Sentence examples for designed to contain the from inspiring English sources

"These apartments are designed to contain the fire for two hours".

The Venetians were tolerant, but the ghetto was a Venetian invention, designed to contain the Jews.

In theory, the move was an act of neutrality designed to contain the violence.

The water was tankered away after it collected behind a protective bund on the site, designed to contain the spill if an oil tank ruptured.

But understand, that was a tactic designed to contain the damage of the previous four years of mismanagement of this war.

But lawmakers did not remove a cap on the aggregate amount that hospice providers could be reimbursed each year, a measure designed to contain the program's cost.

This desolate stretch of land was where the weapons casings were tested to destruction: blown up in curious buildings designed to contain the blast, known as "pagodas'.

The charm of a pair of clay pipes carved in the shape of macaws jars against a neighbouring cabinet where a fired clay bowl shows its tight fitting lid, designed to contain the stench of its contents: flayed human skin.

During the 60-hour battle to contain the blaze, the foam and water used by 650 firefighters collected behind a protective bund, a wall designed to contain the spill if an oil tank on site ruptured its contents.

The British had also made a number of trips to the region from the Carolinas, but the French settlements part of a string of forts arcing southward from Canada and designed to contain the British were more numerous.

The manual of operations was designed to contain all the information required by the investigators and to provide well-structured material that could be easily and rapidly accessed.