after a few minutes practice even novices can make very sophisticated searches and will have nearly instantaneous access to a vast storehouse of information hitherto accessible only after tedious , time-consuming and costly searches through individual issues . |
| 20 | The counsellor should seek to be as warm , supportive and caring as possible . |
| 21 | And what they have told us is that the first body was too far decomposed to be very helpful . |
| 22 | A few openly resent us ; that 's why we 've got to try to be as good as they are . ’ |
| 23 | They used to try to be so posh . |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't need to be physically strong — if you use all the equipment properly , it 's quite easy . |
| 25 | The use of the voice in conjunction with the body is an important feature of training , too , for when acting you will need to be physically free enough to do several things at once . |
| 26 | This we think we can discount for a number of reasons : first , the magnitude of the risk aversion would need to be rather large for the result ( that an increase in a is good ) to be reversed ( particularly when the reservation value is generally above the mean price ) ; second , subjects were paid proportionately to their total profits over 16 decision periods ( 32 decisions ) so that any risk aversion would already have been significantly averaged out ; third , the subjects appeared to be trying to make as much money out of the experiment as possible ( implying that they were behaving in a risk-neutral fashion ) ; fourth , the majority of the responses to two questions on the questionnaire indicated risk-neutrality . |
| 27 | The building will need to be carefully leak-proofed against the outside air , and customers will have to enter by an air-lock . |
| 28 | Cook for about 15–20 minutes until soft and puréed , stirring occasionally — they do not need to be completely smooth . |
| 29 | The terrain varies greatly , from relatively flat to quite hilly , so you 'll need to be reasonably fit . |
| 30 | Apart from this statutory function , such an Association would need to be largely self-financing , which implies a structured system of membership subscriptions . |