Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument tying increased prosperity to increased freedom was intended to demonstrate to individuals , groups and communities whose interests were involved with the slave trade and slavery that they were impolitic in their understanding of their own interests . |
| 2 | All this was intended to demonstrate to the king of France that these officials were not the king-duke 's accredited representatives , but merely the delegates of his seneschal . |
| 3 | If an exchange had a rule that required members to state that every contract was intended to go to physical delivery , notwithstanding the fact that since the rule was made the exchange had introduced a number of cash-settled contracts ; this would almost certainly be subject to some sort of variation . |
| 4 | It was intended to go to Cserka , where 25,000 Muslims are trapped by besieging Serbs . |
| 5 | When the offence of obstructing a constable was first enacted by Parliament , it seems reasonably clear that it was intended to refer to physical obstruction only . |
| 6 | This , in turn , was intended to lead to a comparative discussion of narrative structure through a contrastive analysis of this text with some 'social stories ' told in everyday conversations . |
| 7 | Although this principle was intended to apply to the Nazi-occupied territories of Europe , nationalists throughout the colonial world , particularly in India and Burma , demanded its application to all dependent peoples . |
| 8 | His amendment was that the Code was intended to apply to people under detention ‘ or people for whom detention is becoming , as it were , imminent . ’ |
| 9 | The Estonian parliament , influenced by these concerns , adopted a constitutional amendment on 16 November providing for the right of veto over all legislation that was intended to apply to the USSR as a whole . |
| 10 | At the Third Reading , the UnderSecretary of State for Scotland , Mr Robert Hughes , laid a number of amendments to make it clear that the Bill was intended to apply to children 's hearings . |
| 11 | Apart from authority , it seems to me plain enough that s. 2 was intended to apply to the agreement which created the option and not to the notice by which it was exercised . |
| 12 | However , such an interpretation would emasculate the section : for instance , it seems clear that the section was intended to apply to terms such as those commonly found in holiday contracts allowing a tour operator unilaterally to change accommodation and so on . |
| 13 | Frelimo already had some experience of developing schools in the liberated zones before independence , when education was intended to contribute to the liberation struggle , to change people 's consciousness and attitudes and to promote production and combat . |
| 14 | For each patient , p was calculated according to the value of each variable and its respective regression coefficient . |
| 15 | ADCC activity was calculated according to the following formula , in which spontaneous cytotoxicity was reduced : |
| 16 | A speaking decision was overturned in Johnston v Chestergate Hat Manufacturing Co Ltd [ 1915 ] 2 Ch 338 , where the auditors ' certificate showed that the amount due was calculated according to the wrong principle . |
| 17 | Divergence between related pairs of ZNF11 and ZNF33 sequences was calculated according to the two-parameter method of ref. 21 . |
| 18 | Muhammad ibn Ali promoted a campaign which used the medium of itinerant missionaries and was calculated to appeal to most of the people who for different reasons were discontented with the Umayyads . |
| 19 | As a percentage of joint gross national product ( GNP ) this represented an increase from the existing ceiling of 1.2 per cent ( although 1992 expenditure was calculated to come to only around 1.14 per cent ) to 1.27 per cent by 1999 . |
| 20 | This action level was set at 400 Bq m&sup-3 , and was calculated to correspond to a lifetime risk of 2 per cent from dying of lung cancer . |
| 21 | Clarks launched an own-label brand , Clarks Sport , in the late Seventies which was before its time and was withdrawn according to Linford . |
| 22 | This book has had to be reprinted as the original which was published at the end of November 1991 was withdrawn owing to an injunction issued by Sheik Zayed bin Sultan at Nahayan the Ruler of Abu Dhabi . |
| 23 | One woman back then was heard to say to another old granny , ‘ There 's a lovely funeral round the corner , ducks . |
| 24 | He was heard to say to Winner , ‘ You know , I feel that in this sequence I 'm running a bit too slowly . |
| 25 | The caretaker was heard saying to the professor of Hebrew , ‘ It 's only curiosity Sir ’ . |
| 26 | From that decision , leave was given to appeal to the House of Lords . |
| 27 | An overall clinical global grade was given according to Truelove and Witts ( table I ) At the end of the study patients were asked whether they found the enemas acceptable or whether they had encountered difficulty in their administration . |
| 28 | No clear relation was found with degree of dysplasia , and no information was given pertaining to size or presence of malignant change . |
| 29 | Not the cover on him there might have been , the sort of er chance clear chance that was given say to in the local derby match the other Saturday , and really made it count . |
| 30 | Within the grave the deceased was placed facing to the west and was accompanied by pottery vessels for food and drink , clothing , personal adornments and other goods . |