Example sentences of "[vb pp] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only a week since , in this very room , she had wished to be rid of Gareth Davis ; now he was dead . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I 've never wished to be captured , ’ she returned bluntly . |
| 3 | Some of the borders are designed to be cut out and appliquéd on to a host fabric , while others are an integral part of a plain background material . |
| 4 | The kitchen was transformed with pine units cleverly designed to be fixed to the walls so that one could have them at the height best suited to whomever was to use them , and then the dishwasher was installed . |
| 5 | She is designed to be handled by a minimum crew and her huge Mediterranean-style cockpit is both comfortable and secure . |
| 6 | For all its underground samizdat quality , this document is designed to be discovered in order to draw the attention of the police authorities to the strength of rank-and-file feeling . |
| 7 | These charming first class stamps are designed to be sent on greetings cards . |
| 8 | Above : Specially designed to be wallmounted outdoors , the Mazda 2D GEM is a versatile , rainproof light , ideal for porches , drives and paths . |
| 9 | So Spenser wrote to Sir Walter Ralegh in a letter almost certainly designed to be printed with the poem . |
| 10 | In some cases , the units which make up the SVQ are designed to be assessed in the workplace by the candidate 's immediate workplace supervisor ; in other cases , the flexibility and responsiveness of the National Certificate system have allowed the Lead Body Standards to be built into National Certificate Modules . |
| 11 | The SVQs are designed to be assessed in the workplace , or , where this is not possible , in simulations which enable assessment to be undertaken to demonstrate consistent , comprehensive performance under workplace conditions including difficult and stressful circumstances . |
| 12 | Japanese Gardens are not designed to be absorbed as a whole , but as a series of harmonious elements that can nevertheless be appreciated in isolation . |
| 13 | Because this one is designed to be tightened up from outside the guitar , it can be used on guitars without conventional round soundholes by pulling the jack through the endblock with a piece of wire . |
| 14 | To aggravate all this further , the records all sound as though they were designed to be played on compact disc . |
| 15 | Parts are designed to be made of single materials only , making separation during recycling much easier . |
| 16 | He replied that although the PVQ was designed to be completed easily , the JMU was always open to suggestions for improvements . |
| 17 | The taxpayer : The financial targets set for each agency are designed to be demanding , ‘ so that the taxpayer can be certain that the money that is provided for these services is used in the most efficient way ’ . |
| 18 | Personal protective equipment is defined as all equipment designed to be worn or held to protect against a hazard . |
| 19 | Designed to be worn either way out this is truly two garments in one , equally at home on the ski slopes , hills and the bar . |
| 20 | These seem to have been designed to be worn on the finger , although the oval design-disc was so big as to he unwieldy ; possibly they were normally worn on a string round the neck , or simply reserved for a leisured elite . |
| 21 | Designed to be worn under a jacket to protect face and neck from midges and mosquitoes . |
| 22 | The dragons were for the procession , and were designed to be raised upon the shoulders of pairs of bearers . |
| 23 | Although many compound feeds are designed to be fed on their own with pasture or hay , ( ie not mixed with other cereals ) some manufacturers make ‘ balancers ’ . |
| 24 | However , some commuters are designed with micro-instruction formats much more similar to normal machine code instruction formats , especially those computers which are designed to be microprogrammed by their users . |
| 25 | GMPTE is now launching a pilot project in Bolton for a smartcard based fare scheme which is designed to be expanded as an ‘ electronic — purse ’ so that the cards can also be used for telephones , car parks , taxis and leisure facilities . |
| 26 | As the kites are designed to be flown with verve and pulled through sharp manoeuvres , they buzz like a horde of hornets . |
| 27 | Disability arts , on the other hand , where , for example , sculpture is designed to be touched as well as seen , and songs are written about the world as we see it , can redress the balance and engage a lot of people in questioning assumptions that their exclusion from society is a fact of life . |
| 28 | As will be demonstrated , these systems have been designed to be operated by users with little or no experience of computing . |
| 29 | The cylinders , it was claimed , were designed to be fitted together to form the barrel of a giant 40-metre gun . |
| 30 | Relations in databases are designed to be searched by the primary keys . |