Sentence examples for seemed more designed from inspiring English sources

Raising the issue when it did seemed more designed to make a splash and change the subject at the G20 away from anything that might embarrass China.In public, most Chinese leaders scoff at the idea that their own policies might have contributed to the crisis.

And the prospectuses seemed more designed to cover up than illuminate.

A lot of LBO activity started exploding the weird securitizations, weird structures that seemed more designed to deceive.

If so many of today's popular films (particularly those drawn from graphic novels) seem more designed than directed, perhaps the transition begins in part here.

But these seem more designed to give some sort of sop to international opinion than to reach an accommodation with the Tibetans.

The cover certainly seems more designed to appeal to that obscure demographic than the rather larger and potentially infinitely more lucrative long-term constituency – women who like golf.

But its terms would exclude many rebels and seem more designed to pardon Russian troops, while the election will most likely be a way to legitimise a pro-Moscow puppet.

Indeed, some ideas that have emerged from Brussels — such as a financial transaction tax and a plan to cap fund managers' bonuses — seem more designed to throttle markets than to encourage them.

Are they content with an education system which at times seems more designed to sort, test and label students than develop, educate or prepare them?

The number of land-based systems being deployed seem more designed to fit neatly into the larger debate over what to do about North Korea, and to provide a limited degree of comfort, than to have a genuine deterrent benefit.

Johnson, Oct. 23: By issuing this subpoena, you have instigated a Constitutional conflict with an inquiry that seems more designed to harass climate scientists than to further any legitimate legislative purpose.