Example sentences of "[verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | Though Christie 's says that the Vung Tau sale is lotted to encourage private buyers , with sets of between five and nine matching vases offered per lot ( and designed to be shown , as they were in the 17th century , massed together on a chimneypiece or high shelf ) , Cohen believes buying is more easily done through a dealer . |
| 32 | The questionnaire was designed to be largely self-explanatory and relatively quick to complete . |
| 33 | To help another major city — chosen by competition — to hold an international trade fair designed to be a showcase of British innovation for the twenty-first century . |
| 34 | ‘ Most of the time I live in the real Peru , ’ he told me , ‘ but the Cross Keys is designed to be Not Peru — a place where the gringo and the expat who live here all the time can escape from all the hassling , the beggars and all that crap — and relax . ’ |
| 35 | They are designed to be less restrictive than full safety helmets and are known as ‘ bump caps ’ . |
| 36 | The station was consciously designed to be a civic centre with a wide range of rooms including a theatre . |
| 37 | They are designed to be portable and enable herdsmen and hunters to move around the countryside in search of new pastures for their camels , sheep and yak . |
| 38 | Eton and Winchester , foundations designed to be of national significance and high quality and therefore directly linked with sister foundations at Cambridge and Oxford , were the exceptions . |
| 39 | Instead they are designed to be ‘ read ’ in the following way . |
| 40 | The sleek hull of a Viking boat was specially designed to be shallow enough and narrow enough for use on navigable rivers , along which Norsemen brought fire and the sword . |
| 41 | Although many compound feeds are designed to be fed on their own with pasture or hay , ( ie not mixed with other cereals ) some manufacturers make ‘ balancers ’ . |
| 42 | GCE O level and CSE were designed to be wholly different kinds of examinations . |
| 43 | Their requirements may be similar to those of others , but at present the vast majority of goods and services on offer are only designed to be user-friendly for fit , athletic members of MENSA ! |
| 44 | The new 2–10 ml Finnpipette has been designed to be as simple to use as any standard volume instrument . |
| 45 | CAMEO is designed to be carried on emergency vehicles and has undergone successful on-scene field trials with the Seattle Fire Department . |
| 46 | This book does not aim to be a comprehensive text covering the philosophy and principles of Homoeopathy ; it is a practical book designed to be used by anyone wishing to treat the common acute illnesses , particularly those occurring during childhood . |
| 47 | This does not mean that the interviewer becomes a cold clinical robot , but it does mean that he or she uses a particular instrument in the way that it is designed to be used — for objective study . |
| 48 | self-chosen evidence of pupils ' thought and action in written , visual and taped form designed to be a self-selected commentary on the pupils ' character . |
| 49 | These areas are specifically set apart for retail outlets ( both large and small ) and are designed to be as convenient and pleasant as possible for both customer and retailers . |
| 50 | Unlike SPAR , CLE-I is not self-contained , but is designed to be used as a major component of interactive systems such as interfaces to database management systems and diagnostic expert systems . |
| 51 | Both UA1 and UA2 were designed to be capable of detecting W and Z particles . |
| 52 | It was designed to be a troop transport plane . |
| 53 | Operations centre around computer clubs and groups of enthusiasts who can not resist the challenge of copying something designed to be uncopiable ( see Box ) . |
| 54 | The AA Foundation study also suggests that car radio/cassette players should be designed to be as automatic as possible , and sold with an information leaflet highlighting the possible influences of music on driving . |
| 55 | Parts are designed to be made of single materials only , making separation during recycling much easier . |
| 56 | Certain easels are designed to be used with a variety of attachments . |
| 57 | Many modern mains transformers are designed to be versatile , but this versatility can ( and does ) cause a certain amount of confusion . |
| 58 | As far as the extent of this limited edition being only 200 is concerned , my only reservations are outlined above : namely that a guitar is designed to be used and not coveted wholly as an objet d'art to be hung on the wall , which I suspect is exactly where the bulk of these models are likely to end up . |
| 59 | The LSE guitars are designed to be stage-usable straight out of the box , and so feature cutaways and undersaddle pickups as standard . |
| 60 | Because this one is designed to be tightened up from outside the guitar , it can be used on guitars without conventional round soundholes by pulling the jack through the endblock with a piece of wire . |