Example sentences of "was designed [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Windows DDE was designed to enable separate applications to send each other data instantly . |
| 2 | A machine dating from 1908 which was designed to give eight minutes of reproduction from cylinder records . |
| 3 | The PKO bill originated from a bill introduced in 1990 which was designed to allow Japanese forces to participate as non-combatants in support of the UN-authorized multinational force assembled to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait . |
| 4 | The present prospective study was designed to evaluate all patients with symptoms of gastrooesophageal reflux , who were submitted to a clinical assessment over a period of time . |
| 5 | The ODA says that the report was designed to evaluate old errors and help prevent new ones , and that it will be published soon . |
| 6 | The building , which was designed to accommodate 200 paupers , cost £5,000 in all , for which the Duke of Bedford made a loan of £2,000 and Samuel Whitbread one of £800 . |
| 7 | The apparatus in which the animals were irradiated was designed to accommodate six animals arranged radially about the central axis of the x ray beam with their heads toward the centre . |
| 8 | This initiative was designed to stimulate local authorities to mount full-time programmes which would be funded from central funds — to the extent of £400,000 per project — provided that they met certain centrally determined criteria relating to equal opportunities , progression , the specification of objectives , the balance between general , technical and vocational elements of programmes , planned work experience , and assessment . |
| 9 | I do not believe that the Sale of Goods Act was designed to provoke metaphysical discussions as to the nature of what is delivered in comparison with what is sold . |
| 10 | This special facility , initially set up effective 1962 and enabling the 11 to lend reserves to the IMF , was designed to meet balance-of-payment problems so serious that they could threaten the stability of the entire international monetary system . |
| 11 | Admittedly , RDS , unlike Carfax , was designed to have many functions for home as well as in-car listeners . |
| 12 | This ESRC-sponsored project was designed to investigate these claims . |
| 13 | The grant was made specifically in the context of a projected campaign against Scotland and was designed to avoid damaging disputes over military authority by setting Gloucester firmly above the other northern peers . |
| 14 | The grant was made specifically in the context of a projected campaign against Scotland and was designed to avoid damaging disputes over military authority by setting Gloucester firmly above the other northern peers . |
| 15 | The proposal was designed to alleviate growing problems of congestion and pollution . |
| 16 | It was designed to play conventional records , so its existence is not apparent from record collections today . |
| 17 | The announcement , hastily brought forward from the middle of the month , was designed to forestall other lenders from following the Yorkshire Building Society , which lifted its rate to 15 per cent at the weekend . |