Example sentences of "[verb] to be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The system would be designed to be particularly user-friendly , emphasising the enhancement of worker skills rather than de-skilling . |
2 | Its moisturising matte formula is designed to be particularly long-lasting , too . |
3 | The questionnaire was designed to be largely self-explanatory and relatively quick to complete . |
4 | GCE O level and CSE were designed to be wholly different kinds of examinations . |
5 | Outdoor relief was removed , and the indsigent were consigned to workhouses which were designed to be punitively unattractive . |
6 | Covering 13,000 square metres and designed to be both relaxing and inspirational , the centre 's facilities are quite simply superb . |
7 | TXN 600 texturised nylon designed to be both light and hard wearing . |
8 | The courses were Linguistics-based and were designed to be professionally relevant in a broad sense , though they included much that made no claim to immediate practical usefulness . |
9 | If the hon. Lady or Puffin Books can show that the use of the puffin symbol contravenes the text that I quoted from the 1986 voluntary agreement , without being bound by court procedures and legal niceties and technicalities , we have a system deliberately designed to be sufficiently flexible to allow action to be taken and new barriers which will not be allowed to be broken . |
10 | A touring boat is designed to be directionally stable . |
11 | The new 2–10 ml Finnpipette has been designed to be as simple to use as any standard volume instrument . |
12 | In addition , the coding system used to describe the condition of items was designed to be as simple and unambiguous as possible . |
13 | The AA Foundation study also suggests that car radio/cassette players should be designed to be as automatic as possible , and sold with an information leaflet highlighting the possible influences of music on driving . |
14 | Operation of the system by LIFESPAN users such as programmers , who are able to control what is online and what is offline , and by the offline manager who is responsible for the administration of the offline system , is designed to be as automatic and simple as possible . |
15 | BBCBASIC(Z80) has been designed to be as compatible as possible with Version 4 of the 6502 BBC BASIC resident in the BBC Micro Master series . |
16 | These areas are specifically set apart for retail outlets ( both large and small ) and are designed to be as convenient and pleasant as possible for both customer and retailers . |
17 | They are designed to be less restrictive than full safety helmets and are known as ‘ bump caps ’ . |
18 | Anyway , they dismantled the bed and I was left with a strip blanket [ a sheet of heavy material designed to be almost impossible to tear ] and a mattress , one heavy black mattress . |
19 | The W algorithm was designed to be more breadth-first , and more consistent results were expected regardless of the input conditions . |
20 | P was designed to be more depth-first . |
21 | The resultant online , interactive database is designed to be so easy to use that after a few minutes practice even novices can make very sophisticated searches and will have nearly instantaneous access to a vast storehouse of information hitherto accessible only after tedious , time-consuming and costly searches through individual issues . |
22 | The counsellor should seek to be as warm , supportive and caring as possible . |
23 | And what they have told us is that the first body was too far decomposed to be very helpful . |
24 | A few openly resent us ; that 's why we 've got to try to be as good as they are . ’ |
25 | They used to try to be so posh . |
26 | Here there will need to be not one module in EP but a variety of modules each geared to a particular path and each with a different set of prerequisites . |
27 | Later on in the article he repeats this ; ie. ‘ not only does the tenon need to be pretty much where it needs to be relative to the thickness of the wood . ’ |
28 | ‘ You do n't need to be physically strong — if you use all the equipment properly , it 's quite easy . |
29 | The speaker may need to be physically closer , to use the reassuring sense of touch , to remember that the whole face and expression help to convey meaning , to express one thought at a time unhurriedly , at the pace suitable to the old person . |
30 | The use of the voice in conjunction with the body is an important feature of training , too , for when acting you will need to be physically free enough to do several things at once . |