Example sentences of "be intended [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very existence of Article 23 was regarded as indicating that the Convention was not mandatory , on the rather tortuous argument that if the Convention had been intended to replace the broad discovery powers previously exercised by the United States , acceptance of Article 23 ( which enables other States to refuse to operate the Convention in this area ) ‘ would have been most anomalous ’ . |
| 2 | It had originally been intended to include the Independent Women 's Union , which had campaigned jointly with the Green Party , but the two parties split after the Independent Women 's Union unsuccessfully demanded a larger share of the eight seats the list had won . |
| 3 | It had been intended to number the main service 109B and 109W , for Blackfriars and Westminster respectively , as had been done in the case of the Wimbledon services , but there was a change in heart at the last minute and the buses were delivered with blinds numbered 109 only . |
| 4 | A significant detail is the forked ends of the severed heads which may have been intended to suggest the immediate growth of two replacements , as in the classical version of the myth . |
| 5 | ESA 's medium-sized missions are intended to complement the four larger missions that form the cornerstones of its scientific programme : the SOHO solar observatory , the XMM observatory for X-ray astronomy , a far-infrared space telescope and the cometary probe Rosetta . |
| 6 | Stage 2 Generic Sciences modules are intended to complement the appropriate Stage 2 Sciences modules and can be integrated into programmes as necessary . |
| 7 | Although it is currently the practice of Customs to allow the vendor to deduct input tax attributable to a TOGC ( which is an " outside-the-scope " supply ) , it appears this practice might be changing in view of changes to s15(2) VAT Act 1983 and Reg 32 of the VAT ( General ) Regulations 1985 ; the changes are intended to put the right to deduct input tax in respect of certain outside-the-scope supplies onto a statutory footing . |
| 8 | These standards are intended to support the business-like approach of the ES . |
| 9 | These two techniques are primarily intended for use in table searching in main storage , and are only incidentally usable for direct files ; it is worth noting that they are intended to eliminate the order-preserving properties of division , while using division as a convenient randomizing algorithm . |
| 10 | But they are intended to illustrate the very general point that we can not know in advance the belief systems of the communities we are studying ; an important part of good fieldwork practice is to get to know them and take them into account at all stages of the research , up to and beyond the time of publication . |
| 11 | There are also commercial preparations of bacteria which are intended to restore the normal flora of the gut . |
| 12 | It is hard to avoid the suspicion that Kay 's and Smith 's articles are intended to reinforce the erroneous claim that there is no scientific basis for clinical ecology . |
| 13 | They are intended to reinforce the main aim of the National Health Service — to help people live longer and enjoy a better quality of life . |
| 14 | These , together with the new independent Crown Prosecution Service and the introduction of tape recording of suspects ' statements , are intended to balance the increased powers given to the police to enable them to investigate crime more effectively . |
| 15 | These examples must be multicultural , if they are intended to show the universal nature of mathematics , and should also demonstrate how we move from reality to abstraction and back again . |
| 16 | By supplanting local authority planning powers in this way , UDCs are intended to remove the political uncertainty and restraints of local democracy which , in the government 's view at least , represent a significant hindrance to the development process and a deterrent to private investment ( House of Lords Select Committee , 1981 ) . |
| 17 | So as to underline that all measures are intended to benefit the young person , provisions for involuntary care have been removed and the views of the young person have to be taken into account in deciding on a form of assistance , although no steps can be taken against the wishes of the parent or guardian ( except in an emergency , s. 43 ) . |
| 18 | These ‘ turned ’ guns ( or drakes ) weighed a third less than conventional iron cannon and were intended to replace the costlier ( but lighter ) bronze guns on ships . |
| 19 | Both measures were intended to curb the 1991 budget deficit after initial projections had put it at Rbs250,000 million . |
| 20 | The conditions set out by Samuel were intended to distance the National Government from the Lloyd George coalition which had cast its shadow across the politics of the 1920s . |
| 21 | These capacity charges were intended to cover the annual cost of the interest payments ( at the social rate of discount ) on the money used to build the plant . |
| 22 | The cash limits were intended to reduce the social cost of distortionary taxes elsewhere , to impose ‘ financial discipline ’ in the hope of attaining a performance that was closer to that which was cost-minimizing for any output , and to increase the bargaining power of management in wage negotiations . |
| 23 | The research is intended to explore the various ways in which economic influence and control is exercised . |
| 24 | This project is intended to explore the complex relationship between geographical mobility and voting . |
| 25 | More specifically , the research is intended to explore the potential relevance of the current interest in discourse , hegemony and agency to the critical debate about the nature and efficacy of development . |
| 26 | In Britain , the deprave-and-corrupt test is intended to curb the anti — social influence of obscene matter as measured by the consequence to others of changes in the attitudes or behaviour of reader or viewer . |
| 27 | It is intended to represent the collective opinion of those professionally involved in the field of takeovers on a range of business standards appropriate to the conduct of such takeovers . |
| 28 | The new round is intended to save the firm $680m . |
| 29 | The exhibition is intended to underline the long term commitment to the study of Ruskin by the university 's Ruskin Programme , a research group made up of scholars from different disciplines in the humanities . |
| 30 | It is intended to demonstrate the continuing significance of federalism in the European Community 's political and constitutional development . |