Example sentences of "intended [prep] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is something of a paradox when one remembers Lord Hailsham 's assurance that the 1981 Act was intended to be a liberalising measure . |
| 2 | The songs fell together in a muddy pool of short-sighted production : not a bad début album by any standards but this was intended to be a complete signal post in the history of popular music . |
| 3 | Although the road was originally intended to be a private toll-financed venture , the feasibility study suggested that tolls could only contribute between 30 and 40 per cent of the revenue required . |
| 4 | Both brushes and foam can also take on a partial biofiltering role , but if they are intended to be a mechanical filter , they should be cleaned before they clog . |
| 5 | These are intended to be a cheap , quick and informal way for customers to resolve disputes . |
| 6 | I will not add any further details , since this is not intended to be a technical article , and in any case loco fans will know the details very well already . |
| 7 | The Independent Companies were intended to be a ship-based force slipping ashore to harass German communications and cut the supply line of Swedish ore , but they often fought as infantry because the Allies had no other troops available ; an unavoidable reason for deploying special forces in this role in Norway . |
| 8 | The break was intended to be a long one , possibly a year or two . |
| 9 | The community charge was intended to be a simple and visible system of raising revenue in which the behaviour of profligate ( assumed to be Labour ) councils would be evident to the electorate . |
| 10 | It is difficult to understand why this screen — which was presumably intended to be a close-boarded fence — was needed , as the turnpike road is some distance away , one field beyond the other side of the river . |
| 11 | Rather than some forbidding official document , his report consisted of a letter to me with the disclaimer that it was not intended to be a major addition to the already considerable library of the National Health Service . |
| 12 | In the homes these activities were intended to be a major source of participation by the people served , with appropriate levels of staff help . |
| 13 | This is intended to be a topical , practical inquiry , but one whose findings may add to our understanding of social policy development in general . |
| 14 | Mundesley in Norfolk was intended to be a new resort town in 1900 but never succeeded . |
| 15 | This was intended to be a temporary measure , but it was so successful that the Chinese authorities gave it formal recognition for the whole of Aglen 's term as inspector-general ( 1911–27 ) . |
| 16 | His paper was intended to be a tentative , exploratory investigation of British data and little else besides . |
| 17 | The film is intended to be a liberal and tolerant depiction of Blacks . |
| 18 | This does not mean that that intelligibility can be wholly captured in the formulations or in the mind of the theologian ; it does , however , mean that the divine intelligibility comes across to us , that God gives himself to be known and understood , and that the understanding that is made possible in theology is and is intended to be a genuine understanding and an authentic contact with the intelligibility of God . |
| 19 | ‘ Guide to Assessment ’ was published in the summer of 1988 and is intended to be a ready reference on National Certificate assessment . |
| 20 | The handbook is intended to be a readable guide to the NHS for all those interested , whether health authority members , staff or members of the public . |
| 21 | The sacking of MacArthur was a public sacking , it was intended to be a public humiliation of MacArthur , and that 's what it was . |
| 22 | The film was not intended to be a realistic portrayal of the war : indeed , it was thematically based on Joseph Conrad 's Heart of Darkness , set in Africa at the turn of the century . |
| 23 | The present study is intended to be a follow-up survey of sites which have been investigated by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory . |
| 24 | Basically this document stresses that the inspection is intended to be a positive event and should not alter normal relationships that exist between teachers and advisers . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | TableCurve is intended to be a fast , one-pass curve-fitting program , with minimal user input . |
| 27 | Whilst Lakatos did propose what was intended to be a universal criterion of rationality or scientificity , he did not regard this criterion as a consequence of logic alone , or somehow God-given . |
| 28 | The C65 was intended to be a low-cost computer with better technical specifications than , but still compatible with , the C64 . |
| 29 | The points set out below are not intended to be a full explanation of the intricacies of the acquisition of premises and their use as a catering enterprise ; they are designed to illustrate some of the legal issues involved . |
| 30 | The recreation of a Colorado militia cavalry unit 's massacre of Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek in November 1864 that climaxed Ralph Nelson 's Soldier Blue ( 1970 ) was intended to be a direct reference to the infamous My Lai massacre of 1968 which led to the court-martial and imprisonment of Lt William Calley . |