Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] intend " in BNC.

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1 Japan 's post-war constitution forbids the use of its navy outside territorial waters , but there are concerns to safeguard the imports of plutonium , which are intended to deal with Japan 's approaching energy crisis .
2 ‘ Subversive activities are generally regarded as those which threaten the safety or well-being of the State and which are intended to undermine or overthrow Parliamentary democracy by political , industrial or violent means ’ .
3 Apart from the deliberate references to Theodoric and Charlemagne , which are intended to show that Frederick Barbarossa was of the same mould as these great heroes , the description of the Kaiserslauten palace is especially interesting .
4 It also includes the ‘ Noticeboard ’ sheets ( Figure 5.5 ) which are intended to be pinned to bureaux noticeboards in order to alert workers to items of topical interest and impending changes .
5 There are also chairs that you can buy , designed by a chiropractor , which are intended to put less strain on the body when sitting .
6 There are also commercial preparations of bacteria which are intended to restore the normal flora of the gut .
7 Subversive activities are those which threaten the safety or well being of the State , and which are intended to undermine or overthrow Parliamentary democracy by political , industrial or violent means .
8 Another way in which local authorities contribute to training is via Local Government Training Boards , or similar groups , which are intended to , and which have , contributed towards creating a training climate in local authorities generally .
9 The Community makes laws which are intended to be binding upon and within member states .
10 It has to be stressed that this method of connection is only acceptable if the mains transformer is a type which has accurately matched secondary windings which are intended for use in this way .
11 Some have a loop around the spat , between stops , others have loops which are intended to go around the spar and the extension of the vinyl sockets .
12 Across the road are some gardens which are intended to perpetuate every species of flower , plant and tree found in Madeira .
13 There are exemptions from the proposed requirement in this connection , which are intended to obviate the need to provide details of ordinary shares , the characteristics of which are well understood .
14 For example , one method is that subordinated debt may be repaid only when certain conditions are met , which are intended to ensure that the interests of other creditors are not impaired by the repayment .
15 This is the third in a series of SORPs which are intended to reduce accounting differences between banks .
16 Similarly , for any group of items which are intended to measure the same aspect of linguistic functioning , there will be a range of scores for children of a similar age ( see Figure 8.1 ) .
17 Article 35 of the First protocol restates the basic rules of limitation of the methods and means of warfare and the prohibition of methods and means ‘ of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering ’ ; to this it adds a prohibition of methods or means ‘ which are intended or may be expected to cause widespread , long-term and severe damage to the natural environment ’ .
18 It is prohibited to employ methods or means of warfare which are intended , or may be expected , to cause widespread , long-term and severe damage to the natural environment .
19 You will probably appreciate some guidance and direction early on in your reading , and for this reason chapter 7 provides bibliographies which are intended to give you a flavour of current methods and ideas .
20 The trainee performs his task and tries to keep in phase with the bleeps which are intended to pace his performance .
21 James Curran and Jean Seaton 's strategy is premised on a series of structural changes which are intended to mitigate the ‘ undesirable ’ effects of the marketplace and produce a more ‘ responsible and representative ’ media .
22 Simple quilting or through stitching is only used on cheaper bags which are intended for summer use only .
23 Clearly more weight attaches to the principal administrative and economic factors : the development of general hospital treatment and primary care which are intended to replace mental hospitals , and the search for more cost-effective alternatives to state hospital provision .
24 Rescheduling of such debts has become a necessity for the private banks , and a practice which has emerged is that new agreements have been made conditional on such countries accepting the stringent programmes of the IMF which are intended to promote effective adjustment of a country 's balance of payments and ensure that the use of Fund resources is temporary .
25 Enhancement in this context means the carrying out of works which are intended to lengthen substantially the useful life of the asset , to increase substantially its open market value , or to increase substantially the extent to which the asset will serve the purposes of the local authority concerned .
26 It has been suggested that the appropriate test is ‘ whether the parties are making some serious promises or undertakings ’ which are intended by them to be acted and relied upon .
27 Longer-range decisions — Decisions made once and reviewed infrequently , but which are intended to provide a continuing solution to a continuing or recurring problem .
28 A number of production yachts which are intended to develop into one-design classes are beginning to make an appearance .
29 Read the manufacturer 's descriptions carefully , for some of the smaller pools are really rock pools which are intended to sit near the summit of a rock garden so that water tumbles down a cascade unit into a pool below .
30 In Britain ‘ subversive activities ’ are defined as ‘ those which threaten the safety or well being of the State , and which are intended to undermine or overthrow Parliamentary democracy by political , industrial or violent means ’ ( Home Office , 1984 ) .
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