Example sentences of "is meant [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this is meant to be hush-hush . |
| 2 | Most taxation is driven by the ‘ ability to pay ’ principle ( which in itself is meant to be equitable rather than redistributive ) , and much policy , as suggested above , may be explicitly redistributional . |
| 3 | If I may make one suggestion to the South Africans that is meant to be helpful , it is this : call on Bob Burrows , the ITV producer who was in charge of the Rugby World Cup in this country , and invite him to be your consultant . |
| 4 | We suppose that when somebody says something to us , it is meant to be informative , has some warrant in fact and is not a deliberate obfuscation or falsehood ( for further detail and discussion see Grice 1975 ; Levinson 1983 ; Sperber and Wilson 1986 ) . |
| 5 | I always find much of interest in each issue as it reaches me and if I do criticise from time to time , this is meant to be constructive and helpful . |
| 6 | It really is no use following the tacking pattern of someone who is meant to be good in front of you , since the shifts affect different parts of the course at different times . |
| 7 | Neither the Chancellor 's speech on the Queen 's Speech nor his autumn statement , which is meant to be central to Government thinking , contained one word on the environment . |
| 8 | This list is meant to be accurate at the time of writing . |
| 9 | ‘ A young lecturer is meant to be able to get friends without paying for them . ’ |
| 10 | Slalom is meant to be fun ; it fails to be so if we take it all too seriously . |
| 11 | Er in fact most of the radiation we get in fact is not from nuclear power , it 's from erm man made sourc it 's from , from natural sources eighty seven percent of the population as an average comes from our natural environment a lot comes from radon gas erm a small amount of radioactivity in our food erm we were discussing at er er lunch in , in fact the benefits of , of eating er low sodium salt salt is meant to be bad for you so the health er er er freaks say and it 's the sodium , therefore you should buy low sodium salt which is calcium chloride rather than sodium chloride what they forget to tell you of course is that potassium er sorry it 's , it 's potassium chloride rather than er than s than sodium chloride , what they forget , forget to tell you of course is that potassium is slightly radioactive it contains erm a small amount of , of a naturally occurring radioactive potassium so you get a small dose of radiation er to compensate for the fact you are n't eating any sodium . |
| 12 | From the very start , one must realise that WordStar for Windows 1.5 is meant to be more than just a word-processor , but is perhaps more aptly billed as a document processor . |
| 13 | Europa threatens to do both throughout its 117-minute duration , but this Danish/Swedish/German/French co-production at least has a good excuse : the experience is meant to be unpleasant . |
| 14 | Lady Macbeth is meant to be glamorous and powerful . |
| 15 | Nobody expects a paragon of virtue but the nurse is meant to be realistic , is meant to have self-knowledge because the ‘ self ’ must be used in the relationship . |