Example sentences of "what [pron] be intend " in BNC.

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1 It possibly depends on the nature of what you 're intending
2 This is this was the , the cloakroom and what we were what we were intending doing originally
3 One disadvantage of intuitive decision-making , or of ‘ leaps in the dark ’ if Birkenhead 's phraseology is preferred , is that it is not always clear what they are intended to achieve .
4 But , from Quigley 's face when he came out , I gathered that that was precisely what they were intending to do with him .
5 When made with the addition of stock they Jose all character and cease to be what they were intended to be .
6 When checking , the drafter should ask : ( a ) Do the terms do what they were intended to do ? ( b ) Do the terms deal with all the points which the drafter wished to deal with ? ( c ) Have all necessary terms been defined ? ( d ) Have words and terms been used consistently throughout the terms ?
7 The question , as ever , is how to ensure that Titius does what he is intended to .
8 Indeed , he asked me , as the authority 's environmentalist , to suggest ways of calming the local community 's very vocal outrage at what he was intending to do to their river .
9 Before she realised what he was intending he 'd taken the crutch from her and propped it out of reach .
10 There are at least three kinds of validity : construct validity which refers to the degree to which the test seems to be based on psychological theory , content validity which describes how well the test measures what it is intended to measure and criterion validity which indicates its value as a predictor using as criteria other measures of relevant performance .
11 It may be helpful , when considering a precedent , to ask why a particular term has been included , and what it is intended to achieve , and then consider whether the same result can be achieved in any other way : for instance , it may be possible to express the same idea more clearly or concisely .
12 It is investment like any other business investment , and it should be clear what it is intended to achieve , and how this is to be measured .
13 ‘ Because of the uneven distribution of sterling , ’ she says , ‘ money no longer does what it was intended to do . ’
14 Two stages are involved , the reason for which is neatly summarized in this quotation from C.S. Lewis : The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is — what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used .
15 It means that you can not use it for what it was intended .
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