Example sentences of "[was/were] intended [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These ‘ turned ’ guns ( or drakes ) weighed a third less than conventional iron cannon and were intended to replace the costlier ( but lighter ) bronze guns on ships . |
| 2 | Water , being a basic necessity for life itself , was highly venerated , and pagan ceremonies and offerings were intended to placate the water deities believed to inhabit springs and wells . |
| 3 | These succeeded the foundation of the NATO alliance in Europe and were intended to constrain the influence of Soviet and Chinese communism . |
| 4 | These direct contacts with the people and with the maquis were intended to replicate the effect of his arrival in the capital , to demonstrate by his presence that the state had been restored . |
| 5 | Both measures were intended to curb the 1991 budget deficit after initial projections had put it at Rbs250,000 million . |
| 6 | The examples of conscription and taxation were intended to give the dependence thesis some plausibility , and in particular to disprove the suggestion that dependence is the mark of adjudication . |
| 7 | The two small cars seated only 32 inside , and it has been speculated that they were intended to draw the trailers during summer operation . |
| 8 | And , further , how does it appear that the testator 's implied request , if it could be implied , or his promise , if that promise alone would suffice , or both together , were intended to cause the marriage , or did cause it , so that the marriage can be said to have taken place at the testator 's request , or , in other words , in consequence of that request ? |
| 9 | Paglia asks why the British refuse to acknowledge her sexuality and the drawings were intended to illustrate the point . |
| 10 | The conditions set out by Samuel were intended to distance the National Government from the Lloyd George coalition which had cast its shadow across the politics of the 1920s . |
| 11 | Causation in defective product cases works on the basis of showing that the goods were intended to reach the consumer in the form in which they left the manufacturer ( alternative cause ) and that there was no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination . |
| 12 | There had been an attempt , through Acts of Parliament , to revive the election of local Forest officers and the holding of local Forest courts in some forests ; these measures were intended to preserve the forest woods and to increase timber production by enclosure of the forest wastes . |
| 13 | The dams were intended to control the flooding which affects the river in winter , but they were strongly opposed by local people and environmental groups . |
| 14 | The frescoes and furnishings of the Throne Sanctuary were intended to simulate the environment of the peak sanctuary at Juktas ; perhaps the treatment of the many pillars supporting the ceilings was intended to symbolize the stalactites of the cave sanctuary at Skotino ( Plate 18 ) . |
| 15 | The bank mergers , which followed a wave of company mergers in 1989 , were intended to improve the competitiveness of the financial sector in the European single market due to come into being in 1992 . |
| 16 | They argued that these sections of the law were intended to hinder the organization of opposition parties . |
| 17 | These capacity charges were intended to cover the annual cost of the interest payments ( at the social rate of discount ) on the money used to build the plant . |
| 18 | The regulations were intended to prevent the sort of scenes witnessed in Shanghai which had been broadcast across the world . |
| 19 | The cash limits were intended to reduce the social cost of distortionary taxes elsewhere , to impose ‘ financial discipline ’ in the hope of attaining a performance that was closer to that which was cost-minimizing for any output , and to increase the bargaining power of management in wage negotiations . |
| 20 | Austerity measures were intended to reduce the budget deficit from 5.7 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) in 1992 to 5.2 per cent in 1993 , with a four-year timetable for reducing the deficit to 3 per cent by 1996 as required under plans for economic and monetary union ( EMU ) in the European Communities . |
| 21 | The shoulder belays and cricket sweaters were intended to look the part . |
| 22 | The pleasure of experiencing literature that " joyous thing " were intended to elevate the student into an affective domain where they might be imbued with a higher moral tone . |
| 23 | The problem of incorporation of standard terms and conditions has been dealt with in a series of cases generally known as the " ticket cases " , which arose from the practice of printing terms and conditions on a variety of documents from railway or steamship tickets , to deck chair or swimming pool tickets , which were intended to govern the contract between the proprietor and the person using his services ( see for instance Parker v South Eastern Railway ( 1877 ) 2 CPD 416 , Hood v Anchor Line ( Henderson Brothers ) Ltd [ 1918 ] AC 837 , Chapelton v Barry UDC [ 1940 ] 1 KB 532 and Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [ 1971 ] 2 QB 163 ) . |
| 24 | The September changes were intended to make the EMS less vulnerable to external influences , and to this end further agreement on foreign exchange intervention policies and interest rate policies was made with the particular objective of reducing incentives for short-term capital movements . |
| 25 | They were intended to make the procedure more attractive and less expensive than before . |
| 26 | These arrangements , Yolland was told , were intended to make the line complete in itself , so that it could be opened independently of the execution of the works at Craven Arms . |
| 27 | This research aims to explore the origins and implementation of a politically sensitive policy in the context of other recent initiatives which were intended to enhance the quality of educational choice . |
| 28 | Further changes introduced by the 1986 Social Security Act were intended to increase the numbers who contract out of the SERP scheme . |
| 29 | The proposals were intended to prohibit the sale and use of most asbestos products throughout the EEC , unless the harmful release of fibres could be prevented . |
| 30 | A visit to Tokyo by Delors on May 22-25 — his first since 1986 [ see p. 35385 ] — was intended to mark the start of a new political partnership between Japan and the EC . |