Example sentences of "[pers pn] was intend to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw that I was intended to be subject to people like these two , was doomed to marry Syl as surely as I had been born of my mother . |
| 2 | Sometimes I think I was intended to be an only child , and got born into a large family by a mistake . |
| 3 | Though he allowed himself no fewer than four books ( She , Ayesha , She and Allan and Wisdom 's Daughter ) in which to analyse this character , he never seems to have decided exactly what she was meant to represent or how far she was intended to be a symbol of the ‘ world 's desire ’ . |
| 4 | It was intended to be the first part of a lengthy tramway to Sutton and beyond . |
| 5 | Wimpy International Ltd v Warland [ 1988 ] STC 149 had determined that the facts to be considered were : whether an item appeared visually to retain a separate identity ; the degree of permanence with which it had been attached ; the incompleteness of the structure without it ; and the extent to which it was intended to be permanent . |
| 6 | It was intended to be heard , not read ( Ong 1982 ) ; the gospel , likewise , speaks to the heart when the redemption story is presented rhetorically and dramatically . |
| 7 | As part of the Guild of St George it was intended to be a means of bringing craftsmen into contact with works of art , especially of the Middle Ages , early Italian Renaissance and Gothic revival , and with objects of natural beauty . |
| 8 | Its membership , appointed for renewable four-year terms , has grown over the years and has proved , as it was intended to be , a useful sounding board , especially as it quickly subdivided itself into specialist groups of experts on specific topics — in which , in fact , most of the work of the Committee was to be done . |
| 9 | Taken by itself such a statement may not suggest any great alteration from previous doctrine , but it was intended to be and it was . |
| 10 | He questions the validity of such a statement and argues that , in Devlin 's formulation , it was intended to be a statement of empirical fact , or more likely an a priori assumption . |
| 11 | An expensive film may well be a flop ( Blade Runner cost $27 million yet took under $15 million in North American ( NA ) rentals , which are traditionally supposed to cover negative — that is production — costs for break-even ) ; the fact that it was intended to be profitable puts it in the domain of popular cinema . |
| 12 | He kissed me ; it was intended to be a sealing sort of kiss to show me that he believed me and that things were going to start being all right , but the kiss altered in the middle and suddenly he pulled himself away . |
| 13 | It is not very clear whether section 17(2) adds a third element or is subsumed in ( b ) , but it is clear that it was intended to be more difficult to obtain an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases than in others . |
| 14 | To decide whether it is successful , we have to know how it was intended to be used and what it was expected to achieve . |
| 15 | A new defence doctrine began to take shape at the same time : it was intended to be non-offensive in character and to give other states no reason to fear for their security , notwithstanding the immense size of Soviet armed forces and the perceptions of those forces that were entertained particularly in Europe . |
| 16 | This may be because it was intended to be a quick method of banning undesirable consumer trade practices and in practice it turned out not to be very quick at all . |
| 17 | It was intended to be the National Theatre of the provinces , attracting top actors and directors . |
| 18 | Well I do want to come back in fact an and reassure er you that er in fact er we are very concerned about that and we spend a great deal of time talking about the A P C's erm statement policy of intent because it was intended to be modified in the way which we thought would and we spent quite a lot of time erm discussing and am re-amending the importance . |
| 19 | The sacking of MacArthur was a public sacking , it was intended to be a public humiliation of MacArthur , and that 's what it was . |
| 20 | It looked tiny , no more than an emergency shelter , which of course was all it was intended to be . |
| 21 | Certainly when it was finished nearly 200 years ago , it was intended to be seen by a lot of people . |
| 22 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 23 | Miss Sherwin added : ‘ You can infer from these circumstances and the large amount of cash he had on him that he was intending to be selling those tabs that night . ’ |