Sentence examples for looked calculated to from inspiring English sources

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In the magic light of late afternoon, with trees rustling and the occasional flight of geese honking overhead, Daniel Ostling's unit set looked calculated to make the most of the open-air setting.

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Such steps look calculated to cause offence.Broader relations have improved over the past couple of years, though with no progress on the border.

The book in question, about whose reception he seemed more than usually fretful, was La Chambre claire (translated as Camera Lucida): a "note on photography", as the French subtitle has it, which in retrospect looks calculated to affront.

But for the moment they merely look calculated to protect the party's seats in Scotland while fending off English nationalists: understandable in tactical terms, but scarcely admirable in terms of principles.

The fact that they now know where they stand may be almost as welcomeAt first glance, most of the measures look calculated to outrage traditional voters of the left.

Or did they look as if they were trying too hard to make a point?" It did look calculated to me, and Shaun Pollock was giggling away on TMS with his scenario of how they would have reacted had KP made the sort of stops that elicited ar$e taps for Jonny Bairstow.

The title, only slightly more embossed than embarrassing, is surrounded on the cover by lush flora and furry fauna that give it a look calculated to charm dear grandmas and elderly aunts.

It all happened very quickly, but this time to me the act looked calculated.

He adds, of the second, "It all happened very quickly, but this time to me the act looked calculated".

The differences in tone between pas de deux danced by Ms. Borree and Mr. Angle -- a merry, broody, assertive pair -- and the dreaming and mysterious Ms. Whelan and Mr. Neal never looked calculated.

I think they're amazing and I can't wait to have some – but I will wait!" If it looks calculated, he claims he hasn't spent time plotting his exit strategy from the world of Potter or worrying about being typecast.

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