Example sentences of "they [am/are] mean to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are gifts fit for a king , and so they are meant to be . |
| 2 | First the fire of God 's anger burns so fiercely among them , that parts of the camp are destroyed ( again we must not try to rationalize these events : they are meant to be seen as miraculous , and whatever we think of such miracle , we must accept the terms in which the story is written ) . |
| 3 | Perhaps , after all , they are meant to be seen . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Many aquarium shops will sell these terrestrial plants but they are meant to be used as marginals outside the tank or in a paludarium . |
| 6 | Like all of God 's gifts , they are meant to be used for a good purpose and to assist individuals and communities to grow in knowledge and appreciation of the truth , as well as in sensitivity to the dignity and needs of others . |
| 7 | Excluding the creditors and debtors may cause confusion amongst them as they will be uncertain as to whether they are meant to be dealing with the vendor or the purchaser for particular debts and liabilities . |
| 8 | The oblong block markers are n't centrally positioned either ; perhaps they 're meant to be offset as well … |
| 9 | They 're meant to be dull . |
| 10 | I think in some ways it 's better , because girls are meant to get on better in the sciences in girls ' schools ; they 're meant to be pushed backwards a bit in boys ' schools . |
| 11 | Apparently what the erm busmen do is they have to make sure that they get to where they 're meant to be on time otherwise they get their pay docked but they like to stop off and see their friends on the way , and stop and have cups of tea |
| 12 | They 're meant to be operating in Britain again , smuggling drugs . ’ |
| 13 | They 're meant to be a bunch so wedded to the mainland , so loyal to the English crown , that they 'd even fight against the government if they thought it necessary . |
| 14 | We 're running balloons on them , they 're meant to be like blown balloon things . |