Example sentences of "is meant [prep] [be] [verb] " 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 | Instead , all of such income is meant to be saved and reinvested in the enterprise . |
| 3 | How time flies especially when one is meant to be writing lots of letters . |
| 4 | The cross is meant to be imagined as oscillating backwards and forwards . |
| 5 | The arbitrator 's decision is meant to be based on the other reasons , to sum them up and to reflect their outcome . |
| 6 | The fall of birds is meant to be seen as quite ridiculous and wholly supernatural in its proportions . |
| 7 | Since action implies narrative , such figures are generally designed primarily for a profile view ( cf. above , p. 14 ) , while the ‘ repose-statue ’ ( the Kritian boy , Euenor 's Athena and their successors ) is meant to be seen from the front , like kouros and kore . |
| 8 | This is probably the case since children do things the way that feels natural to them without worrying unduly how it is meant to be done . |
| 9 | You go to bed as soon as , I do n't know where they are , because Dave is meant to be getting home at eleven o'clock this morning . |
| 10 | Am I right in supposing that one essential quality of poetry is that it is meant to be read aloud ? |
| 11 | In all the sites , part of the reclaimed land is meant to be left as a public park . |
| 12 | Ros is meant to be attending this meeting in their place but could n't get . |
| 13 | He ca n't understand what the flag is meant to be advertizing , unless it is being proud of one 's country . |
| 14 | It often seems to me that the lay of the land itself reveals the angle from which a mark is meant to be approached . |
| 15 | It enables everyone involved to understand the Process that is going on , it makes it possible for grieving people to be looked after for a while , but not to sink into a chronic mourning state , because everyone knows when it is meant to be finished , and when the bereaved people are meant to pick up their responsibilities again . |
| 16 | The day after next the shipment is meant to be arriving , if the information 's right . |
| 17 | It is meant to be put to a specific use . |
| 18 | Neither is an overexcited horse likely to win a showjumping contest , because at every jump he is likely to get more and more excited and to concentrate less and less on what he is meant to be doing . |
| 19 | But the very nature of advice can only be understood if we understand in what spirit it is meant to be offered and for what reasons it is meant to be taken . |
| 20 | So this is , what got me a bit suspicious right , well I speaking to her and all and I said , well you know , this is it and , you know she said she knows George is , is meant to be coming up and I said look and I says and I 'm gon na go down onto the floor here , and just as I was to go onto the floor there was a phone call right , and it was Alice . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In fact it something called the ‘ Gospel According to Shug ’ , which is meant to be taken seriously : ‘ HELPED are those who love the lesbian , the gay and the straight , as they love the sun , the moon and the stars . |
| 23 | But the very nature of advice can only be understood if we understand in what spirit it is meant to be offered and for what reasons it is meant to be taken . |
| 24 | Though it is meant to be used to keep out the cold , we had brought six of them to cover the tents and reflect away the sun 's heat , and to signal for help if needed . |
| 25 | There are a number of variants , but the basic form is meant to be used with bills of quantities and is published in two editions , one for use by private clients ( Private with Approximate Quantities ) and the other by local authorities ( Local Authorities with Approximate Quantities ) . |
| 26 | ‘ That will get stolen , ’ the minister of health exclaims when I show him the picture of the pressure cooker that is meant to be used as a steriliser in the dispensaries . |
| 27 | Two stages are involved , the reason for which is neatly summarized in this quotation from C.S. Lewis : The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is — what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used . |
| 28 | 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 . |