Example sentences of "designed [to-vb] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French Navy has begun an operation designed to clean up the toxic seaweed which is threatening marine life in the Mediterranean off the south coast [ see ED 53/54 ] . |
| 2 | The fact that this was the chosen approach of the Evil One in tempting Eve should give us a healthy respect for its subtlety and danger : ‘ Did God say … ? ’ he asked : His innocent-sounding questions about the facts of the case were designed to open up the deeper issue of God 's goodness . |
| 3 | Thus we may write , where t is a random , serially independent variable designed to pick up the random movements in the risk premium . |
| 4 | The water is viewed by light sensitive detectors designed to pick up the so-called Cherenkov light emitted when electrically-charged particles travel faster than light does through the water . |
| 5 | West ( 1975 ) develops a taxonomy designed to separate out the different strands in the ‘ great public debt debate ’ . |
| 6 | The sub-arterial road was to be an intermediate class of road designed to link up the main arterials to the local roads . |
| 7 | They are designed to cut out the reflective glare that can be potentially harmful to someone spending long hours working in front of a computer screen . |
| 8 | They are designed to cut out the reflective glare that can be potentially harmful to someone spending long hours working in front of a computer screen . |
| 9 | Supplements therefore are designed to make up the basic food ingredients and balance them to keep the horse healthy . |
| 10 | The Belgrade conference on security and co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) of 1977–8 , designed to follow up the 1975 Helsinki decisions , proved how difficult it would be to break down East-West suspicions . |
| 11 | Cooking in a special oven designed to bring out the true aroma and texture of the biscuits |
| 12 | I must now replace it with a more complex , but I hope still arresting , account designed to bring out the main difference between pragmatism and law as integrity . |
| 13 | Sir Oswald Mosley formed the British Union of Fascists in October 1932 as a vehicle for his program which was designed to bring about the economic renaissance of Britain . |
| 14 | In view of all this , one might characterize second language pedagogy as a set of activities designed to bring about the gradual shift of reliance from one systemic resource to another for the achievement of indexical purposes . |