Example sentences of "was intended [to-vb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Analysts suggested that Celli 's announcement was intended to counter the May 11 claim by opposition deputies and AD dissidents that they had collected more than 100 signatures from congressmen in favour of reducing the current term of President Carlos Andres Pérez and that of the legislature by one year ( to four years ) , and also in favour of the use of the referendum as a permanent formula to guarantee the public 's participation in political affairs . |
| 2 | The DUP view was that the ban was intended to placate the Dublin government . |
| 3 | Although LCC is used by other libraries , in order to understand the format of the scheme it is necessary to recognize that it was intended to fit the LC collections and services as closely as possible , without reference to outside needs and influences . |
| 4 | The opposition also alleged that the PRI had used the Pronasol programme to retain the allegiance of disaffected voters in areas where it was unpopular , and that increased Pronasol spending was intended to boost the PRI 's popularity by the time of the 1991 mid-term congressional elections . |
| 5 | The export ban , imposed at the end of 1992 , was intended to penalize the Khmer Rouge , which controls part of the trade , for failing to honour the ceasefire which forms part of the UN-brokered Cambodian peace settlement . |