Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Norway 's biggest gas field of all — Troll — is intended to supply the European market but at the end of 1984 no agreements had been concluded . |
| 32 | One programme , the low altitude defence system ( LOWADS ) is intended to protect the MX missile by using nuclear warheads to destroy warheads . |
| 33 | It is intended to cover the extra costs of sending athletes to the southern hemisphere immediately after Christmas to train in warmer weather . |
| 34 | After all , the census questionnaire is intended to cover the entire population of the country . |
| 35 | In his spare time , however , he is constructing a Silence of the Lambs-style cage in his garage near Armadale which is intended to frighten the living daylights out of anyone who enters it . |
| 36 | However , it is intended to make the average angler sit up and think about what he is spending his money on . |
| 37 | This empirical work is intended to remove the above weaknesses in previous work , by including political and social variables , by distinguishing several alternatives to debt-rescheduling , and by testing these models for different sets of countries and time-periods . |
| 38 | Sadoon Hamadi , the new prime minister , said at a press conference : ‘ What is intended to starve the Iraqi people so that they revolt and change their leader Saddam Hussein . ’ |
| 39 | Current policy is intended to repay the national debt and also to ensure that long-term interest rates stay below short-term rates , in order to encourage the development of a corporate bond market and provide industry with lower borrowing costs . |
| 40 | If this is so , then these facilities are urgently needed , because it is intended to produce the revised OED in serial form , which means that forward cross-references could be rendered incorrect by revisions undertaken after the fascicles in which the cross-references appear had been published . |
| 41 | In the 1960's , the American ’ Look and Say ’ method was introduced , where a child is taught to recognise the whole word . |
| 42 | It is justified to use the standard language in this way if our primary interest is in those developments that themselves largely depend on the standard ideology ( J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1985a ) , for example , elaboration of vocabulary and certain developments in clausal syntax , because literacy — and hence standardization — are plainly involved in these , and their role can be investigated . |
| 43 | In the final stages of the journey from river mud to glittering metal , gold is treated to remove the last stages of Garrimpo mercury , then it becomes pure , but not innocent . |
| 44 | Like many , if not most , modern women in her plight , Nadine is struggling to overcome the hurt adultery has left behind . |
| 45 | Freddy Vasquez of the opposition party , the Gibraltar Social Democrats , is demanding to know the exact cost and who will pay . |
| 46 | Moreover , if the perspective is lengthened to include the Victorian period the observer can not fail to be struck by a feeling of historical déjà vu [ Kirby , 1981 ] . |
| 47 | Thereafter , unless encouragement is given to publish the new knowledge , its role in the scientific communication process is as an item in a list , or in a subject bibliography , if that subject area recognises the value of thesis contributions . |
| 48 | The EC hopes that the project , which began last month , will increase user confidence in the potential of the European massively parallel computers and will create a report on high-performance computing in Europe , compiled by CERN director for the EC , concludes that Europe can compete effectively with US companies , traditionally the leaders in the supercomputing field , provided that the support is given to overcome the perennial problem of turning basic research results into competitive products . |
| 49 | This is claimed to enable the DXE-based routers to communicate over an HSS interface at speeds from 1.5Mbps to 52Mbps . |
| 50 | The National Democratic Congress party , which has six seats and is headed by Mr Nicholas Brathwaite , is tipped to win the general election . |
| 51 | Union des Assurances de Paris is tipped to buy the 21 p.c. stake in Skandia . |
| 52 | The crayons can be sharpened in an ordinary sharpener as long as it 's designed to take the thicker pencils or crayons . |
| 53 | The horse with the highest rating in each race is deemed to have the best chance on form , though other influences will be discussed in the guide . |
| 54 | The horse with the highest rating in each race is deemed to have the best chance on form , though other influences will be discussed in the guide . |
| 55 | a method of spacing whereby each each character is spaced to accommodate the varying widths of letters or figures , so increasing readability . |
| 56 | We are witnessing in Yugoslavia what happens when the cap of communism is lifted to reveal the suppressed anger that is contained . |
| 57 | What is he going to say when he discovers that he is expected to transmit the first report from an advisory unit in the history of government to include an account of the Director 's domestic arrangements ? |
| 58 | At a private hearing at the High Court in London next month , Mr Justice Ognall is expected to extend the original February 2 deadline for joining in the legal action for children under 16 . |
| 59 | But the nearly complete reconstruction of the artist 's only polyptych , ‘ Study for a Pope I-VI ’ ( 1961 ) , is expected to arouse the greatest interest . |
| 60 | In addition , Labour is expected to promise the Liberal Democrats fair representation in a new House of Lords , and also in the European Parliament , with PR elections in both cases . |