Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The posters are intended to cheer up the staircase , which is in urgent need of renovation . |
| 2 | These studies are intended to describe precisely the types of difficulty in recognising faces experienced by some stroke patients . |
| 3 | COACHING CONTROLLER CARDS : These cards are designed to speed up the pace at which you can get information from your hard disk . |
| 4 | A plant 's leaves are ideally placed to detect day length , for they are designed to pick up the sun 's light for photosynthesis . |
| 5 | The new clauses are designed to set out the structure for a funding council skeleton on which such structures would be built . |
| 6 | They still have all the advantages of slings and are designed to balance out the child 's weight more evenly . |
| 7 | Collectors are recommended to study closely the books and prices in any sale especially devoted to the works from this selection of presses as well as from other presses , particularly if sound investment is a consideration . |
| 8 | It becomes possible to envisage a sequence of shots in which real pieces of connected action are linked together by shots which are included to fill in the continuity gaps . |
| 9 | Ministers are expected to take up the fight in the next few days and urge the banks that , at a time of national economic crisis , they must do their bit . |
| 10 | Between now and Easter , thousands are expected to take up the invitation . |
| 11 | Sometimes chemicals known as buffers are added to slow down the reaction rate thereby reducing corrosiveness . |
| 12 | We term this the level of computer architecture , at which a set of logically integrated hardware functions are programmed to carry out the processing of data . |
| 13 | The problem is compounded when attempts are made to find out the costs of individual services when subsidies are paid line-by-line , rather than for whole sectors ; yet this is what RENFE 's 1984 programme contract with the state claimed to achieve ( RENFE 1984a : 80 ) . |
| 14 | From time to time these institutions are instructed to speed up the introduction of Hindi . |
| 15 | Three other LEDs are used to set up the operating status , arranged in a horizontal ‘ traffic light ’ formation : red indicates that the input signal is below the Threshold level , yellow that it has reached Threshold , and the green that it is above Threshold . |
| 16 | Adjustable compensating magnets are fitted and these are used to take out the effect of deviation when the compass is checked ( " swung " ) . |
| 17 | These early payments are used to clear up the cost of setting it up — and in particular the commission of the agent who sold it to you . |
| 18 | When applying any tape , always position the free ends of the draw cords , which are used to pull up the heading , to the outside edge of the curtain ( i.e. , the edge furthest away from the centre ) . |
| 19 | You also pay premiums into an endowment savings plan or pension plan — the proceeds of the endowment plan when it matures , or the cash sum at retirement from the pension plan , are used to pay off the capital at the end of the loan . |
| 20 | The most common failings are to rely too much on words rather than extensively labelled diagrams , to use technical terms and concepts which the user may not understand , to focus on what it is at the expense of what it does and to fail to separate the needs of the operator from the details which are needed to set up the device , to locate faults , to provide remedies and to provide routine maintenance . |
| 21 | They are needed to dress up the stage for the production of Willy Russell 's Stags And Hens which is about to go into rehearsal at the Arts . |
| 22 | People like you are needed to take up the challenge . |
| 23 | Further controlled trials are needed to define clearly the role of cyclosporin in the treatment of ulcerative colitis . |
| 24 | More investigations are needed to understand how the imbalance came about , even though the way it is maintained seems clear . |
| 25 | Pupils are helped to work out the rules and patterns for themselves and to try out the new language forms . |
| 26 | They are required to think about the new language and with guidance are helped to work out the rules of grammar for themselves . |
| 27 | At Knossos , the West Magazines of the New Temple ( built around 1700 BC ) are thought to match closely the area of the store-rooms in the Old Temple ( built in 1930 BC ) . |
| 28 | Yesterday 's developments are bound to anger further the rest of the United board , and fans . |
| 29 | Moreover , the narrative , based on Mexican myths about life after death , is narrated from the grave , where Comala 's former inhabitants , far from finding release in the afterlife , are condemned to relive eternally the frustrations and torments of their earthly existence . |
| 30 | Look at the question in Figure 2A ; you are asked to work out the transfer price , but first you must work out what volume the group should operate at . |