Example sentences of "[noun sg] be meant to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A puzzle that immediately arises is how this complex reflexive communicative intention is meant to be recognized by the recipient . |
| 2 | A term created by a leasehold tenancy agreement must be expressed either with certainty and specifically or by reference to something which can , at the time when the lease takes effect , be looked to as a certain ascertainment of what the term is meant to be . |
| 3 | The basis of that decision was stated by Lord Greene MR , at p. 370 : " A term created by a leasehold tenancy agreement must be expressed either with certainty and specifically or by reference to something which can , at the time when the lease takes effect be looked to as a certain ascertainment of what the term is meant to be . |
| 4 | A term created by a lease must be expressed either with certainty and specifically or by reference to something that can at the time the lease takes effect be looked to as a certain ascertainment of what the term is meant to be ( Lace v Chantler [ 1944 ] KB 368 : lease " for the duration of the war " was void for uncertainty ) . |
| 5 | Those soldiers not incorporated into the FAA were meant to be disarmed and demobilized by the time the new army was established . |
| 6 | He ca n't understand what the flag is meant to be advertizing , unless it is being proud of one 's country . |
| 7 | This circuit is meant to be adapted to your specific needs , so rather than call it ‘ The Lakeland Way ’ or anything as horrendous as that , I would rather call it something antiquated like : ‘ Notes Towards a Considered Circular Pedestrian Peregrination Amongst some of the Major Fells and Dales of the County of Cumbria ’ , but it is hardly a working title . |
| 8 | If the hero is meant to be a man of authority used to being obeyed , he should be shown as such and the other characters should react to him accordingly … |
| 9 | An Englishman 's home is meant to be his castle . |
| 10 | Bishop O'Brien reminded the meeting that the Pastoral Council was meant to be a means of bringing the thoughts of the people to the Bishop . |
| 11 | His question was meant to be extremely scathing . |
| 12 | This is what a demo 's meant to be : not too big , not too short , well designed , accompanied by music which suits the parts to create a certain atmosphere . |
| 13 | Obviously his reaction is meant to be ours . |
| 14 | They are everything and nothing that rock'n'roll is meant to be . |
| 15 | Some of the European Court of Justice 's opinions can be quite ‘ woolly ’ and do leave themselves open to a wider interpretation , but I do not believe that the opinion was meant to be interpreted so widely as to provide for an auditor recognised in one member state to practise in a second member state without any requirement to obtain local authorisation . |
| 16 | Given that the evening was meant to be so special , so significant , they could hardly have got off to a worse start , but Jessica refused to compromise . |
| 17 | For them , relief was to be provided only in the workhouse , where families were separated and the workhouse diet was meant to be less palatable than that of the poorest working labourer in the district . |
| 18 | The fuel was meant to be heated up to forty degrees centigrade . |
| 19 | ‘ A young lecturer is meant to be able to get friends without paying for them . ’ |
| 20 | The pattern on its back is meant to be a charm , you see , for easing childbirth . ’ |
| 21 | It often seems to me that the lay of the land itself reveals the angle from which a mark is meant to be approached . |
| 22 | It is beyond doubt that the service was meant to be a social institution with aims in addition to those of an economic nature . |
| 23 | It may not have been love at first sight — winged ears and gangly legs have limited appeal — but their relationship was meant to be |
| 24 | From the beginning of 1991 , prices for everything except sugar are meant to be set at world market rates , whatever they may be . |
| 25 | Hence the current emphasis on sustainable development ( meeting our needs without making it impossible for future generations to meet their needs ) , which is what the Earth Summit is meant to be giving some practical expression to . |
| 26 | That Tournament 's meant to be good , I have n't heard it yet . |
| 27 | Dwyer outlined the bare bones of his playing philosophy : ‘ We are no sure that the manner in which the laws developed has reflected the way the game was meant to be played ’ , he said . |
| 28 | One governor commented that he was trying to pick off some of the weaker governors who had no sense of what their role was meant to be . |
| 29 | If the Bill is meant to be the beginning of a revolution in the standard of public services to embody the Prime Minister 's so-called big idea of a citizens charter , it is a pretty poor start . |
| 30 | ‘ According to all the books , a secret agent 's life 's meant to be glamorous . |